Pleasant Run (New Jersey)

Pleasant Run
Campbell's Brook, Campbells Brook
River
Name origin: Descriptive Etymology
Country United States
State New Jersey
Region Raritan Valley
City Readington, Branchburg
Source Cushetunk Mountain
 - location Readington, Raritan Valley, New Jersey, United States
 - elevation 312 ft (95 m)
 - coordinates 40°32′1.32″N 74°49′5.52″W / 40.5337000°N 74.8182000°W / 40.5337000; -74.8182000
Mouth South Branch Raritan River
 - location Branchburg, Raritan Valley, New Jersey, United States
 - elevation 75 ft (23 m)
 - coordinates 40°31′4.8″N 74°43′44.76″W / 40.518000°N 74.7291000°W / 40.518000; -74.7291000Coordinates: 40°31′4.8″N 74°43′44.76″W / 40.518000°N 74.7291000°W / 40.518000; -74.7291000
Length 7 mi (11 km)

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

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. ↑ Cushetunk Mountain
  3. ↑ "John Dobie's Plantation" History of Branchburg. accessed at December 10, 2009
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