Armstrong Creek (Pennsylvania)

Armstrong Creek is a 16.5-mile-long (26.6 km)[1] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania in the United States.[2]

The creek rises on Berry Mountain east of Elizabethville and flows generally southwest.

Armstrong Creek joins the Susquehanna River on the north side of Halifax.[2]

Armstong Creek was named for John Armstrong, Sr., who led the Kittanning Expedition in the French and Indian War.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed August 8, 2011
  2. 1 2 Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
  3. ↑ Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1895. p. 22.

Coordinates: 40°28′57″N 76°56′02″W / 40.4824°N 76.9340°W / 40.4824; -76.9340


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