Wyomissing Creek

Wyomissing Creek is a 9.1-mile-long (14.6 km)[1] tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Wyomissing Creek joins the Schuylkill River at Wyomissing.

Wyomissing is a name derived from a Native American language purported to mean "place of flats".[2]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. Wagner, A. E.; Balthaser, Francis Wilhauer; Hoch, D. K. (1913). The Story of Berks County (Pennsylvania). Eagle Book and Job Press. p. 28.

Coordinates: 40°19′46″N 75°56′19″W / 40.32946°N 75.93871°W / 40.32946; -75.93871


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