Cobbs Creek

Cobbs Creek
Cobbs Creek near Nitre Hall
Cobbs Creek is located in Pennsylvania
Cobbs Creek
Location of the mouth of Cobbs Creek in Pennsylvania
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountiesPhiladelphia, Montgomery, Delaware
CitiesPhiladelphia, Upper Darby, Darby, Millbourne
Physical characteristics
SourceCobbs Creek
 • locationMontgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
 • coordinates40°00′54″N 75°19′32″W / 40.01500°N 75.32556°W / 40.01500; -75.32556
 • elevation377 ft (115 m)
MouthDarby Creek
 • location
Darby, Pennsylvania, United States
 • coordinates
39°54′23″N 75°15′11″W / 39.90639°N 75.25306°W / 39.90639; -75.25306
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Length11.8 mi (19.0 km)
Basin size100 sq mi (260 km2)
Discharge 
 • locationDarby
 • minimum195 cu ft/s (5.5 m3/s)
 • maximum50,200 cu ft/s (1,420 m3/s)
Discharge 
 • locationDarby
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftNaylors Run, Indian Creek, Mingo Creek
 • rightThomas Run Creek, Paschall Creek

Cobbs Creek is an 11.8-mile-long (19.0 km)[1] tributary of Darby Creek in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It forms an approximate border between Montgomery County and Delaware County. After Cobbs Creek passes underneath Township Line Road (U.S. Route 1), it forms the border between Philadelphia County and Delaware County. It runs directly through the two sides of Mount Moriah Cemetery which spans the border of Southwest Philadelphia and Yeadon, Pennsylvania.[2] It later joins Darby Creek before flowing into the Delaware River.[3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. ^ Webster, J.P. (2014). Vanishing Philadelphia: Ruins of the Quaker City. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-62585-134-5. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ Cobb's Creek in the Days of the Old Powder Mill