Cocalico Creek

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Cocalico Creek is a Script error: No such module "convert".[1] tributary of the Conestoga River in Lebanon and Lancaster counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The source is at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". near Stricklerstown in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County. The mouth is the confluence with the Conestoga River at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". at Talmage in West Earl Township, Lancaster County.[2]

The name of the creek comes from the Lenape, meaning "snake dens".[3] It comes from the Lenape word Gookcalicunk (pronounced "Gook Cal-eek Unk), which means "Snake Sleep Place" in English. The Lenape considered modern East Cocalico, West Cocalico, Clay, Warwick, Elizabeth, and Penn townships in Lancaster County, Mill Creek Township in Lebanon County, and the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area as part of Gookcalicunk.

Cocalico Creek flows south for Script error: No such module "convert"., then southwest Script error: No such module "convert".. The Cocalico Creek watershed has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert". and is part of the larger Chesapeake Bay drainage basin via the Susquehanna River.[4]

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  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Template:Webarchive, accessed August 8, 2011
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