New River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed April 18, 2011 tributary of the Santa Fe River in northern

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

, United States. The river was used as the border to create Union County from Bradford County (formerly New River County, Florida) in 1921. The

Palatka-Lake Butler State Trail The Palatka-Lake Butler State Trail (PLB) corridor stretches nearly from the vicinity of Lake Butler, Union County, Florida, Lake Butler, Florida to Palatka, Florida. The project is located along the former Georgia Southern and Florida Railway ri ...

, a multi-use recreational trail that includes a portion of the

Florida National Scenic Trail The Florida Trail is one of eleven National Scenic Trails in the United States. It currently runs , from Big Cypress National Preserve (between Miami and Naples, Florida along the Tamiami Trail) to Fort Pickens at Gulf Islands National Seashore, ...

, will, when completed, cross the New River southeast of the town of Lake Butler. The Florida Trail currently crosses the New River along State Road 100. An application from HSP Enterprises to mine phosphate from a tract spanning the New River has met opposition from local residents. , Bradford County was reviewing the application, while Union County had placed a moratorium on mining applications until February 2019. There are two other New Rivers in Florida, in

Broward County Broward County ( , ) is a county in the southeastern part of Florida, located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with over 1.94 ...

and Liberty County.

References

Rivers of Alachua County, Florida Bodies of water of Baker County, Florida Bodies of water of Bradford County, Florida Rivers of Florida Bodies of water of Union County, Florida Tributaries of the Santa Fe River (Florida) {{Florida-river-stub