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Powell Creek (Pennsylvania)

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Coordinates:40°24′37″N76°59′04″W / 40.41028°N 76.98444°W /40.41028; -76.98444

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River

Powell Creek
Wiconisco Canal Aqueduct No. 3 over Powell Creek

Powell Creek (on federal maps since 2004:Powells Creek^[1]) is a 16.5-mile-long (26.6 km)^[2]tributary of theSusquehanna River inDauphin County,Pennsylvania in theUnited States.^[3]

It is formed by the junction of its North and South forks southwest ofCarsonville. The creek flows southwest along the northern side of Peters Mountain.

Powell Creek joins the Susquehanna River just upstream of theClarks Ferry Bridge and the borough ofDuncannon.^[3]

Powell Creek and nearbyPowells Valley was named for the Powell family who settled near its banks in about 1760.^[4]

References

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^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Powell Creek (Pennsylvania)
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
^^a ^bGertler, Edward.Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004.ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
^Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1895. p. 22.

Susquehanna River system

Lower Susquehanna River

Juniata River

West Branch Susquehanna River

Middle Susquehanna River

Chemung River

	Susquehanna R. (mouth) Baldwin Cr. Bentley Cr. Seeley Cr. South Cr. Newtown Cr. Cohocton R. Meads Cr. Mud Cr. Campbell Cr. Fivemile Cr. Tioga R. Canisteo R. (Tuscarora Cr.) (Bennetts Cr.) (Canacadea Cr.) Cowanesque R. (Troups Cr.) Crooked Cr. Mill Cr.