Saylers Creek

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Saylers Creek
Sailors Creek, Sayler's Creek
Saylers Creek Battlefield (1936)

Saylers Creek Battlefield (1936)

Data
Water code US :  1474087
location Virginia , USA
River system James River
Drain over Appomattox River  → James River  → Chesapeake Bay  → Atlantic Ocean
source in Amelia County, northwest of Moran,
37 ° 14 ′ 17 ″  N , 78 ° 14 ′ 28 ″  W
muzzle in Prince Edward County in the Appomattox River Coordinates: 37 ° 20 ′ 34 "  N , 78 ° 15 ′ 37"  W 37 ° 20 ′ 34 "  N , 78 ° 15 ′ 37"  W

length 14.7 km

The Sayler's Creek (also known as Sailors Creek or Sayler's Creek ) is a 14.7 km long river with historical significance in Prince Edward County in the center of the US state of Virginia .

The creek rises 2.1 kilometers northwest of Moran in a wooded area at the end of Lee Drive , a side street off County Road 616 . It flows from here in a northerly direction. After about 3 miles, the river passes under Virginia State Route 307 . From here it forms a small lake in a moorland 500 meters downstream . It then flows through the area where the historic battles on Sailor's Creek took place during the Civil War of 1865. Today the Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park is located here . Saylers Creek turns from there in a north-westerly direction.

Shortly before its confluence with the Appomattox River , 3.1 kilometers east of Stoddert , the Little Saylers Creek joins as a left tributary .

Counties

The Saylers Creek flows through the following counties (order source to mouth):

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Waterbody Quality Assessment Report | WATERS | US EPA
  2. ↑ a b Waterbody Quality Assessment Report | WATERS | US EPA
  3. ^ US Geological Survey. Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981). 31-Dec-1981. Primarily from US Geological Survey 1: 24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1: 25K, Puerto Rico 1: 20K) and from US Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1: 62,500 scale or 1: 250,000 scale maps
  4. ↑ Williamson, Gene. Of the Sea and Skies: Historic Hampton And Its Times. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993 p193
  5. ^ Saylers Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey