Cobbs Creek
Cobbs Creek is an 11.8-mile-long tributary of Darby Creek in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It forms an approximate border between Montgomery County and Delaware County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: creek in southeastern Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Carcoens”, “Carcoon”, “Carkoens”, “Carkons”, “Chargoes”, “Cobb’s Creek”, “Kakaron”, “Kara Kung”, “Karakong Kill”, “Karakung”, and “Mill Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Darby station and Thomas Buchanan Read School.
Darby station
Railway station
Darby station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Darby, Pennsylvania. It is located on the Northeast Corridor at 4th and Colwyn Streets, and serves the Wilmington/Newark Line.
Thomas Buchanan Read School
School
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The Thomas Buchanan Read School is a historic American school building in the Elmwood Park neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Curtis Park station
Railway station
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Curtis Park station is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; the station is only served by SEPTA.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eastwick and Darby.
Eastwick
Neighborhood
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Eastwick is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the southwesternmost neighborhood in the city, bordering Philadelphia International Airport and the city line with Delaware County at Cobbs Creek and Darby Creek.
Darby
Town
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Darby is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is located along Darby Creek 5 miles southwest of Center City Philadelphia. The borough of Darby is distinct from the nearby municipality of Darby Township.
Paschall
Neighborhood
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Elmwood Park, also known simply as Elmwood, is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It borders the city line with Delaware County at Cobbs Creek, and extends to the Schuylkill River. Paschall is situated 1½ miles northeast of Cobbs Creek.
Cobbs Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Delaware County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Cobbs Creek” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Cobbs Creek”
- Cebuano: “Cobbs Creek”
- Chinese: “卡波斯河”
- Chinese: “科布斯溪”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كوبس كريك”
- German: “Cobbs Creek”
- Japanese: “コブス川”
- Venetian: “Cobbs”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Academy and Colwyn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eastwick Regional Park and Cibotti Playground.
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