Mill Creek (Opequon Creek tributary)

Mill Creek is a 14.5-mile-long (23.3 km)[1] tributary of Opequon Creek, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds, located in Berkeley County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.[2] Its name reflects its past as a popular site for various types of mills, beginning with one constructed by Morgan Morgan in the mid-18th century near his cabin in present-day Bunker Hill.

## Headwaters and course

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Mill Creek is formed by a series of streams on the eastern flanks of North Mountain along Frog Hollow Road (Virginia Secondary Route 654) in northern Frederick County, Virginia. Mill Creek crosses into Berkeley County, West Virginia, and continues its flow in a northerly direction along the eastern flanks of the mountain, parallel to County Route 51/2. Along its course, Mill Creek is fed by a number of smaller spring-fed streams. Mill Creek then turns to the northeast towards the historic hamlet of Gerrardstown, where it then meanders and heads east along Gerrardstown Road (West Virginia Route 51). The stream passes under County Route 24 and turns to the southeast flowing through hilly terrain where it continues to be fed by smaller unnamed spring-fed streams. After Mill Creek passes under County Route 24/3, its size and flow increase and it then passes under Interstate 81 where it flows through the community of Bunker Hill. East of Bunker Hill, Mill Creek parallels County Route 26 and then meanders southeast through a gorge where it then empties into Opequon Creek south of Tarico Heights on the Berkeley County border with Jefferson County.

## Tributaries

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Tributary streams are listed from the headwaters to the mouth.

* Torytown Run
* Sylvan Run

## See also

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* List of Virginia rivers
* List of West Virginia rivers

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mill Creek (Opequon Creek tributary)

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Potomac River system

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Upper Potomac River

* North Branch Potomac River
* South Branch Potomac River
* Town Creek
* Little Cacapon River
* North Fork Little Cacapon River
* South Fork Little Cacapon River
* Fifteenmile Creek
* Sideling Hill Creek
* Cacapon River
* Lost River
* Trout Run
* Capon Springs Run
* Dillons Run
* Edwards Run
* Mill Branch
* North River
* (Grassy Lick Run)
* (Tearcoat Creek)
* (Bearwallow Creek)
* Sir Johns Run
* Warm Spring Run
* Tonoloway Creek
* Little Tonoloway Creek
* Sleepy Creek
* Meadow Branch
* Licking Creek
* Cherry Run
* Back Creek
* Hogue Creek
* Isaacs Creek
* Tilhance Creek
* Little Conococheague Creek
* Conococheague Creek
* Back Creek
* Opequon Creek
* Abrams Creek
* Mill Creek
* Middle Creek
* Tuscarora Creek (West Virginia)

Lower Potomac River

* Antietam Creek
* Shenandoah River
* Little Catoctin Creek
* Catoctin Creek (Virginia)
* Catoctin Creek (Maryland)
* Tuscarora Creek (Maryland)
* Monocacy River
* Rock Creek
* Marsh Creek
* Alloway Creek
* Piney Creek
* Toms Creek
* (Middle Creek)
* Double Pipe Creek
* (Big Pipe Creek)
* (Little Pipe Creek)
* Owens Creek
* Big Hunting Creek
* Tuscarora Creek
* Carroll Creek
* Linganore Creek
* Israel Creek
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* Ballenger Creek
* Bennett Creek
* Little Monocacy River
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* Little River
* Broad Run (Virginia)
* Sugarland Run
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* Seneca Creek
* Dry Seneca Creek
* Little Seneca Creek
* (Tenmile Creek)
* Great Seneca Creek
* Muddy Branch
* Watts Branch
* Difficult Run
* Rock Run
* Dead Run
* Cabin John Creek
* Little Falls Branch

Tidal Potomac River

* Pimmit Run
* Gulf Branch
* Donaldson Run
* Maddox Branch
* Windy Run
* Spout Run
* Foundry Branch
* Rock Creek
* Piney Branch
* Boundary Channel
* Tiber Creek
* Rocky Run
* Washington Channel
* Anacostia River
* Pope Branch
* Watts Branch
* Hickey Run
* Northwest Branch
* Sligo Creek
* Northeast Branch
* Paint Branch
* Four Mile Run
* Oxon Creek
* Hunting Creek
* Cameron Run
* Broad Creek
* Henson Creek
* Swan Creek
* Piscataway Creek
* Little Hunting Creek
* Dogue Creek
* Accotink Creek
* Daniels Run
* Pohick Creek
* Pomonkey Creek
* Occoquan River
* Bull Run
* Broad Run
* Cedar Run
* Neabsco Creek
* Powells Creek
* Mattawoman Creek
* Chicamuxen Creek
* Quantico Creek
* Little Creek
* Chopawamsic Creek
* Tank Creek
* Aquia Creek
* Potomac Creek
* Accokeek Creek
* Nanjemoy Creek
* Port Tobacco River
* Popes Creek (Maryland)
* Gambo Creek
* Piccowaxen Creek
* Upper Machodoc Creek
* Cuckold Creek
* Wicomico River
* Monroe Creek
* Mattox Creek
* Popes Creek (Virginia)
* St. Marys River
* Yeocomico River
* Coan River
* Hull Creek

North Branch Potomac River

* Stony River
* Abram Creek
* Savage River
* Georges Creek
* Laurel Run
* New Creek
* Limestone Run
* Warrior Run
* Wills Creek
* Brush Creek
* Little Wills Creek
* Evitts Creek
* Patterson Creek
* Mill Creek
* Dans Run
* Green Spring Run

South Branch Potomac River

* North Fork South Branch Potomac River
* Laurel Fork
* Mill Creek
* Seneca Creek
* South Fork South Branch Potomac River
* Kettle Creek
* Lunice Creek
* Mill Run
* Mill Creek
* Big Run
* Buffalo Creek

Shenandoah River

* North Fork Shenandoah River
* Cedar Creek
* Smith Creek
* South Fork Shenandoah River
* North River
* (Middle River)
* South River

Lakes and reservoirs

* Lake Accotink
* Lake Anne
* Lake Artemesia
* Lake Bernard Frank
* Lake Braddock
* Breckenridge Reservoir
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* Burke Lake
* Dalecarlia Reservoir
* Georgetown Reservoir
* Jennings Randolph Lake
* Kingman Lake
* Little Seneca Lake
* McMillan Reservoir
* Mount Storm Lake
* Lake Needwood
* Sleepy Creek Lake
* Stony River Reservoir
* Tidal Basin
* Trout Pond
* Warden Lake

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