Pleasant Run (New Jersey)

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Pleasant Run
Campbell's Brook
Pleasant Run (New Jersey)
EtymologyDescriptive Etymology
Location
Country United States
State New Jersey
Region Raritan Valley
City Readington, Branchburg
Physical characteristics
Source Cushetunk Mountain
  location Readington, Raritan Valley, New Jersey, United States
  coordinates 40°32′1.32″N74°49′5.52″W / 40.5337000°N 74.8182000°W / 40.5337000; -74.8182000
  elevation312 ft (95 m)
Mouth South Branch Raritan River
  location
Branchburg, Raritan Valley, New Jersey, United States
  coordinates
40°31′4.8″N74°43′44.76″W / 40.518000°N 74.7291000°W / 40.518000; -74.7291000
  elevation
75 ft (23 m)
Length7 mi (11 km)

Pleasant Run is a tributary of the South Branch Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Contents

Pleasant Run is approximately 7 miles (11 km) in length, [1] running from its headwaters near Cushetunk Mountain, [2] a plutonic intrusion of igneous rock surrounding Round Valley Reservoir, through Readington and Branchburg, to its convergence with the South Branch Raritan River near River Road in Branchburg.

Pleasant Run was originally called Campbell's Brook after John Campbell of Piscataway. Campbell in 1685, was granted a strip of land extending west from the South Branch and which surrounded Pleasant Run. [3]

Tributaries

Pleasant Run has twenty-three small, unnamed tributaries in Branchburg and Readington.

Crossings

Readington
Branchburg

See also

References

  1. Hunterdon County New Jersey 1834
  2. "CVO Menu - America's Volcanic Past - New Jersey". Archived from the original on December 31, 2006. Retrieved December 21, 2006. Cushetunk Mountain
  3. "John Dobie's Plantation" History of Branchburg. Accessed December 10, 2009.