title: Faulkner Branch (Marshyhope Creek tributary)
text: # Faulkner Branch (Marshyhope Creek tributary)
  
  Faulkner Branch is a 6.34 mi (10.20 km) long second-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Caroline County, Maryland.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Faulkners Branch
  
  ## Course
  
  Faulkner Branch rises about 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Federalsburg, Maryland and then flows generally southeast to join Marshyhope Creek about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Federalsburg, Maryland.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Faulkner Branch drains 7.31 square miles (18.9 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 44.5 in/year of precipitation, and is about 6.53% forested.
  
  