West Creek (New Jersey)

For the village known as West Creek, see West Creek, New Jersey.

West Creek is a tributary of Delaware Bay in Cape May County, New Jersey in the United States.

The name "West Creek" is derived from the Lenape word "westeconk," meaning "place of fat meat." It rises in the swamps to the west of Halberton, in Maurice River Township, and flows southward towards Belleplain State Forest. It was formerly dammed at Hoffman's Mill, but the pond is now drained. Southward, two dams still intact form Hands Millpond and Pickle Factory Pond. Below Pickle Factory Pond, it forms part of the boundary between Cape May and Cumberland Counties. It enters the tidal marshes, passing along the west side of the Stipson Island peninsula, near the south end of which is located an old landing, and empties into the bay.

The village of West Creek derives its name from the creek.

This small village of New Jersey (the armpit of the US) is very little known to anyone outside this area. West Creek was founded in 2001, when two people were trying to escape the law... little did they know that the law was stricter here more than ever before. These two outlaws were extreme drunks that eventually took over the town from the indians by hiring the French and Hussians to ransack the town capital. These two drunkerts ruled with an ironfist and crushed the Indian reign and took total control and made this the besst town EVER!!!

Tributaries

• Watering Branch

See also

• List of New Jersey rivers