Historic sites such as the New York, Ontario and Western Rail Yard and the Brookside Cemetery are in the creek's watershed.
Several hundred feet further downstream, it turns southeast for a short distance, reentering Carbondale Township and crossing a highway.
[1] Meredith Creek joins the Lackawanna River approximately 27.0 miles (43.5 km) upriver of its mouth.
[2] The former New York, Ontario and Western Rail Yard is located at the mouth of Meredith Creek.
This cemetery is described as a "signifcant [sic] cultural resource" in the Lackawanna River Watershed Conservation Plan".