Holland Brook
| Holland Brook | |
| Holland's Brook, Amanmechunk | |
| River | |
 Holland Brook in Readington Township
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| Name origin: Named after Thomas Holland | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | New Jersey |
| Region | Raritan Valley |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Dreahook Creek, Stone Creek |
| City | Readington, Branchburg |
| Source | Cushetunk Mountain |
| - location | Readington, Raritan Valley, New Jersey, United States |
| - elevation | 372 ft (113 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°35′19.2″N 74°49′3.64″W / 40.588667°N 74.8176778°W |
| Mouth | South Branch Raritan River |
| - location | Branchburg, Raritan Valley, New Jersey, United States |
| - elevation | 64 ft (20 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°32′56.17″N 74°41′39.54″W / 40.5489361°N 74.6943167°WCoordinates: 40°32′56.17″N 74°41′39.54″W / 40.5489361°N 74.6943167°W |
| Length | 7 mi (11 km) |
Holland Brook is a tributary of the South Branch Raritan River in Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey in the United States.
Holland Brook flows through Readington and Branchburg. It is the last tributary of the South Branch Raritan River before it combines with the North Branch Raritan River.
The brook is over seven miles in length running from its headwaters near Cushetunk Mountain, a plutonic intrusion of igneous rock surrounding Round Valley Reservoir, to its convergence with the South Branch Raritan River near Studdiford Drive in Branchburg. The brook is ten to twenty feet across most of its length. It changes over three-hundred feet in elevation from its headwaters to its convergence with the Raritan River.
Holland Brook was originally named Holland's Brook for Thomas Holland of Piscataway, who was married to Winifred Pound. Thomas Holland was a descendent of the translator Philemon Holland. Holland was an early property owner along the brook, although he never resided there. The recorded Lenape name for the Brook was Amanmechunk. This word in the Unami dialect meant large creek.
The Holland Brook Greenway is a proposed five-mile greenway project in Readington and Branchburg. If both townships completed the trail, it could link another future trail on the North Branch Raritan River with the Middle School in Readington and the Lachenmayr Trail. Branchburg’s proposed section of the Greenway would fit into a larger plan and would connect with a 16-mile cross-township trail. The Holland Brook Greenway trail could eventually provide access to the Raritan River Greenway and the East Coast Greenway.
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