Pohatcong Creek (also called the Pohatcong River) is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed April 1, 2011 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 ...
of the
Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock (village), New York, Hancock, New York, the river flows for along the borders of N ...
in northwestern
New Jersey
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in the
United States
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.
It rises in the mountains of eastern
Warren County Warren County is the name of fourteen counties in the USA. Some are named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War:
* Warren County, Georgia
* Warren County, Illinois
* Warren County ...
, west of
Hackettstown. It flows southwest, in a valley along the northwestern side of the
Pohatcong Mountain ridge, which separates its watershed from that of the
Musconetcong River
The Musconetcong River is a tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United States.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 It flows through ...
. It joins the Delaware in
Pohatcong Township, approximately 5 miles (8 kilometers) south of
Phillipsburg.
The name Pohatcong is said to have thought of a
Munsee
The Munsee (or Minsi or Muncee) or mə́n'si·w ( del, Monsiyok)Online Lenape Talking Dictionary, "Munsee Indians"Link/ref> are a subtribe of the Lenape, originally constituting one of the three great divisions of that nation and dwelling along t ...
phrase — ''pohwihtukwung'', or "at the rippling or lapping river".
[Grumet, Robert. ''Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity'', University of Oklahoma Press, 2013. ]
See also
*
List of New Jersey rivers
This is a list of streams and rivers of the U.S. state of New Jersey.
List of New Jersey rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (''i.e.,'' branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the ...
References
External links
Pohatcong Creek Watershed Association
Tributaries of the Delaware River
Rivers of New Jersey
Rivers of Warren County, New Jersey
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