Poquessing Creek
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poquessing-creek-248-1471008
title:
Poquessing Creek
text:
Poquessing Creek is a 10.3-mile-long (16.6 km) creek, a right tributary of the Delaware River, that forms the boundary between Philadelphia and Bensalem Township, which borders it to the northeast along the Delaware. It has defined this boundary between Bucks and Philadelphia counties since 1682. The creek arises in Trevose and meanders to the southeast before emptying into the Delaware River. The name Poquessing comes from the Lenape "Poetquessnink", meaning "place of the mice". The mouth of th
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encyclopedia
description:
United States historic place
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poquessing_Creek
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date modified:
2023-11-09T02:52:39Z
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13
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