Hickory Creek is a tributary of the

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in Plumstead Township, Bucks County,

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, in the

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History

Hickory Creek's name was due to the abundance of hickory trees in the area. It was once regarded as the border between the villages of Point Pleasant and Lower Black Eddy.MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P190.

Statistics

Hickory Creek is located entirely within Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania. Its GNIS I.D. number is 1176953. Its

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is , and meets at the Delaware River's 156.98

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. It rises at an elevation of and meets the Delaware at an elevation of , resulting in an average slope of . Its U.S. Geological I.D. number is 3109.

Course

Hickory rises near Tollgate Road, southeast of Ferry Road and flows northeast to the Delaware River.

Geology

* Appalachian Highlands Division ** Piedmont Province *** Piedmont Lowland Section ****

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Hickory Creek lies in a sliver of

diabase Diabase (), also called dolerite () or microgabbro, is a mafic, holocrystalline, subvolcanic rock equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro. Diabase dikes and sills are typically shallow intrusive bodies and often exhibit fine-graine ...

rock which intruded into the

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of the Piedmont Lowland during the

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and the

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, occurring as a

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of dense, dark gray to black and very fine grained, 90-95% labradorite and

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Crossings and Bridges

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