Neepaulakating Creek
| Neepaulakating Creek | |
| Stream | |
 Neepaulakating Creek near its headwaters northwest of Lake Neepaulin.
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| Name origin: Derived from the names of Lake Neepaulin and Papakating Creek | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | New Jersey |
| County | Sussex |
| Municipality | Wantage Township |
| Part of | Papakating Creek (Wallkill River, Rondout Creek, Hudson River) |
| Source | |
| - location | northwest of Sussex and Lake Neepaulin |
| - elevation | 640 ft (195 m) |
| - coordinates | 41°13′23″N 74°38′03″W / 41.22306°N 74.63417°W |
| Mouth | Papakating Creek, south of Sussex |
| - elevation | 394 ft (120 m) |
| - coordinates | 41°11′56″N 74°36′42″W / 41.19889°N 74.61167°WCoordinates: 41°11′56″N 74°36′42″W / 41.19889°N 74.61167°W |
Neepaulakating Creek is a 2.4-mile long (3.8 km) tributary of Papakating Creek in Wantage Township in Sussex County, New Jersey in the United States. It is one of three streams feeding the Papakating Creek, a major contributor to the Wallkill River. Although the stream was dammed in the 1950s to create Lake Neepaulin as the focal point of a private residential development, the stream did not receive a name until 2002. Residents chose a name that combined elements of the names "Neepaulin" and "Papakating", and submitted a proposal to the United States Board of Geographic Names. The name was approved in 2004.
Neepaulakating Creek is small stream whose headwaters are located at 640 feet (195 m) above sea level approximately 0.4 miles (0.6 km) northwest of the north end of Lake Neepaulin. These headwaters are located a short distance south of County Route 650 (Libertyville Road) roughly halfway between the hamlet of Libertville in Wantage Township and Sussex Borough. The stream flows into Lake Neepaulin located at 509 ft (155 m) above sea level. The man-made lake, created through damming, is the centre of a private residential development. It flows southeast from the lake's dam in the southeast direction for another 1.5 miles (2.4 km) before flowing into Papakating Creek. It enters Papakating Creek at 395 feet (120 m) above sea level approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) upstream of that creek's junction with the Wallkill River at a location directly south of Sussex Borough along County Route 565 near the hamlet of Lewisburg in Wantage Township and near Sussex Airport.
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