Cobbs Creek
| Cobbs Creek | |
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 Cobbs Creek near Nitre Hall
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Naylors Run, Indian Creek, Mingo Creek |
| - right | Thomas Run Creek, Paschall Creek |
| Cities | Philadelphia, Upper Darby, Darby, Millbourne |
| Source | Cobbs Creek |
| - location | Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States |
| - elevation | 377 ft (115 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°00′54″N 75°19′32″W / 40.01500°N 75.32556°W |
| Mouth | Darby Creek |
| - location | Darby, Pennsylvania, United States |
| - elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| - coordinates | 39°54′23″N 75°15′11″W / 39.90639°N 75.25306°WCoordinates: 39°54′23″N 75°15′11″W / 39.90639°N 75.25306°W |
| Length | 11.8 mi (19 km) |
| Basin | 100 sq mi (259 km2) |
| Discharge | for Darby |
| - average | 1,650 cu ft/s (47 m3/s) |
| - max | 50,200 cu ft/s (1,422 m3/s) |
| - min | 195 cu ft/s (6 m3/s) |
| Discharge elsewhere (average) | |
| - Darby | 1,620 cu ft/s (46 m3/s) |
 Location of the mouth of Cobbs Creek in Pennsylvania
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Cobbs Creek is an 11.8-mile-long (19.0 km)tributary of Darby Creek in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It forms an approximate border between Montgomery County and Delaware County. After Cobbs Creek passes underneath Township Line Road (U.S. Route 1), it forms the border between Philadelphia County and Delaware County. It later joins Darby Creek before flowing into the Delaware River.
Cobbs Creek used to be called "Karakung" by Native Americans. This was the site of the historic Old Swede's Mill on the Karakong Kill which Governor Johan Printz, governor of New Sweden had built during 1645. It was the first water mill built within the limits of Pennsylvania. Its site may still be seen at the rocks on the east bank of the stream near the Blue Bell Inn on the road from Philadelphia to Darby. There were a few mills established around the portion of the river located along Karakung Drive in Haverford Township. Nitre Hall Powder Mills were built in the early 19th century along Cobb’s Creek on Karakung Drive. It was a center for manufacture for almost 200 years.
Where Cobbs Creek borders Philadelphia, it is surrounded by Cobbs Creek Park which contains 851 acres (1.330 sq mi) managed by the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation department since a merger of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Department of Recreation in 2010. Cobbs Creek Park contains three playgrounds: Cobbs Creek Recreation Center at Cobbs Creek Parkway and Spruce Street, Granahan playground at 65th and Callowhill streets, and Charles Papa Playground, a part of Morris Park in Overbrook, just north of Cobbs Creek Golf Course. For many in West Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek is the primary hiking and recreation attraction, offering swimming, golf, ball fields, tracks, tennis and basketball courts, ice and roller hockey rinks, and campgrounds. The park and its numerous picnic spaces are popular with families during summer weekends and holidays for picnics, barbecues, reunions and parties.
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