Town Creek (Potomac River) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Town Creek is a 41.6 miles (66.9 km) tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

stream

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

of the Potomac River

Potomac River

The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. The river is approximately long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles...

in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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s of Maryland

Maryland

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and Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. The creek is formed from the confluence

Confluence

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...

of Sweet Root Creek and Elk Lick Creek, about 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) south of Buchanan State Forest

Buchanan State Forest

Buchanan State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #2. The main office is located in McConnellsburg in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States...

in Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Bedford County, Pennsylvania

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. Town Creek flows south along the base of Warrior Mountain

Warrior Mountain

Warrior Mountain is a ridge located in Allegany County, Maryland. Warrior Mountain begins northwest of Oldtown, Maryland and runs northeasterly to the water gap formed by the Murley Branch of Town Creek, south of Flintstone, Maryland...

into Allegany County, Maryland

Allegany County, Maryland

Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the US state of Maryland. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 75,087. Its county seat is Cumberland...

. It empties into the Potomac about 4 miles (6 km) east of Oldtown, Maryland

Oldtown, Maryland

Oldtown is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland along the North Branch Potomac River founded in 18th century colonial times. The settlement was initially called "Shawanese Old Town" because it was the site of a Shawnee Amerindian village abandoned about a decade earlier...

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