Oldtown Creek
Oldtown Creek is a stream in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Oldtown Creek is situated nearby to the neighborhood Archer Bluff, as well as near the locality Riverdale.Places of Interest
Highlights include Southpark Mall and City Market.
Southpark Mall
Commercial area
Photo: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southpark Mall is a shopping mall serving the Tri-Cities, Virginia area, which itself is part of the much larger Richmond-Petersburg metropolitan area.
City Market
Marketplace
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
City Market, also known as Farmers Market, is an historic public market located at 9 East Old Street in Petersburg, Virginia. It was built in 1878–1879 through a land given in trust by merchant Robert Balling. City Market is situated 2 miles southwest of Oldtown Creek.
Farmers’ Bank
Museum
Photo: Alexiskferia, Public domain.
Farmers' Bank is the first bank museum of its kind found in Virginia. Farmers' Bank was incorporated in 1812 and the Petersburg, Virginia branch opened in 1817. Farmers’ Bank is situated 2 miles southwest of Oldtown Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pocahontas Island and Colonial Heights.
Pocahontas Island
Neighborhood
Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.
Pocahontas Island is a peninsula in Petersburg, Virginia, once on the opposite side of the Appomattox River from Petersburg. Since 1915 a new channel for the river separated it from Chesterfield County and the former channel no longer separates it from the city. Pocahontas Island is situated 1½ miles southwest of Oldtown Creek.
Colonial Heights
Town
Photo: Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Colonial Heights is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,170. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Colonial Heights with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes. Colonial Heights is situated 2 miles west of Oldtown Creek.
Petersburg
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Petersburg is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458 with a majority black American population.
Oldtown Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Old Town Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Colonial Heights, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.25487° or 37° 15′ 18″ northLongitude
-77.37915° or 77° 22′ 45″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87947J3C+W8GeoNames ID
4777325
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