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Black Ditch Creek (Mill Creek)
Mill Creek (also known as Otter Creek) is a long tributary of the Delaware River and is one of six streams in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Pennsylvania by the same name. Mill Creek rises just east of Core Creek Park in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Middletown Township and reaches its confluence at the Delaware River's 118.87 river mile in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Bristol Borough. History In 1885, the ''"Atlas of Properties Near the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad"'' by G.M. Hopkins, give Mill Creek shows the stream from its source to the confluence with Queen Anne Creek (Mill Creek) as Mill Creek, but, below that as Otter Creek. Some modern maps show Mill Creek all the way to the Delaware except that the estuary itself is labeled as Otter Creek.MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P243. The east branch of Mill Creek is also known locally as Black Ditc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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