Queen Anne Creek is a tributary of
Mill Creek, part of the
Delaware River
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drainage basin
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in
Bucks County
Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 646,538, making it the fourth-most populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Doylestown. The county is named after the English ...
,
Pennsylvania
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. Rising just north of
Fallsington, it meets with its confluence with Mill Creek in
Bristol Township.
[MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P324.]
Statistics
The watershed of Queen Anne Creek is . The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1184538, U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 63801.
Course
Rising in
Falls Township just north of Fallsington at an elevation of , Queen Anne Creek flows generally southwestward passing through Caroline Lake, then through Queen Anne Park, and Middletown Township Park to its confluence at Mill Creek's 5
River Mile
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at an elevation of , resulting in an average slope of .
Municipalities
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Bristol Township
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Middletown Township
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Falls Township
Crossings and Bridges
See also
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List of rivers of Pennsylvania
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
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List of rivers of the United States
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Alphabetical listing
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List of Delaware River tributaries
The watershed of the Delaware River drains an area of and encompasses 42 counties and 838 municipalities in five U.S. states—New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware.Philadelphia Water Department"Moving from Assessment to Pr ...
References
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Rivers of Bucks County, Pennsylvania