According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1][5] Stoney Creek rises on the Perkins Run divide in Westwoods in New Castle County, Delaware and flows southeast to mouth at the Delaware River just north of Fox Point State Park.

[6] Tukohtene Falls (Lenape for round mountain) is a ten-foot waterfall located in the park.

Bellevue Lake is a reservoir created by the impounding of Stoney Creek in 1936.

[13] Stony Creek has a stream segment length of 1 km.

It is one of four major streams that empty into the Delaware River from the Piedmont in Delaware, the others are Shellpot Creek, Perkins Run and Naamans Creek.