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Housing Units (2000): 231
Land area (2000): 1.150977 sq. miles (2.981017 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.150977 sq. miles (2.981017 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59160
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.860555 N, 77.058207 W
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Penns Creek
Wikipedia
Penns Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania in the United States.
Originally named "John Penn's Creek" after William Penn's younger brother, it was renamed Penns Creek (without the apostrophe) in 1802 by an Act of Assembly. The creek drains a watershed of approximately in Snyder, Union, and Centre counties.
Penns Creek flows from its headwaters north of Spring Mills to the Susquehanna River, approximately downstream of Selinsgrove.
A large spring within Penns Cave, a commercial cave that offers guided tours by boat, forms one source for this limestone creek.
The upper reaches of Penns Creek offer some of the best trout flyfishing in the Northeast, with a Green Drake hatch occurring in late May that is one of the largest in the world. Additional Hendricksons, Sulphurs, and Tricos also attract anglers. As the water travels towards the Susquehanna, the temperatures gradually warm to levels best suited for panfish.