Penns Creek

Penns Creek is a 67.1-mile-long tributary of the in central in the United States. The creek was called the Kaarondinhah by the Iroquois who were in possession of the Susquehanna Valley from the mid-17th to the mid-18th centuries.
Wikipedia
  • Type: River
  • Description: tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Big Mahany Creek”, “John Penn’s Creek”, “Kaarondinhah”, “Kayarondinagh”, “Kayarondinhagh”, “Mahanoy”, “Mahoney”, “Mister Penn’s Creek”, “Penn Creek”, “Penn’s Creek”, and “Pennsylvania Creek”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Selinsgrove Speedway and Selinsgrove Hall and Seibert Hall.

Sports venue
is a 0.5 mi high-banked clay dirt oval south of .

University building
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
are two historic, educational buildings that are located on the campus of Susquehanna University in in . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Building
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The is an historic home that is located in in , United States. The home of the third Governor of Pennsylvania, Simon Snyder, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selinsgrove and Freeburg.

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
is the largest borough in , United States. The population is estimated to be 5,761 for the 2020 Census. is geographically located in the middle of the Susquehanna River Valley in Central Pennsylvania, along U.S. Routes 11 and 15, 45 miles north of Harrisburg and 5.7 miles southwest of .

Village
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is a borough in , United States. The population was 557 at the 2020 census.

Hamlet
is a populated place in , , United States, with a ZIP code of 17823. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 1,273, with a median age of 41.9.

Penns Creek

Latitude
40.76822° or 40° 46′ 6″ north
Longitude
-76.86222° or 76° 51′ 44″ west
Elevation
407 feet (124 metres)
Open location code
87G5Q49Q+74
Open­Street­Map ID
way 5111941
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
5205474
Wiki­data ID
Q7163491
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Satellite Map

Discover Penns Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Chinese—“Penns Creek” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Penns Creek”
  • Chinese: “佩恩溪”

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