West Branch Brandywine Creek

West Branch Brandywine Creek
Country United States of America
Physical characteristics
Main source 850 ft (260 m)[1]
40°6′51″N 75°55′35″W / 40.11417°N 75.92639°W / 40.11417; -75.92639[2]
Chester County, Pennsylvania
River mouth 174 ft (53 m)[2]
39°55′21″N 075°38′58″W / 39.92250°N 75.64944°W / 39.92250; -75.64944Coordinates: 39°55′21″N 075°38′58″W / 39.92250°N 75.64944°W / 39.92250; -75.64944[2]
Brandywine Creek,
Chester County, Pennsylvania

The West Branch Brandywine Creek is a 33.1-mile-long (53.3 km)[3] tributary of Brandywine Creek in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[4]

The West Branch Brandywine Creek is born near the community of Honey Brook. It later joins with the East Branch Brandywine Creek in the community of Lenape to form Brandywine Creek.[4]

The Embreeville Historic District straddles the West Branch Brandywine Creek in Newlin Township.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "West Branch Brandywine Creek source from USGS-GNIS". MSR Maps.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Branch Brandywine Creek
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  4. 1 2 Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
  5. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Martha Leigh Wolf (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Embreeville Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-23.


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