Beaver Creek (Tinicum Creek tributary)

Beaver Creek
Location map of Pennsylvania showing location of Beaver
Location map of Pennsylvania showing location of Beaver
Beaver Creek
Native nameAmochkhanne (Delaware)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBucks
TownshipTinicum, Nockamixon, Bridgeton
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates40°32′14″N 75°7′20″W / 40.53722°N 75.12222°W / 40.53722; -75.12222
 • elevation540 feet (160 m)
Mouth 
 • coordinates
40°28′50″N 75°8′49″W / 40.48056°N 75.14694°W / 40.48056; -75.14694
 • elevation
226 feet (69 m)
Length4.76 miles (7.66 km)
Basin size6.83 square miles (17.7 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionBeaver Creek → Tinicum CreekDelaware RiverDelaware Bay
River systemDelaware River
BridgesLonely Cottage Road, Lonely Cottage Road, Strocks Grove Road, Rocky Ridge Road, Byers Road, Clay Ridge Road

Beaver Creek (Lenape name - Amochkhanne, Amoch=beaver, khanne=creek) is a tributary of Tinicum Creek in Bridgeton, Nockamixon, and Tinicum Townships in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The creek is part of the Delaware River watershed.[1]

  1. ^ MacReynolds, George (1942). Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Doylestown, PA: Bucks County Historical Society. p. 17.

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