Hewletts Creek
# Hewletts Creek

Hewletts Creek is a stream in New Hanover County, North Carolina, in the United States. It is the only stream of its name in the United States.

Hewletts Creek was named for a family of settlers.

## Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:

* Hewlet Creek
* Hewlets Creek

## Course

Hewletts Creek rises on the Cape Fear River divide in Pine Valley Country Club of Wilmington, North Carolina and then flows east and southeast to the Intracoastal Waterway in Masonboro, North Carolina.

## Watershed

Hewletts Creek drains 11.08 square miles (28.7 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 57.9 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 586.63 and is about 11% forested.

