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.

As the creek flows under the fence from the surrounding grazing country, within 20 metres it begins its journey underground to come out 832 metres down stream.

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.

Upon crossing the creek, Route 120 continues northwest through industrial and commercial areas, intersecting with Murray Hill Parkway.

In 1887, the Union Townsite Company established a town on the north side of the creek northwest of the post office, naming it Ivamar after Iva Marr, the daughter of a local rancher.

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.

The creek followed the hill northwest on the opposite side from the river and had steep western banks.

In the northwest, the valley of the Vellach creek ( at ) leading to Bad Vellach is the southernmost point of both the Austrian state of Carinthia and Austria as a whole.

** Apple Creek-a small creek branching off Beaver Creek near Highway 7 and Rodick Road and runs between residential developments in a northwest direction to 16th Avenue and Buttonfield Road ( just south of Cachet Centre shopping mall )

The creek flows south across the state line to Sylvania, where it is joined by Tenmile Creek to form the Ottawa River, approximately northwest of Toledo.

The riding consists of the part of the City of Ottawa bounded on the north by the Ottawa River, and on the west, south and east by a line drawn due south from the river to the mouth of Cardinal Creek, east along that creek, southwest along Regional Road 174, southeast along Trim Road, southwest along Wall Road, southeast along Mer Bleue Road, east along Navan Road, southeast along Mer Bleue Road and Boundary Road, northwest along Highway 417, 250 metres east along the abandoned Canadian Pacific Railway, north along the hydroelectric transmission line, northeast along Innes Road, northwest along Blair Road, east and northeast along Montreal Road and Regional Road 174, and north along Green's Creek to the Ottawa River.

A tributary known as the " South Branch of the Cattaraugus Creek " originates in Cattaraugus, New York and flows northwest to the main Cattaraugus Creek along the Persia-Otto town line, joining the main creek just east of the village of Gowanda.

Moore's plan was to move Bravo and Alpha northwest past the creek bed, and Charlie south toward the mountain.

At 12: 15, the first shots were fired on Bravo Company's three platoons that were patrolling the jungle northwest of the dry creek bed.

The creek departs the town of Ridgeway at its northeast corner, cuts through the northwest corner of the town of Gaines, and widens before entering the town of Carlton.

Ophir is located on the west bank of the Innoko River in western Alaska, northwest of McGrath, at the mouth of Ophir creek, which was mined for many years by Gust Utilla.

A typical description for a small parcel of land would be: " beginning with a corner at the intersection of two stone walls near an apple tree on the north side of Muddy Creek road one mile above the junction of Muddy and Indian Creeks, north for 150 rods to the end of the stone wall bordering the road, then northwest along a line to a large standing rock on the corner of John Smith's place, thence west 150 rods to the corner of a barn near a large oak tree, thence south to Muddy Creek road, thence down the side of the creek road to the starting point.

Most of the park's area lies in the original Garrison Creek ravine and this creek, now a buried city storm sewer, still flows beneath the park from the northwest to the southeast corners.

The creek now flows as a storm sewer under the following streets ( starting at the Delaware River and running from southeast to northwest ): Canal, Laurel, Bodine, Cambridge, and Orkney Streets.

To Ann Turner, a half-blooded Miami, one section of land on the northwest side of the Wabash river, to commence at the mouth of Fork creek, on the west bank of the said creek, and running up said creek one mile ( 1. 6 km ) in a direct line, thence at right angles with this line for quantity.

To William Wayne Wells, a half-blooded Miami, one section of land, at the mouth of the Fork creek, where the reservation for Ann Turner commences, running down the Wabash river on the northwest bank one mile ( 1. 6 km ); thence, back one mile ( 1. 6 km ); thence, east one mile ( 1. 6 km ), to the boundary line of the grant to Ann Turner.

Two other older creek beds lie northwest along the San Andreas Fault.

The creek rises at the continental divide near Loveland Pass in the Front Range, northwest of Grays Peak in western Clear Creek County.

Johnston placed Lt. General Leonidas Polk's corps behind Two Run Creek northwest of Cassville to oppose Schofield in front as he began crossing the creek.