Buck Run

Buck Run is a stream in Chester County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Buck Run is situated nearby to the hamlet Laurel, as well as near Mortonville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Star Gazers’ Stone and Brandywine Building and Loan Assoc. Rowhouses.

Star Gazers’ Stone

Monument

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Star Gazers' Stone located on Star Gazers' Farm near Embreeville, Pennsylvania, United States, marks the site of a temporary observatory established in January 1764 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon which they used in their survey of the Mason–Dixon line. Star Gazers’ Stone is situated 2 miles east of Buck Run.

Brandywine Building and Loan Assoc. Rowhouses

House

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Brandywine Building and Loan Assoc. Rowhouses is a set of six historic rowhouses located in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. They were built in 1913, and consist of six two-story, two bay rowhouse dwellings. Brandywine Building and Loan Assoc. Rowhouses is situated 2 miles northwest of Buck Run.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mortonville and Hephzibah.

Mortonville

Hamlet

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Mortonville is an unincorporated area and historic hamlet in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, situated on the eastern bank of the West Branch Brandywine Creek.

Hephzibah

Hamlet

Hephzibah is a populated place situated in East Fallowfield Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 518 feet above sea level. Hephzibah is situated 2 miles northwest of Buck Run.

Embreeville

Hamlet

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Embreeville is a historical unincorporated community, little more than a rural stretch of road with a few businesses and homes, in Newlin Township, Pennsylvania, United States, on a bend of Brandywine Creek. Embreeville is situated 2 miles east of Buck Run.

Buck Run

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Chester County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.9365° or 39° 56′ 11″ north

Longitude

-75.77467° or 75° 46′ 29″ west

Elevation

226 feet (69 metres)

Open location code

87F6W6PG+H4

GeoNames ID

4556866

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Highlights include Speakman Number 1 Covered Bridge and Embreeville Dam.

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