Rauchtown Run

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Rauchtown Run, named Rauchtown Creek on United States Geological Survey maps, is a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Clinton and Lycoming Counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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History and geography

Rauchtown Run flows through the eastern portions of Clinton County and into the southwestern corner of Lycoming County where it sinks underground in Limestone Township and emerges as Antes Creek at Nippenose Spring in the same township before joining the West Branch Susquehanna River near Jersey Shore. Antes Creek was historically known as Nippenose Creek. [1]

Nippenose is likely derived from a Lenape term "Nipeno-wi", meaning "like the summer." [2] The name "Antes Creek" honors Lt Colonel John Henry Ante, after whom nearby Fort Antes was also named. [3] Other variant names include: Sunken Creek, Antis Creek and Rauch Creek. [1] [4]

The total length of Rauchtown Run and Antes Creek is 9.4 miles (15.1 km). [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Geographic Names Information System. "GNIS entry for Antes Creek (Feature ID # 1168331)" . Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  2. Indian Placenames in America, Volume 1
  3. Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 303. ISBN   978-0-8063-0416-8.
  4. Geographic Names Information System. "GNIS entry for Rauchtown Creek (Feature ID # 1184701)" . Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011

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