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Morgan Creek (Tohickon Creek tributary)

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The stream was originally named Bog Run as it was indicated so on a draft of Elizabeth Galloway's land in 1781 and a number of other drafts by Samuel Foulke about the same time. It was named so because it ran through the wetlands today known as the Quakertown Swamp. The origin of the name Morgan
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at an elevation of 540 feet (160 m) and flows toward the east and slowly curves to the northeast by the time it drains into the Tohickon at an elevation of 479 feet (146 m). The stream has an average slope of 12.5 feet per mile (1.78 meters per kilometer).
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of 4.54 square miles (11.8 km). The elevation of the source is approximately 530 feet (160 m) and the elevation at the mouth is 479 feet (146 m) and it meets its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 23.0
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identification is 1181545. The Pennsylvania Gazatteer of Streams' identification is 03184. Morgan Creek has a
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The course of Morgan Run lies in the Brunswick Formation laid down during the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morgan Creek
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Creek is unknown, but, it may have referred to General
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Morgan Creek rises in Milford Township just south of
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paGazetteerOfStreams, lycomingedu, p100, I.D. 03184
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Index

Morgan Creek (Tohickon Creek)
pushpin map showing location of Morgan Creek
United States
Pennsylvania
Bucks
Milford
Richland
40°24′26″N 75°22′28″W / 40.40722°N 75.37444°W / 40.40722; -75.37444
Mouth
40°26′25″N 75°18′42″W / 40.44028°N 75.31167°W / 40.44028; -75.31167
Tohickon Creek
Delaware River
Delaware Bay
River system
Delaware River
Pennsylvania Route 309
Pennsylvania Route 313
tributary
Tohickon Creek
Bucks County
Pennsylvania
United States
Milford Township
Richland Township
Quakertown
Daniel Morgan
Geographic Names Information System
watershed
river mile
Trumbauersville

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