Cedar Creek is a 40.5 miles (65.2 km) tributary

Tributary

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 stream

Stream

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 of the North Fork Shenandoah River in northern

Northern Virginia

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 Virginia

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 in the United States

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. It forms the majority of the boundary between Frederick

Frederick County, Virginia

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 and Shenandoah

Shenandoah County, Virginia

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 counties. Cedar Creek's confluence

Confluence

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 with the North Fork Shenandoah is located at Strasburg

Strasburg, Virginia

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.

It was the site of the 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek

Battle of Cedar Creek

The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, October 19, 1864, was one of the final, and most decisive, battles in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. The final Confederate invasion of the North, led by Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early, was effectively ended...

 in the American Civil War

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.

Tributaries

Tributary streams are listed from Cedar Creek's headwaters to its mouth.

• Shell Run
• Cold Spring Run
• Paddy Run
• Gravel Springs Run
• Duck Run
• Fall Run
• Lick Run
• Turkey Run
  • Eishelman Run
  • Indian Run
  • Swamp Run
• Mulberry Run
  • Zanes Run
• Middle Marsh Brook
  • Watson Run
• Meadow Brook
• Stickley Run

List of cities and towns along Cedar Creek

• Gravel Springs
  Gravel Springs, Virginia
  Gravel Springs is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, USA. Gravel Springs was established in 1872. It lies south of Star Tannery at the intersection of Brill, Star Tannery, and Gravel Springs Roads....
  
  
• Lebanon Church
  Lebanon Church, Virginia
  Lebanon Church is an unincorporated community in Shenandoah County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.-Reference:...
  
  
• Marlboro
  Marlboro, Virginia
  Marlboro is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, USA. It is located at the intersection of Middle Road and Cedar Creek Grade on Cedar Creek. Marlboro was originally known as Marlborough and Marlboroughtown....
  
  
• Meadow Mills
  Meadow Mills, Virginia
  Meadow Mills is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, USA. Meadow Mills is located in southern Frederick County southwest of Middletown on Cedar Creek, hence its former eponymous name of Cedar Creek....
  
  
• Oranda
  Oranda, Virginia
  Oranda is an unincorporated community in Shenandoah County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.-Reference:...
  
  
• Star Tannery
  Star Tannery, Virginia
  Star Tannery is an unincorporated community in southwestern Frederick County, Virginia on the Shenandoah County line. Star Tannery is located on Star Tannery Road off of Wardensville Pike along Cedar Creek.-History:...
  
  
• Strasburg
  Strasburg, Virginia
  Strasburg is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States, which was founded in 1761 by Peter Stover. It is the largest town, population-wise, in the county and is known for its pottery, antiques, and Civil War history...
  
  
• Zepp