How did Little Neshaminy Creek in Pennsylvania get it’s name? This page provides a brief history about Little Neshaminy Creek in Pennsylvania, the people who settled on it, and the industry rising around it.
A tributary of Neshaminy Creek rising in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, near the Gwynedd Township line. Flowing southeastwardly through the northeastern corner of Horsham Township, it enters Bucks County below Eureka and crosses Warrington Township and the southwestern corner of Warwick Township, thence forming the boundary between Warwick and Northampton Townships and emptying into Neshaminy Creek at Rushland. A small tributary comes in from Gwynedd across Horsham, joining the main stream near Neshaminy village. It also has another confluent called Park Creek.
There were several mills on Little Neshaminy. Old Hartsville mill had many owners. Built originally some distance east of Old York Road (Route 155), Josiah Hart, owner in 1813, moved it up to the west side of the road, “where,” as he said, “I can see the people.” Mearns’ mills, upper and lower, in the family possession for several generations, are reputed to have supplied Washington’s army, while encamped near by, with flour and meal. The Long grist and fulling mills flourished for many years. Ten bridges cross Little Neshaminy, five stone and five iron and wood.