North Branch Neshaminy Creek is one of two main branches of the Neshaminy Creek, the other being the

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. Rising in

Plumstead Township Plumstead Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 12,442 at the 2010 census. History The Gardenville-North Branch Rural Historic District, Dyerstown Historic District, and Loux Covered Bridge ar ...

, Bucks County,

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, passing through the

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as Lake Galena, then meeting with the West Branch forming the main branch of the Neshaminy.MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P256.

Statistics

The West Branch has a

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of and is part of the

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watershed. The Geographic Name Information System I.D. is 1182546, U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02789.

Course

The North Branch of the Neshaminy Creek rises in

east of Pennsylvania Route 413 north of the village of Gardenville, it flows southwest passing through Lake Galena in

. Then it turns south to meet with the main branch of the Neshaminy.

Named Tributaries

*Pine Run

Municipalities

* Bucks County ** Chalfont Borough ** New Britain Township **

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