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 , 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.MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P84.

Course Core Creek rises in the northwestern portion of Lower Makefield Township, oriented east, then 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

Crossing NBI Number Length Lanes Spans Material/Design Built Reconstructed LatitudeLongitudePennsylvania Route 413 (Langhorne Newtown Road)4095131Prestressed box beam or girders-multiple2000-40°11'26.6"N74°55'36"WPark Road Woodbourne Road724521Prestressed concrete box beam or girder-single or spread1976-40°12'42.2"N74°54'26.89"WPennsylvania Route 332 (Newtown Yardley Road, Newtown Bypass)7007 41Prestressed concrete stringer/multi-beam or girder1990-40°13'54"N74°54'6"WLindenhurst Road730721Prestressed concrete box beam or girders-single or spread1966-40°14'7.8"N74°53'46.5"WQuarry Road Woodside Road Lindenhurst Road4124022Culvert2001-40°15'24.5"N74°53'50.48"WPennsylvania Route 532 (Washington Crossing Road)

See also List of rivers of the United States List of rivers of Pennsylvania List of Delaware River tributaries

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