Sacony Creek Explained

Sacony Creek
Name Other:Saucony Creek
Name Etymology:"Place of outlet"
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Berks County
Length:17.4-mile
Source1 Coordinates:40.5253°N -75.8747°W
Mouth:Maiden Creek

Sacony Creek (historically Saucony Creek) is a 17.4adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary of Maiden Creek in Berks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It flows through the borough of Kutztown, and is the main water source there. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission stock trout into the creek annually.

Sacony is a name derived from a Lenni Lenape Native American language purported to mean "place of outlet" or "where two rivers run together".[2] [3]

The Kutz Mill and Kutz's Mill Bridge are located on Sacony Creek in Greenwich Township.[4]

Sacony Creek joins Maiden Creek at the community of Virginville.[5]

The shoe manufacturer Saucony is named after Sacony Creek, as the company was founded on the banks of the Sacony in 1898, in Kutztown.

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Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. Book: Wagner. A. E.. Balthaser. Francis Wilhauer. Hoch. D. K.. The Story of Berks County (Pennsylvania). 1913. Eagle Book and Job Press. 28.
  3. Web site: August 2, 2023 . Running History: Saucony Through the Ages . 2023-08-28 . Sneaker Freaker.
  4. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-08-27. 2005-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20050914194407/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kutz Mill. 2012-08-22. Phoebe Hopkins. PDF. June 1990.
  5. Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004.