Red Lion Creek

Red Lion Creek
Location of the confluence of Red Lion Creek and Delaware River
Location of the confluence of Red Lion Creek and Delaware River
Location of the confluence of Red Lion Creek and Delaware River
Location of the confluence of Red Lion Creek and Delaware River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
CityDelaware City
Physical characteristics
Sourcewatershed divide between Red Lion Creek, C and D Canal, and Christina River
 • locationPorter, Delaware
 • coordinates39°35′27″N 075°41′39″W / 39.59083°N 75.69417°W / 39.59083; -75.69417[1]
 • elevationabout 80 feet asl
Mouth 
 • location
Delaware City, Delaware
 • coordinates
39°36′17″N 075°36′50″W / 39.60472°N 75.61389°W / 39.60472; -75.61389[1]
 • elevation
sea level (0 ft.)
Length4.5 miles[2]
Basin features
Progressioneast
River systemDelaware River
Tributaries 
 • leftseveral un-named tributaries
 • rightDoll Run
BridgesPorter Road
railroad crossing
DE 71
DE 7
DE 1
DE 9

Red Lion Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Delaware.[3] It is a tributary of the Delaware River.[4]

Red Lion Creek took its name from a tavern of the same name near its course[5] in Red Lion.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Red Lion Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ^ "GNIS Detail - Red Lion Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Red Lion Creek
  4. ^ Gannett, Henry (1904), A Gazetteer of Delaware (Issue 230 of Geological Survey bulletin), U.S. Government Printing Office
  5. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 15.

39°35′59″N 75°40′25″W / 39.599697°N 75.673687°W / 39.599697; -75.673687


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