Monocacy Creek (pronounced muh-naw-cuh-see) is a tributary of the Lehigh River that is located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania .
4-795: Monocacy Creek may refer to: Monocacy Creek (Lehigh River tributary) , a tributary of the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania Monocacy Creek (Schuylkill River) , a tributary of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania See also [ edit ] Little Monocacy River , a tributary of the Potomac River in Maryland Monocacy (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
8-532: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Monocacy Creek (Lehigh River tributary) The creek's name is a corruption of the Native American menagassi, which means "stream with several large bends." Its spelling has had many variants. In the early 18th century, the creek was referred to as Manakisy and Manakesis. Later spellings included Manakes, Manoquesay, Manockisy, and Manokissy. As late as 1883, it
12-432: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monocacy_Creek&oldid=1101368337 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
16-787: Was known as the Manokesy River, but by the twentieth century the spelling became standardized as Monocacy. One of only fifty-six limestone streams in Pennsylvania , this creek's headwaters lie in the Slate Belt, near the borough of Chapman . From Chapman, the Monocacy follows a 20.3-mile (32.7 km) course through the limestone Lehigh Valley . In all, the creek drains an area of about 49.6 square miles, flowing through six townships, Bushkill , Moore , East Allen , Upper Nazareth , Lower Nazareth , and Hanover before reaching its confluence with
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