Cabin Run (Tohickon Creek, Delaware River)
Cabin Run | |
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Country | United States |
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State | Pennsylvania |
County | Bucks County |
Township | Bedminster Township, Plumstead Township |
Source | small pond |
- elevation | 481 ft (147 m) |
- coordinates | 40°23′53″N 75°10′37″W / 40.39806°N 75.17694°W |
Mouth | |
- elevation | 263 ft (80 m) |
- coordinates | 40°25′57.7″N 75°6′39.5″W / 40.432694°N 75.110972°WCoordinates: 40°25′57.7″N 75°6′39.5″W / 40.432694°N 75.110972°W |
Length | 4.5 mi (7 km) |
Cabin Run is a tributary of the Tohickon Creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, rising in the southwestern portion of Bedminster Township to its confluence with the Tohickon Creek in northeastern Plumstead Township.[1] Its course is approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km)[2]
History
Cabin Run was so named for the log cabins and stone homes that were built here in the 1700s, and appeared on maps as early as 1770. At one time the Leatherman grist, saw, and cider mill, and the Loux grist and saw mill were operated along the stream.[1] Cabin Run Covered Bridge and Loux Covered Bridge were added to the National Register of Historic Places on 1 December 1980.[3][4]
Course
Cabin Run rises from an unnamed pond to the west of the intersection of Kellers Church Road and Scott Road in Bedminster Township, approximately 1.36 miles (2.19 km) northwest of the village of Plumsteadvilleand 2.6 miles (4.2 km) southwest of Pipersville. The creek flows generally northeast and includes four unnamed tributaries. Cabin Run meets the Tohickon approximately 310 feet (94 m) to the northeast from the Cabin Run covered bridge. Its watershed is approximately 6 square miles (16 km2)
Crossings (traveling upstream)
- Covered Bridge Road (Cabin Run covered bridge)
- Wismer Road (south side) changes to Carversville Road (north side) at the Loux Covered Bridge
- Pennsylvania Route 413 (Durham Road)
- Pennsylvania Route 611 (Easton Road)
- Intersection of Kellers Church Road and Scott Road
See also
- List of rivers of the United States
- List of rivers of Pennsylvania
- List of Delaware River tributaries
- Tohickon Creek
References
- 1 2 MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P62.
- ↑ Google Maps, 2017, retrieved 2017-04-29
- ↑ Bucks County Covered Bridge Society. "Covered Bridges of Bucks County" (PDF). Brochure. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cabin Run Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-14.