Alloway Creek

Alloway Creek is a 23.2-mile-long tributary of the Delaware River in Salem County, New Jersey in the United States. The name is a derivative of Allowas, an Indian chief.

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Type: Stream
Description: river in the United States of America
Also known as: “Alloway’s Creek”, “Alloways Creek”, “Alocs Creek”, “Lower Alloway Creek”, and “Upper Alloway Creek”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Reedy Island and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station.

Reedy Island

Islet

Reedy Island is a small island in the middle of the channel of the Delaware River near its mouth on the Delaware Bay in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is about one mile east of Port Penn, Delaware and five miles southwest of Salem, New Jersey. Reedy Island is situated 2 miles northwest of Alloway Creek.

Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station

Power station

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Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey, United States. It sits on an artificial island alongside the Salem Nuclear Power Plant. Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station is situated 2½ miles south of Alloway Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Penn and Hancocks Bridge.

Port Penn

Hamlet

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Port Penn is a census-designated place located in St. Georges Hundred, southern New Castle County, Delaware, United States, below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the west bank of the Delaware River. Port Penn is situated 3 miles northwest of Alloway Creek.

Hancocks Bridge

Hamlet

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Hancock's Bridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Lower Alloways Creek Township, in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Hancocks Bridge is situated 3½ miles east of Alloway Creek.

Oakwood Beach

Hamlet

Elsinboro Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census. Oakwood Beach is situated 4 miles north of Alloway Creek.

Alloway Creek

Categories: river and body of water
Location: Salem County, Delaware River Region, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.50039° or 39° 30′ 1″ north

Longitude

-75.52826° or 75° 31′ 42″ west

Open location code

87F6GF2C+5M

GeoNames ID

4500493

Wikidata ID

Q4733240

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Alloway Creek” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Alloway Creek”
Cebuano: “Alloway Creek”
Chinese: “阿洛韋溪”
Dutch: “Alloway Creek”
Venetian: “Alloway”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fort Elfsborg and Hagerville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Money Island and Artificial Island.

Salem County: Must-Visit Destinations

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