Bound Brook
is a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or 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 drain the surrounding drainage ...
of the
Raritan River
Raritan River is a major river of New Jersey. Its Drainage basin, watershed drains much of the mountainous area of the central part of the state, emptying into the Raritan Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.
History
Geologists assert that the lower Rar ...
in
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Middlesex County is located in central New Jersey, United States, extending inland from the Raritan Valley region to the northern portion of the Jersey Shore. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was enumerated at 863,1 ...
, in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
.
Its name comes from a
boundary
Boundary or Boundaries may refer to:
* Border, in political geography
Entertainment
*Boundaries (2016 film), ''Boundaries'' (2016 film), a 2016 Canadian film
*Boundaries (2018 film), ''Boundaries'' (2018 film), a 2018 American-Canadian road trip ...
in an
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
deed
In common law, a deed is any legal instrument in writing which passes, affirms or confirms an interest, right, or property and that is signed, attested, delivered, and in some jurisdictions, sealed. It is commonly associated with transferring ...
. 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
/ref>
It rises in Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These invention ...
(near Interstate 287
Interstate 287 (I-287) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US states of New Jersey and New York. It is a partial beltway around New York City, serving the northern half of New Jersey and the counties of Rockland and Westchester in N ...
and County Route 501) and flows through the Dismal Swamp. It then flows through South Plainfield and the Cedar Brook
Cedar Brook is a tributary of Cranbury Brook in Cranbury, New Jersey, United States.
Course
Cedar Brook starts at , near Exit 8A on the New Jersey Turnpike. It flows southwest, crossing Applegarth Road and Prospect Plains Road before crossing ...
joins it southwest of Spring Lake. It continues through Piscataway Piscataway may refer to:
*Piscataway people, a Native American ethnic group native to the southern Mid-Atlantic States
*Piscataway language
*Piscataway, Maryland, an unincorporated community
*Piscataway, New Jersey, a township
*Piscataway Creek, Ma ...
into New Market Pond, through Middlesex
Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...
where it flows into the Green Brook
Green Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002.
Course
The Green Brook rises in the Watchung Mountains at an elevation of 410 feet in ...
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, New Jersey, United States, located along the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 10,402,[Ambrose Brook
Ambrose Brook is a tributary of Green Brook in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002.
It rises underneath Route 27 (New Jersey), Route 27 in ...]
*Green Brook
Green Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002.
Course
The Green Brook rises in the Watchung Mountains at an elevation of 410 feet in ...
**Bonygutt Brook
Bonygutt Brook is a tributary of Green Brook in Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey in the United States.
Bonygutt Brook flows from the city of Plainfield to Middlesex.
See also
*List of rivers of New Jersey
This is a list of streams ...
** Stony Brook
**Blue Brook
Blue Brook flows into the Mohawk River near West Branch, New York
West Branch is a hamlet located in the Town of Lee in Oneida County, New York, United States. It is located on New York State Route 26
New York State Route 26 (NY 2 ...
See also
*List of rivers of New Jersey
This is a list of streams and rivers of the U.S. state of New Jersey.
List of New Jersey rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (''i.e.,'' branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the ...
References
External links
U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations
{{authority control
Rivers of Middlesex County, New Jersey
Tributaries of the Raritan River
Rivers of New Jersey
Bound Brook, New Jersey