Red Lion Creek

Red Lion Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
CityDelaware City
Physical characteristics
Sourcewatershed divide between Red Lion Creek, C and D Canal, and Christina River
 • locationPorter, Delaware
 • coordinates39°35′27″N 075°41′39″W / 39.59083°N 75.69417°W / 39.59083; -75.69417[1]
 • elevationabout 80 feet asl
Mouth 
 • location
Delaware City, Delaware
 • coordinates
39°36′17″N 075°36′50″W / 39.60472°N 75.61389°W / 39.60472; -75.61389[1]
 • elevation
sea level (0 ft.)
Length4.5 miles[2]
Basin features
Progressioneast
River systemDelaware River
Tributaries 
 • leftseveral un-named tributaries
 • rightDoll Run
BridgesPorter Road
railroad crossing
DE 71
DE 7
DE 1
DE 9

Red Lion Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Delaware.[3] It is a tributary of the Delaware River.[4]

Red Lion Creek took its name from a tavern of the same name near its course[5] in Red Lion.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Red Lion Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ^ "GNIS Detail - Red Lion Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Red Lion Creek
  4. ^ Gannett, Henry (1904), A Gazetteer of Delaware (Issue 230 of Geological Survey bulletin), U.S. Government Printing Office
  5. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 15.

39°35′59″N 75°40′25″W / 39.599697°N 75.673687°W / 39.599697; -75.673687