Sacony Creek

Sacony Creek^[1] (historically Saucony Creek) is a 17.4-mile-long (28.0 km)^[2] tributary of Maiden Creek in Berks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It flows through the borough of Kutztown, and is the main water source there. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission stock trout into the creek annually.

Sacony Creek Saucony Creek
Etymology	"Place of outlet"
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Berks County
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	40°31′31″N 75°52′29″W
Mouth	Maiden Creek
Length	17.4-mile

Sacony is a name derived from a Lenni Lenape Native American language purported to mean "place of outlet" or "where two rivers run together".^[3][4]

The Kutz Mill and Kutz's Mill Bridge are located on Sacony Creek in Greenwich Township.^[5]

Sacony Creek joins Maiden Creek at the community of Virginville.^[6]

The shoe manufacturer Saucony is named after Sacony Creek, as the company was founded on the banks of the Sacony in 1898, in Kutztown.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sacony Creek
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
3. Wagner, A. E.; Balthaser, Francis Wilhauer; Hoch, D. K. (1913). The Story of Berks County (Pennsylvania). Eagle Book and Job Press. p. 28.
4. "Running History: Saucony Through the Ages". Sneaker Freaker. August 2, 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
5. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2012-08-27. Note: This includes Phoebe Hopkins (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kutz Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.
6. Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6