Coordinates: 37°13′23″N 76°41′38″W / 37.22306°N 76.69389°W / 37.22306; -76.69389 College Creek (formerly named Archer's Hope Creek) is located in James City County in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia in the United States. From a point of origin near the independent city of Williamsburg, it is a tributary of the James River.
Read more about College Creek: 17th Century: Anchoring The Palisade, 19th Century, 19th-21st Centuries, Modern Watershed
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