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'''Georges Creek''' is a {{convert|17.6|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed August 15, 2011</ref> [[tributary]] stream of the [[Potomac River#North Branch Potomac River|North Branch Potomac River]] in [[western Maryland|western]] [[Maryland]]. The creek has its [[headwaters]] near [[Frostburg, Maryland|Frostburg]] and empties into the North Branch Potomac River at [[Westernport, Maryland|Westernport]], all in western [[Allegany County, Maryland|Allegany County]]. Along the [[Georges Creek Valley]], there exists a series of small towns founded in the nineteenth century for miners' homes. The Georges Creek Valley is rich in wide veins of [[coal]], once extracted by deep mines but still mined today through [[surface mining]]. |
'''Georges Creek''' is a {{convert|17.6|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webcite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/66gupqQDM?url=http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=20120405000000 |dateformat=iso }}, accessed August 15, 2011</ref> [[tributary]] stream of the [[Potomac River#North Branch Potomac River|North Branch Potomac River]] in [[western Maryland|western]] [[Maryland]]. The creek has its [[headwaters]] near [[Frostburg, Maryland|Frostburg]] and empties into the North Branch Potomac River at [[Westernport, Maryland|Westernport]], all in western [[Allegany County, Maryland|Allegany County]]. Along the [[Georges Creek Valley]], there exists a series of small towns founded in the nineteenth century for miners' homes. The Georges Creek Valley is rich in wide veins of [[coal]], once extracted by deep mines but still mined today through [[surface mining]]. |
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Revision as of 11:25, 10 January 2017
Georges Creek is a 17.6-mile-long (28.3 km)[1] tributary stream of the North Branch Potomac River in western Maryland. The creek has its headwaters near Frostburg and empties into the North Branch Potomac River at Westernport, all in western Allegany County. Along the Georges Creek Valley, there exists a series of small towns founded in the nineteenth century for miners' homes. The Georges Creek Valley is rich in wide veins of coal, once extracted by deep mines but still mined today through surface mining.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Template:Webcite, accessed August 15, 2011
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39°37′50.9″N 78°56′12.8″W / 39.630806°N 78.936889°W