Broad Creek may refer to the following locations:
Rivers
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Broad Creek (Nanticoke River tributary)
Broad Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
*Broad Creek River
*Laurel River
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, a stream in Sussex County, Delaware
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Broad Creek (Bogue Sound)
Broad Creek is a water body bordering the community of Broad Creek, North Carolina. The creek empties into Bogue Sound, which is separated from the Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of ...
, North Carolina, US
*Broad Creek (South Australia), flows into
Barker Inlet
The Barker Inlet is a tidal inlet of the Gulf St Vincent in Adelaide, South Australia, named after Captain Collet Barker who first sighted it in 1831. It contains one of the southernmost mangrove forests in the world, a dolphin sanctuary, ...
, South Australia
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Broad Creek (Susquehanna River)
Broad Creek is a tributary of the lower Susquehanna River located in Harford County, Maryland.
Broad Creek originates on the west side of Constitution Road about 500 feet south of the Pennsylvania state line. It runs generally southeast through ...
, Maryland, US
Other places
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Broad Creek Hundred
Broad Creek Hundred is a hundred in Sussex County, Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Marylan ...
, Delaware, US
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Broad Creek, Maryland
Broad Creek was a town on western Kent Island, Maryland that existed from the 17th century to the 19th century. The town once served as the eastern terminus of a trans- Chesapeake Bay ferry line that was part of an early route between Annapol ...
, a former town on Kent Island, Md, US
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Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation, more commonly called just Broad Creek, is the sum of eight separate areas in the Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The reservation is from the Maryland and Pennsylvania border within Harford County ...
, US
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Broad Creek, North Carolina, US
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Broad Creek, Prince George's County, Maryland
Broad Creek in Prince George's County was the first footprint of European settlement in the immediate counties around what would become the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. The area is part of greater Fort Washington.
The area was settled ...
, US
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Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries, Maryland, US
See also
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Broad River (disambiguation)
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