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″ northLongitude
-75.77467° or 75° 46′ 29″ westElevation
226 feet (69 metres)Open location code
87F6W6PG+H4GeoNames ID
4556866
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