Dreahook Creek is a
left 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 b ...
of
Holland Brook
Holland Brook is a tributary of the South Branch Raritan River in Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey in the United States.
Holland Brook flows through Readington and Branchburg. It is the last tributary of the South Branch Raritan Ri ...
in
Readington,
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
. It begins on township owned land near Creek Road and Dreahook Road. It merges with another small tributary (East Dreahook Creek) on the east side of County Route 620 before entering the Holland Brook. It was named after the former Dutch village of
Dreahook (Drea-Hook). The name is a corruption of Driehoek (drie- three and hoek- angle), which is the Dutch word for triangle. It was likely named for the triangle created by the settlement in its relation to the early roads to
Flemington,
Whitehouse Station,
Readington Village
Readington Village is an unincorporated community located within Readington Township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that is centered on the converging of Readington Road, Hillcrest Road, Centerville Road and Brookview Roa ...
and Pleasant Run, which have since been rerouted.
[Readington Township Historic Preservation, Readington Township Historic Preservation Commission, Readington Township Museum Committee "Readington Township: Images of America" Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. Pg 61]
Crossings
Dreahook Creek
*Dreahook Road
*Horseshoe Road
*
CR 523/Main Street
East Dreahook Creek
*
CR 620/Dreahook Road East
See also
*
List of rivers of New Jersey
References
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Tributaries of the Raritan River
Readington Township, New Jersey
Rivers of New Jersey
Rivers of Hunterdon County, New Jersey