Hawlings River is a 12.9-mile-long (20.8 km)[1] tributary of the Patuxent River in Montgomery County, Maryland. The watershed covers an area of about 28 square miles (73 km2). The waterway was originally called Holland's River.[2] The headwaters of the river originate in the area north of Laytonsville, and the river flows southeast, entering the Patuxent about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) below the Triadelphia Reservoir. Portions of Hawlings River flow through Rachel Carson Conservation Park and Hawlings River Stream Valley Park. Tributaries of the Hawlings River include Mount Zion Tributary, Reddy Branch, Olney Mill Tributary, Gregg Tributary, and James Creek. The river and its tributaries total about 98 miles (158 km) of streams.[3]
Before 1769 local residents petitioned the colonial government to build a chapel on the river.[4]
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
- ^ "Landgate/Holland Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (MCDEP). Rockville, MD. December 2003. Hawlings River Watershed Restoration Action Plan.
- ^ A PETITION, UNDATED,. BUT APPARENTLY OF THIS PERIOD, SIGNED BY THE VESTRY AND SUNDRY INHABITANTS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S PARISH, PRAYING FOR THE PASSAGE OF AN ACT FOR THE ERECTION OF A CHAPEL ON RAWLINGS RlVER, A BRANCH OF THE PATUXENT. Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1758-1761 Volume 56, Page 506. MSS. Archives of Md. Black Book No. 10 Letter 107 Hall of Records Archives of Maryland Online. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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