Barker's Creek: Named for the creek which originates and flows through the township before entering the Tuckasegee River.

Caney Fork: Named for the creek that flows through the township, Caney Fork, which empties into the Tuckasegee River at East LaPorte.

Greens Creek: Named for the creek which flows through most of the township before emptying into Savannah Creek, Greens Creek Township is served by US 441, in the form of a four-lane highway along the western edge.

* Clove Creek is a creek that flows into the Papakating Creek near Lewisburg.

The name " Tippah " is a Chickasaw word meaning " cut off ", and is taken from the creek of the same name that flows across much of the original county from northeast to southwest before emptying into the Tallahatchie River.

The descriptive name Brookside stems from the Five-Mile creek that flows through the town.

A small creek, named after the founder, Sager Creek, flows through the downtown area.

Guadalupe Valley Creek is a small creek which flows east through Brisbane along the north flank of San Bruno Mountain and enters the Brisbane Lagoon after passing under the Tunnel Avenue bridge.

It was formerly named Tetes de Morts, which is the name of a creek that flows through the village.

A small tributary of the creek flows northeast through the town.

Originally, the community was called " Mud Creek " after the creek that flows through the community and that the railroad tracks crossed ; the Ojibwe population in the area, though, called the creek Basa ' igani-ziibiwishenh (" Creek to square Ceder Timbers "), thus call the community Basa ' igani-ziibiwishenying (" By the Creek to square Ceder Timbers ").

Originally known as Lily Creek for the creek that still flows to the north, the name was later changed to Welcome in honor of Alfred M. Welcome, an Englishman who homesteaded in Manyaska Township after the Civil War.

The city was named after the creek of the same name which flows through its center.

The name is derived from a creek that flows past the village, which is reportedly a native term for " lying among milkweeds.

The town is named after a creek which flows through the town.

Thomas Creek, which flows through the city, was named for Frederick Thomas, who obtained a Donation Land Claim and settled on the banks of the creek in 1846.

Conococheague, the name of the creek that flows through the District on its way from the Path Valley south to the Potomac River, is an Indian name from the Delaware Tribe meaning clear water.

Montgomery was previously known as Black Hole for the creek that flows through it and the post office established in 1836 bearing that name and it was also known as Clinton Mills, again named for the post office.

They settled along the banks of Larrys Creek near where the creek flows into the West Branch Susquehanna River.

This unusual phenomenon occurs due to the very fast rate at which the creek flows.

The creek flows from under the railroad tracks on Gibbs Sprawl Road and further downstream divides Hopkins and Candlewood Elementaries before dispensing towards Interstate 10.

A major creek in the area with the same name flows nearby.

The creek with the same name flows through the community.

In 1926, a hydroelectric plant was built by the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company on Wallenpaupack creek at the former village of Wilsonville, which now lies under Lake Wallenpaupack.

Originally the community was called ' Horse Creek ', which was an improvement from the nearby ' Dead Horse Creek ' ( where a dead horse was found in the creek Southwest of town ), but the petition for a Post Office sent to the postmaster in Springfield, Illinois, was denied under that name.

In 1883, the historian R. I. Holcombe wrote, to the contrary, " The town took its name from the circumstance of there being a spring under the hill, on the creek, while on top of the hill, where the principal portion of the town lay, there was a field.

Later, in the case of Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co.,, Chief Justice Marshall wrote: " We do not think that the act empowering the Black Bird Creek Marsh Company to place a dam across the creek, can, under all the circumstances of the case, be considered as repugnant to the power to regulate commerce in its dormant state, or as being in conflict with any law passed on the subject.

A typical, yet simple, description under this system might read " From the point on the north bank of Muddy Creek one mile above the junction of Muddy and Indian Creeks, north for 400 yards, then northwest to the large standing rock, west to the large oak tree, south to Muddy Creek, then down the center of the creek to the starting point.

One of the mill stones is located near the creek under a fence post.

The creek breaks off Cayuga Creek under the Bowen Rd.

In 1892, Salvador Vergara ( son of José Francisco Vergara ) commenced the development of the north bank of the Marga Marga creek under the name of Población Vergara, around the current Avenida Libertad ( Liberty Avenue ).

It is not illegal, however, for visitors to approach and walk under the bridge from one side to the other along or just above the creek bed, and there is a well-worn path under the bridge that is regularly used.

Whatever influence this may have had upon Colonel Chivington, the truth is that he surprised and murdered, in cold blood, the unsuspecting men, women, and children on Sand creek, who had every reason to believe they were under the protection of the United States authorities.

Although ExxonMobil has been slowly removing oil from its former facilities in the area under two 1990 agreements with the state, they have denied liability for the oil leaking into Newtown creek and suggested fault lies instead with the former Paragon Oil, now Chevron Corporation.

Later in the 17th century in 1688 the fort protecting the crossing across Portsbridge creek was rebuilt under the direction of the Chief Royal Engineer Sir Martin Beckman.

During 1756 and 1757 defensive lines were constructed on the Portsea Island side of the creek under the supervision of John Peter Desmaretz.

Mayhaws grow in moist soil in river and creek bottoms under hardwood trees.

We lost the trail and my Captain Henry E. Noise and my self started to find it the timber and mountains we became lost and on the second day were found by a detachment under Sergeant Kinnoss, and the creek found upon now bears my name ( Slough Creek )

After crossing to the west side of Cañada Road, Laguna Creek is joined on the left ( heading downstream ) by the South Fork Laguna Creek, then after crossing under the main entrance road to Filoli it is joined by locally named Fault Creek, then Spring Creek ( possibly named by Bourn for his Spring Valley Water Company ), then on the right by an unnamed creek, then by waters from the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct and Pulgas Water Temple just before entering Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir.

At Allaben, the Shandaken Tunnel crosses under the road, bringing water from Schoharie Reservoir into the creek.

As of 2000, portions of the creek are under wildlife habitat protection.

Flowing west from the Nooksack Cirque, the river picks up large creeks such as Price Creek, a short creek draining Price Lake, as well as Ruth Creek, before flowing under the uppermost highway bridge.

Flowing along the north side of Swedesboro, the creek becomes tidal and passes under the Locke Avenue moveable bridge, marking more recent limits of navigation.

) The creek turns north again and meanders through the marshlands, passing under the ( fixed ) Interstate 295 bridge and running along the west side of the Pureland Industrial Complex, one of the largest industrial parks in the United States.