Pennsylvania Gazetteer
Serpentine Run is a physical feature (stream) in Chester County. The primary coordinates for Serpentine Run places it within the PA 19355 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Serpentine Run |
| Category: | Pennsylvania physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads 0.6 km (0.4 mi) ESE of Bryn Mawr Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, flows E to join Ridley Creek 0.8 km (0.5 mi) N of Goshenville. |
| History: | "Named because the stream flows through a geological feature known as a ""serpentine barren"". Reportedly the locally found serpentine rock is poisonous to most plants and the almost-bare outcroppings of this rock are called ""barrens""." |
| County: | Chester County |
| Latitude: | 40.0045527 |
| Longitude: | -75.5343723 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Serpentine Run: Serpentine Run.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Serpentine Run does not include property ownership information.
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