Mantua Creek
Mantua Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in Mantua Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Mantua Creek's headwaters are near Glassboro, flowing northwest for 18.6 miles to the Delaware River at the Port of Paulsboro in Paulsboro across from present-day Philadelphia International Airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Mantes Kill”, “Manto Creek”, “Manto River”, “Mantols Creek”, and “Mantos Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Philadelphia International Airport and Tinicum Island Rear Range Light.
Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia International Airport, ☏ +1-800-PHL-GATE is the main airport serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the surrounding Delaware Valley. It is the largest commercial airport in the state of Pennsylvania.
Tinicum Island Rear Range Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tinicum Island Rear Range Light is a lighthouse located in the Billingsport section of Paulsboro in Gloucester County, New Jersey, the rear of a pair of range lights marking a section of the channel in the Delaware River south of Philadelphia.
Hog Island
Island
Hog Island is the historic name of an area southeast of Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Delaware River, to the west of the mouth of the Schuylkill River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Billingsport and Thorofare.
Billingsport
Hamlet
Billingsport is an unincorporated community within Paulsboro, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community is located on the Delaware River.
Thorofare
Hamlet
Thorofare is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within West Deptford Township in northwestern Gloucester County, situated in the South Jersey region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Thorofare is situated 2 miles east of Mantua Creek.
Tinicum Township
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Tinicum Township, also known as Tinicum Island or The Island, is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,091 at the 2010 census, down from 4,353 at the 2000 census.
Mantua Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Gloucester County, Delaware River Region, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Mantua Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Mantua Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Mantua Creek”
- Cebuano: “Mantua Creek”
- Venetian: “Mantua”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Paradise and Leonards.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lodge Point and Mifflin Bar Dike.
Gloucester County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Woodbury, Swedesboro, Williamstown, and Gibbstown.
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