Sacony Creek

Sacony Creek
Saucony Creek
Etymology"Place of outlet"
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyBerks County
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates40°31′31″N 75°52′29″W / 40.52529°N 75.87465°W / 40.52529; -75.87465
MouthMaiden Creek
Length17.4-mile

Sacony Creek (historically Saucony Creek) is a 17.4-mile-long (28.0 km) 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 is a name derived from a Lenni Lenape Native American language purported to mean "place of outlet" or "where two rivers run together".

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

Sacony Creek joins Maiden Creek at the community of Virginville.

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