Chartiers Run (Chartiers Creek tributary)

Chartiers Run is a tributary of Chartiers Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[1] It was named after Peter Chartier,[2] a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of Chartiers Creek in 1743.

Chartiers Run
Location
CountryUnited States
LocationWashington County, Pennsylvania
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Chartiers Creek

Chartiers Run joins Chartiers Creek at the borough of Houston.

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chartiers Run (Chartiers Creek tributary)
  2. Charles Augustus Hanna, The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Volume 1 The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Putnam's sons, 1911

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