Stony Brook (formerly Shawpocussing Creek) is a tributary of the

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located along the eastern face of

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in Warren County in northwestern

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in the United States. It rises along Kittatinny Mountain, and flows into the Delaware at the base of

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, a prominence of

that forms the New Jersey side of the

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near Columbia in Knowlton Township. The

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passes within its watershed and crosses the creek as it traverses the ridgeline of Kittatinny Mountain. The original name for the tributary was Shawpocussing Creek, as listed in 19th century sources. However, the Stony Brook had acquired its current name by at least 1917.SCHRABISCH, M. 1917. Archaeology of Warren and Hunterdon Counties. Reports of the Department of Conservation and Development, State of New Jersey, Bulletin 18.

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