Pleasant Run is a
tributary of the
South Branch Raritan River in central
New Jersey in the
United States.
Pleasant Run is approximately in length, running from its headwaters near
Cushetunk Mountain
Cushetunk Mountain (formerly Mount Ployden and Pickel's Mountain occasionally Mount Cushetunk or Coshanton) is a ring shaped mountain in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located in Readington and Clinton Township in Hunterdon County. The Lenape ...
, a plutonic intrusion of igneous rock surrounding
Round Valley Reservoir
The Round Valley Reservoir in Clinton Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States, was formed in 1960 when the New Jersey Water Authority constructed two large dams and flooded a large valley. The reservoir is named after the naturall ...
, through
Readington and
Branchburg, to its convergence with the South Branch Raritan River near
River Road in Branchburg.
Pleasant Run was originally called Campbell's Brook after John Campbell of Piscataway. Campbell in 1685, was granted a strip of land extending west from the South Branch and which surrounded Pleasant Run.
"John Dobie's Plantation" History of Branchburg
Accessed December 10, 2009.
Tributaries
Pleasant Run has twenty-three small, unnamed tributaries in Branchburg and Readington.
Crossings
;Readington
*Springtown Road (4 crossings)
* CR 523/Flemington-Whitehouse Road
*Pleasant Run Road
* US 202
* Old York Road
;Branchburg
*Otto Road
*Pleasant Run Road
*South Branch Road
See also
* List of rivers of New Jersey
References
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Tributaries of the Raritan River
Rivers of New Jersey
Rivers of Somerset County, New Jersey
Rivers of Hunterdon County, New Jersey