Bound Brook
is a
tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of the
Raritan River
The Raritan River is a river of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its Drainage basin, watershed drains much of the mountainous areas in the North Jersey, northern and Central Jersey, central sections of the state, emptying into the Raritan Bay near ...
in
Middlesex County, New Jersey
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, in the
United States
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.
Its name comes from a
boundary in an
Indian deed
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. The stream is referred to as Sacunk, a Native American name meaning "slow sluggish stream", on early maps of the area.
The story of an old farm: or, Life in New Jersey in the eighteenth ..., Part 1, p. 169; By Andrew D. Mellick
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It rises in Edison (near Interstate 287
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and County Route 501) and flows through the Dismal Swamp. It then flows through South Plainfield and the Cedar Brook joins it southwest of Spring Lake. It continues through Piscataway Piscataway may refer to:
*Maryland (place)
**Piscataway, Maryland, an unincorporated community
** Piscataway Creek, Maryland
** Piscataway Park, historical park at the mouth of Piscataway Creek
** Siege of Piscataway, siege of Susquehannock fort sou ...
into New Market Pond, through Middlesex
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where it flows into the Green Brook at the northwest corner of Mountain View Park.
It gives its name to the borough of Bound Brook, New Jersey
Bound Brook is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located along the Raritan River. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 11,988, an increase of 1,586 (+15.2%) from the 2010 census coun ...
.
Tributaries
* Ambrose Brook
* Green Brook
** Bonygutt Brook
** Stony Brook
**Blue Brook
Blue Brook flows into the Mohawk River
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See also
*List of rivers of New Jersey
This is a list of streams and rivers of the U.S. state of New Jersey.
The list of New Jersey rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers, as well as smaller streams such as branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc. found throu ...
References
External links
U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations
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Rivers of Middlesex County, New Jersey
Tributaries of the Raritan River
Rivers of New Jersey
Bound Brook, New Jersey