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Sacony Creek
Sacony Creek (historically Saucony Creek) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of Maiden Creek in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It flows through the borough of Kutztown, Pennsylvania, Kutztown, and is the main water source there. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission stock trout into the creek annually. Sacony is a name derived from a Lenni Lenape Native American language purported to mean "place of outlet" or "where two rivers run together". The Kutz Mill and Kutz's Mill Bridge are located on Sacony Creek in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Greenwich Township. ''Note:'' This includes Sacony Creek joins Maiden Creek at the community of Virginville, Pennsylvania, Virginville.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. The shoe manufacturer Saucony is named after Sacony Creek, as the company was fo ...
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Tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean, another river, or into an endorheic basin. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob (river), Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream.
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Maiden Creek
Maiden Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. The name "Maiden" is an English translation of the Native American word ''Ontelaunee''. Maiden Creek is formed by the confluence of Ontelaunee and Kistler creeks in the community of Kempton. The tributary Sacony Creek joins at the community of Virginville. The creek was dammed in 1926 to form Lake Ontelaunee. The creek joins the Schuylkill River north of the city of Reading, for which it serves as the main drinking water supply. Buildings and structures * Merkel Mill is located on Maiden Creek in Greenwich Township, Pennsylvania ''Note:'' This includes * Bridge in Albany Township crosses Maiden Creek at Trexler * A railroad bridge crosses Maiden Creek just before it empties into the Schuylkill River Water ...
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Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county's population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading, the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, fourth-most populous city in the state. The county is part of the South Central Pennsylvania, South Central region of the commonwealth. The county borders Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County to its north, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County to its north, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Lebanon and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lancaster counties to its west, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester County to its south, and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County to its east. The county is approximately southwest of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown, the state's third-largest city, and ...
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio and the Ohio River to its west, Lake Erie and New York (state), New York to its north, the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east, and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie. Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia. Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of William Penn (Royal Navy officer), the state's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish Empire, Swedish colony. Established as a haven for religious and political tolerance, the B ...
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United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ...
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Kutztown ( Pennsylvania German: ''Kutzeschteddel'') is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located southwest of Allentown and northeast of Reading. As of the 2020 census, the borough had a population of 4,162. Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is located just outside the borough limits to the southwest. History George (Coots) Kutz purchased of land that became Kutztown on June 16, 1755, from Peter Wentz who owned much of what is present-day Maxatawny Township. Kutz first laid out his plans for the town in 1779. The first lots in the new town of Cootstown, later renamed Kutztown, were purchased in 1785 by Adam Dietrich and Henry Schweier. Kutztown was incorporated as a borough on April 7, 1815, and is the second oldest borough in Berks County after Reading, which became a borough in 1783 and became a city in 1847. Like most of Berks County, Kutztown was settled predominantly by Germans, most of whom came from the Palatinate region of southwe ...
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Lenni Lenape
The Lenape (, , ; ), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. The Lenape's historical territory included present-day northeastern Delaware, all of New Jersey, the eastern Pennsylvania regions of the Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania, and New York Bay, western Long Island, and the lower Hudson Valley in New York state. Today communities are based in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. During the last decades of the 18th century, European settlers and the effects of the American Revolutionary War displaced most Lenape from their homelands and pushed them north and west. In the 1860s, under the Indian removal policy, the U.S. federal government relocated most Lenape remaining in the Eastern United States to the Indian Territory and surrounding regions. The largest Lenape communities are currently the Delaware Nation and Delaware Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma, the ...
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Kutz Mill
The Kutz Mill is an historic, American grist mill complex that is located next to Sacony Creek in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. History and architectural features Adjacent to the Kutz's Mill Bridge, the complex includes the one-and-one-half-story, stone mill (c. 1850), the brick farmhouse (1855), a one-and-one-half-story, stone, summer kitchen, a stone and frame Pennsylvania German bank barn, and three frame outbuildings. The mill is representative of a country custom mill and was built as part of a working farm. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1990. References {{National Register of Hist ...
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Kutz's Mill Bridge
Kutz's Mill Bridge is an historic, American, wooden covered bridge that is located in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Greenwich Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. History and architectural features Built in 1854, this historic structure is a , Burr Truss bridge that crosses the Sacony Creek. It is one of five covered bridges remaining in Berks County. ''Note:'' This includes As the name implies, it leads to the Kutz Mill. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. References External links * * {{NRHP bridges Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Covered bridges in Berks County, Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1854 Wooden bridges in Pennsyl ...
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Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Greenwich Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,438 at the 2020 census. History The Dreibelbis Station Bridge, Kutz Mill, Kutz's Mill Bridge, Merkel Mill, and Stein Mill are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of which is land. It is drained by the Maiden Creek into the Schuylkill River. The township's villages include Dreibelbis (also in Windsor Township), Grimville, Klinesville, and Krumsville. Greenwich Township has a humid continental climate (''Dfa''/''Dfb'') and the hardiness zones are 6a and 6b. The average monthly temperatures in Krumsville range from 29.0 °F in January to 71.9 °F in July Adjacent municipalities * Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Albany Township (north) * Windsor Township (west) * Perry Township (southwest) * Richmond Township (south) * Maxatawny Township (southea ...
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Virginville, Pennsylvania
Virginville is a census-designated place in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the junction of PA 143 and Crystal Ridge Road, and is approximately seven miles to the south of the borough of Lenhartsville. The community was designated as the Virginville Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. As of the 2020 census, the population was 304 residents.https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Virginville+CDP%2C+Pennsylvania&search%3Atab=Infographics#search History The origin of the name Virginville is obscure. Some say it is the English translation of a Native American word, while others believe the community was named for virgin forests in the area. "Virgin" may be an alternate translation of the Indian-named Maiden Creek, which runs through the town and also meets up with Sacony Creek. The hamlet was designated the Virginville Historic District by the National Regist ...
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Saucony
Saucony ( ) is an American brand of athletic footwear and apparel. Founded in 1898, the company is owned by Wolverine World Wide. Products commercialised by Saucony include footwear and clothing ranges, such as athletic shoes, jackets, hoodies, T-shirts, sweatpants, shorts, and socks. Accessories include hats and backpacks. Saucony's shoe boxes once had the phrase "sock a knee" printed on them, which represents the correct pronunciation of the company's name. The Saucony brand logo represents the Saucony Creek's constant flow, and the boulders lining its creek bed. The company is a popular racing shoe producer, making track spikes and cross country racing flats. Saucony also makes shoes for specific track and field athletics events. History The Saucony Shoe Manufacturing Company's first factory was founded in 1898 at Kutztown, Pennsylvania by businessmen William A. Donmoyer, Thomas S. Levan, Walter C.C. Snyder, and Benjamin F. Reider. The company took its name from Saucon ...
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