Dividing Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Pocomoke River on the

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. It rises in

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, and forms the boundary between

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and

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counties. The entire watershed is in the Atlantic coastal plain and quickly reaches

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at the Pocomoke. The original county courthouse for pre-1742 Somerset County was located not far above the mouth of Dividing Creek, close to its west bank.

References

Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay Rivers of Maryland Rivers of Somerset County, Maryland Rivers of Wicomico County, Maryland Rivers of Worcester County, Maryland {{Maryland-river-stub