Stevens Run (Rock Creek tributary)

Not to be confused with Stevens Knoll.

Stevens Run^[1] (Stevens Creek,^[2] Tiber) is a 2.2-mile-long (3.5 km)^[3] tributary of Rock Creek in Pennsylvania in the United States.

Stevens Run (2015)

Stevens Run flows over the Gettysburg Battlefield and through the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Within the borough the stream is in a concrete channel, including a covered portion. From 1884 to 1942, the run was spanned by three bridges of the Round Top Branch railroad.^[4]

History

Stevens Run was named after Thaddeus Stevens, a congressman from Pennsylvania.^[5]

Samuel Gettys' Tavern was located on the south side on the uphill slope of the now-named Stevens Run, and Rock Creek Church was approximately on the north bank of the now-named Carlisle Street and Stevens Run.^[6] In 1902, a new bridge was built over the Tiber on Chambersburg Street.

Course, northeast-to-southwest
Intersection	Location/Description	Coordinates
Mouth	Rock Creek confluence
Bridge	site of 1912 bridge
Bridge	Former borough site of 1920 bridge
Boundary	Exits GNMP land
Run	Confluence with flow from Colt Park	39°49.319′N 77°14.529′W
	Perennial flow[7]	39.81631°N 77.25540°W / 39.81631; -77.25540
	Flow from Plum & Guinn runs' triple pt
Headpoint	N of Codori house & barn[7]	39.81178°N 77.24021°W / 39.81178; -77.24021

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania