Lititz Run
is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed March 24, 2019 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 ...
of the
Conestoga River
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in
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania
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in the
United States
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.
The creek flows from the springs of Lititz Springs Park in
Lititz, Pennsylvania
Lititz is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, north of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lancaster. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 9,370.
History
Lititz was ...
southwest past
Rothsville through the Millport Conservancy towards
Oregon
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. Blue Herons are known to nest in the area. Lititz Run joins the Conestoga just downstream from its confluence with the
Cocalico Creek, at the
Pinetown Covered Bridge.
Lititz Run is known as a model watershed project after wetland and riparian corridor restoration work was performed starting in 1997 by the Lititz Run Watershed Alliance.
The run powered industry in the area in the 1700s and 1800s, including mills at Millport,
Oregon
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, and Pinetown and industry in Lititz.
See also
*
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
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References
External links
Lititz Run Watershed AssociationMillport Conservancy
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of the Susquehanna River
Rivers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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