Claverack Creek Explained

Claverack Creek
Name Other:	Twastaweekak
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	United States
Subdivision Type2:	State
Subdivision Name2:	New York
Subdivision Type3:	County
Subdivision Name3:	Columbia
Subdivision Type4:	Towns
Subdivision Name4:	, Stottville, New York, Claverack, New York
Source1 Location:	Mellenville, New York
Source1 Coordinates:	42.25°N -73.67°W
Mouth:	Stockport Creek
Mouth Location:	Stockport, New York
Mouth Coordinates:	42.3172°N -73.7456°W
Mouth Elevation:	7feet

Claverack Creek is a 17.5adj=midNaNadj=mid^[1] tributary to Stockport Creek in Columbia County, New York, in the United States. Its source is in the town of Claverack at the hamlet of Mellenville, and its mouth is at its confluence with Kinderhook Creek to form Stockport Creek, in the town of Stockport.

History

The lower Claverack Creek was known as Twastawekak (To-was-ta-we-kak or Twastaweekak) by the Native American Mahican tribe,^[2] while the upper creek was named Ska-an-kook or Skaanpook.^[3]

Tributaries

• Fitting Creek
  • Widows Creek
• Mud Creek
• Taghkanic Creek
  • Mud Creek
  • Snydam Creek
  • Chrysler Pond Outlet
• Loomis Creek
• Hollowville Creek
• North Creek
• Agawamuck Creek

See also

• List of rivers of New York

Notes and References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=b7tAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA374 History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs..., By Edward Manning Ruttenberg, page 374
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=MBQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA49 Aboriginal place names of New York, by William Martin Beauchamp, page 49.