Hammer Creek[1] is a 19.2-mile-long (30.9 km)[2] tributary of Cocalico Creek in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Hammer Creek
Erb's Covered Bridge over Hammer Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Location
Country	Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, United States[1]
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Cornwall, Pennsylvania
• elevation	308 feet (94 m)[1]
Mouth
• location	Cocalico Creek at Rothsville, Pennsylvania
Length	19.2 miles (30.9 km)
Basin size	40 square miles (100 km2)

Hammer Creek is dammed to form Speedwell Forge Lake before joining the Cocalico Creek downstream by the confluence of Middle Creek near the village of Rothsville.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Hammer Creek has also been known historically as Hammar Creek.[1]

Bridges

• Brunnerville Road Bridge over Hammer Creek
• Erb's Covered Bridge

Notable people

• Bishop Benjamin Eby (1785–1853)

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania
• John Fass and the Hammer Creek Press

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