Bowery Creek Explained

Bowery Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:New York
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Greene
Subdivision Type4:Towns
Subdivision Name4:, Freehold, Durham
Source1:Windham High Peak
Source1 Location:Cairo, New York
Source1 Coordinates:42.3164°N -74.1297°W
Mouth:Catskill Creek
Mouth Location:Freehold, New York
Mouth Coordinates:42.3622°N -74.0686°W
Mouth Elevation:0feet

Bowery Creek is a 6adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary of Catskill Creek north of the Catskill Mountains of New York. Via Catskill Creek, it is part of the Hudson River watershed. Bowery Creek rises east of Windham High Peak in the northern part of the town of Cairo and flows northeast to Catskill Creek west of Freehold.

The name "Bowery" comes from the Dutch word for farm.[2]

Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
  2. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/old_dutch_place_names.htm