Cooks Run is a tributary of the

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. Rising in

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, it runs about to its confluence with the Neshaminy Creek.

History

Cooks Run is named after Arthur Cooke, a large landowner in Bucks County in the late 17th century. The stream supplied power for three mills, Hisand's near Doylestown, Godshalk's in New Britain, and Landis' near its mouth at the Neshaminy once known as Kepharts and Godshalks Dam.MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P83.

Statistics

Cooks Run meets the Neshaminy Creek at its 38.10

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, and drains a

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of . The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1172392, U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02776. The Cooks Run watershed, which is approximately 3.3 square miles in size, is located in central Bucks County. Cooks Run flows in a southwesterly direction and discharges into the Neshaminy Creek, which in turn flows into the Delaware River. Currently, Cooks Run is classified as Warmwater Fishery (WWF), MF (Migratory Fishery) under PA DEP's Chapter 93 Water Quality Standards. Both the Neshaminy Creek and Cooks Run are listed on the State's 303(d) List of Impaired Waters.

Course

Cooks Run rises adjacent to the

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bypass near the current location of Doylestown Hospital and runs generally southwest to its confluence at Neshaminy Creek and Miller Point at the Wilma Quinlan Nature Preserve.

Municipalities

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Crossings and Bridges

*Almshouse Road (South Tamenend Avenue) - NBI Structure Number 7339, bridge is long, 2 lane, single span, tee beam design, concrete construction, built in 1933. *Business

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(East Butler Avenue) - NBI Structure Number 6916, bridge is long, tee beam design, concrete construction, built in 1926. *Iron Hill Road - NBI Structure Number 48010, bridge is long, 2 lane, 2 span, culvert design, concrete construction, built in 2005. *North Shady Retreat Road - NBI Structure Number 47935, bridge is long, 2 lane, 2 spans, culvert design, concrete construction, built in 1977. *Burpee Road - NBI Structure Number 47934, bridge is long, 2 lane, single span, culvert design, concrete construction, built in 1977.

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