Pennsylvania Gazetteer
Milltown Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Montgomery County. The primary coordinates for Milltown Creek places it within the PA 19012 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Milltown Creek |
| Category: | Pennsylvania physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | "This waterway rises in Philadelphia above and to the east of Burholme Park. It travels south between Myers Avenue and the railroad after being buried underground around 1900 for the development of that part of the city. The stream follows the eastern boundary of the estate of Albert J. Myers, general store owner and Cheltenham postmaster, and empties into the Tookany at approximately Ryers Avenue where the Tookany abruptly turns south." |
| History: | Richard Dungworth constructed the first mill on the Tookany in Cheltenham in 1690 in the southeast corner of the plantation. After a series of interim owners, the mill was purchased by the Rowland family in 1796 and through several generations was expanded to produce famous shovels and “forks.” The village of workers that grew up around the mill was originally known as Milltown before becoming known as Cheltenham Village at the end of the 19th century. |
| County: | Montgomery County |
| Latitude: | 40.05876 |
| Longitude: | -75.09476 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Milltown Creek: Milltown Creek.
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 Milltown Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Cheltenham Village, PA
(0.3 miles NNE) Oak Lane, PA (1.4 miles W) Oak Lane, PA (1.4 miles W) Rockledge, PA (1.6 miles N) Melrose Park, PA (2 miles W) |
Elkins Park, PA
(2.1 miles NW) McKinley, PA (2.1 miles NNW) Jenkintown, PA (3 miles NNW) Wyncote, PA (3.8 miles NW) Glenside, PA (4.3 miles NW) |
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Cheltenham, PA
(0.2 miles NNE) Ashmead Village, PA (0.3 miles NW) Ryers, PA (0.5 miles NE) Lawndale, PA (0.6 miles SSE) Cheltenham Village, PA (0.6 miles NNW) |
Burholme, PA
(0.6 miles ENE) Lawncrest, PA (0.8 miles S) Lawn Crest, PA (0.8 miles SSE) Oak Lane Manor, PA (1 miles WSW) Crescentville, PA (1 miles SSW) |
