Antietam Creek

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Antietam Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Pennsylvania and Maryland, historically notable for its proximity to the American Civil War Battle of Antietam.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Antietam Creek canonical 14
Antietam Creek valley 2
Antietam Creek watershed 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf creek ⓘ
river in the United States ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Maryland Campaign
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Burnside Bridge ⓘ
Interstate 70 ⓘ
Maryland Route 34 ⓘ
U.S. Route 40 ⓘ
drainageBasin Potomac River basin ⓘ
linked to: Potomac River
flowsThrough Franklin County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Washington County, Maryland ⓘ
hasEcosystemType freshwater stream ⓘ
hasEtymology possibly derived from a Native American word ⓘ
hasFeature limestone streambed in many sections ⓘ
hasLeftTributary Beaver Creek (Maryland) ⓘ
Marsh Run ⓘ
hasMouthNear Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ
hasRightTributary Hamilton Run ⓘ
Little Antietam Creek ⓘ
linked to: Antietam Creek

Rocky Run ⓘ
hasSourceNear Waynesboro, Pennsylvania ⓘ
historicallyNotableFor Battle of Antietam ⓘ
historicalSignificance site of intense fighting during the Battle of Antietam ⓘ
isAlsoKnownAs Antietam River ⓘ
linked to: Antietam Creek

Sharpsburg Creek ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachian region ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedNear Antietam National Battlefield ⓘ
managedBy state and local authorities in Maryland ⓘ
state and local authorities in Pennsylvania ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Potomac River ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
near Boonsboro, Maryland ⓘ
Hagerstown, Maryland ⓘ
Sharpsburg battlefield ⓘ
partOf Potomac River basin ⓘ
linked to: Potomac River
partOfWatershed Chesapeake Bay watershed ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay
region Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
tributaryOf Potomac River ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Franklin County, Pennsylvania → hasRiver → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Burnside Bridge → crosses → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Antietam National Battlefield → locatedIn → Antietam Creek valley ⓘ
linked to: Antietam Creek
Sharpsburg, Maryland → adjacentTo → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Rohrbach’s Bridge → crosses → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Union Ninth Corps front → riverCrossing → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Antietam National Cemetery → namedAfter → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Antietam National Cemetery → near → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Antietam Creek → isAlsoKnownAs → Antietam River ⓘ
linked to: Antietam Creek
Antietam Creek → hasRightTributary → Little Antietam Creek ⓘ
linked to: Antietam Creek
Sharpsburg Historic District → near → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Maryland Route 34 → passesNear → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Maryland Route 65 → passesNear → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Battle of Sharpsburg → tookPlaceNear → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Burnside’s Bridge → crosses → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Burnside’s Bridge → hasView → Antietam Creek valley ⓘ
linked to: Antietam Creek
Marsh Run → tributaryOf → Antietam Creek ⓘ
Marsh Run → locatedInWatershed → Antietam Creek watershed ⓘ
linked to: Antietam Creek