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Roaring Creek was known to the Lenni Lenape as Popemetang, which means "Roaring Creek" in English. [13] This name likely originates from the waterfalls and rapids on the creek's lower reaches. [14] The creek was known as Popemetang until the late 1700s. However, several maps were referring to it as Roaring Creek as early as 1792. [13]
The unincorporated community of Mill Grove is along the southwest boundary of the township, next to Roaring Creek. According to the U.S. Bureau , the township has a total area of 23.6 square miles (61.0 km 2 ), of which 23.5 square miles (60.8 km 2 ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km 2 ), or 0.34%, is water.
South Branch Roaring Creek is a tributary of Roaring Creek in Columbia County and Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. [1] It is approximately 16.8 miles (27.0 km) long. [ 2 ] The upper reaches of the creek are located in Weiser State Forest, between Big Mountain and Little Mountain.
Mill Creek is a tributary of Roaring Creek in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 3.1 miles (5.0 km) long and flows through Roaring Creek Township and Locust Township. [1] The watershed of the creek has an area of 4.98 square miles (12.9 km 2).
Lick Run is a small tributary of Roaring Creek in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 4.2 miles (6.8 km) long. [1] It is entirely in Locust Township. Its watershed has an area of 5.97 square miles. It is designated as a coldwater fishery and Class A Wild Trout Waters.
The United States Office of Management and Budget [13] has designated Columbia County as the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 census [ 14 ] the metropolitan area ranked 20th most populous in the State of Pennsylvania and the 368th most populous in the United States with a population of 82,562.
This historic structure was a 107.25-foot-long (32.69 m), Burr Truss arch bridge with a tarred metal roof, constructed in 1870. It crossed Roaring Creek.. It was one of twenty-eight historic covered bridges that were located in Columbia and Montour counties identified during the late-1970s.
PA 54 heads south through Bear Gap in forested Little Mountain to the west of the South Branch Roaring Creek, gaining a second eastbound lane and crossing into Coal Township. The road turns east and ascends forested Big Mountain, passing south of a tract of Weiser State Forest that contains the Shamokin Reservoir and entering Mount Carmel Township.