Assunpink Creek

Assunpink Creek
View west along the Assunpink Creek in West Windsor, NJ
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
RegionMonmouth County, Mercer County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMillstone Township
 • coordinates40°12′8″N 74°26′24″W / 40.20222°N 74.44000°W / 40.20222; -74.44000
 • elevation240 ft (73 m)
MouthDelaware River
 • location
Trenton
 • coordinates
40°12′59″N 74°46′12″W / 40.21639°N 74.77000°W / 40.21639; -74.77000
 • elevation
3 ft (0.91 m)
Basin features
River systemDelaware River
Tributaries 
 • leftNew Sharon Branch, Miry Run
 • rightBridegroom Run, Shabakunk Creek

Assunpink Creek is a 22.9-mile-long (36.9 km)[1] tributary of the Delaware River in western New Jersey in the United States.[2] The name Assunpink is from the Lenape Ahsën'pink, meaning "stony, watery place".

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. ^ Gertler, Edward. Garden State Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2002. ISBN 0-9605908-8-9

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