| West Branch Neshaminy Creek | |
|---|---|
  West Branch Neshaminy Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Montgomery Bucks |
| Township | Franconia Hatfield New Britain |
| Borough | Hatfield |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 40°17′43″N 75°18′12″W / 40.29528°N 75.30333°W |
| • elevation | 340 feet (100 m) |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 40°16′56″N 75°12′15″W / 40.28222°N 75.20417°W |
• elevation | 240 feet (73 m) |
| Length | 8.01 miles (12.89 km) |
| Basin size | 25 square miles (65 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | West Branch Neshaminy Creek → Neshaminy Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay |
| River system | Delaware River |
| Landmarks | West Branch Park Kelly Park |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Reading Creek |
| Bridges | Bergey Road Penn Avenue East Broad Street East Lincoln Avenue Chestnut Street East Vine Street Orvilla Road Line Lexington Road Pennsylvania Route 309 (Bethlehem Pike) County Line Road Schoolhouse Road |
| Slope | 12.48 feet per mile (2.364 m/km) |
West Branch Neshaminy Creek is one of two branches of the Neshaminy Creek, the other being the North Branch, part of the Delaware River watershed.[1] It is located in Bucks and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania.[2][3]
- ^ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1.
- ^ "West Branch Neshaminy Creek". Geographic Name Information System. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "Gazetter of Streams" (PDF). lycoming.edu. p. 146. Retrieved June 12, 2017.