Core Creek (Neshaminy Creek tributary) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Core Creek
Other name(s)	Coar Creek, Koar Creek, Ye Old Mans Creek
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks
Township	Lower Makefield, Middletown
Physical characteristics
Main source	280 feet (85 m) 40°15′30″N 74°54′51″W / 40.25833°N 74.91417°W / 40.25833; -74.91417
River mouth	66 feet (20 m) 40°11′22″N 74°55′40″W / 40.18944°N 74.92778°W / 40.18944; -74.92778
Length	7.24 miles (11.65 km)
Basin features
Progression	Core Creek → Neshaminy Creek → Delaware River → Delaware Bay
River system	Delaware Bay
Basin size	9.77 square miles (25.3 km2)
Landmarks	Garden of Reflection, Core Creek Park
Waterbodies	Silver Lake, Lake Luxembourg
Slope	29.56 feet per mile (5.598 m/km)

Core Creek is a tributary of the Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Rising in Lower Makefield Township, it flows in the Stockton Formation until it meets its confluence with the Neshaminy in Middletown Township. At one time it powered seven mills along its length.

Statistics

The watershed of Core Creek is approximately 9.77 square miles (25.3 km²), part of the Delaware River watershed, and meets at the Neshaminy Creek's 14.30 river mile. The Geographic Names Information System I.D. is 1172452.

The U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey I.D. is 02543.

History

An old document in the Library of the Bucks County Historical Society at one time dated "the 3 day of ye 7th month of 1696," the report of a jury appointed by the Court of Bucks County to lay out "a road (viz a cart road) from new towne [Newtown] to ye ferry at Gilbert Wheeler's." At one time there were seven mills along the creek.

Course

Core Creek rises in the northwestern portion of Lower Makefield Township, oriented east, the southeast, then is oriented southwest for some distance, passing into Middletown Township until it passes through Core Creek Park as it passes through Lake Luxembourg, created in 1975. After the lake, it continues southwest until it meets with the Neshaminy Creek.

Geology

• Atlantic Plain
  • Piedmont Province
    • Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section
      • Stockton Formation

Core creek lies within the Stockton Formation, a bedrock of sandstone, arkosic sandstone, shale, siltstone, and mudstone deposited during the Triassic.

Municipalities

• Bucks County, Pennsylvania
  • Middletown Township
  • Lower Makefield Township

Crossings and Bridges