Coeymans Creek | |
Name Other: | Onesquethaw Creek, Oniskethau Kil |
Map: | Coeymans-OnesquethawCreek1.png |
Map Size: | 200 |
Pushpin Map Size: | 200 |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New York |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Albany |
Subdivision Type4: | Towns |
Subdivision Name4: | Bethlehem, Coeymans |
Source1 Location: | Bethlehem, New York |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.5386°N -73.8278°W |
Mouth: | Hudson River |
Mouth Location: | Coeymans, New York |
Mouth Coordinates: | 42.4761°N -73.7897°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Coeymans Creek is a 7.3adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary of the Hudson River in Albany County, New York in the United States.
The creek originates as the continuation of Onesquethaw Creek, which starts near Clarksville, in the Helderberg Mountains.
O-nis'-ke-thau Creek is also called Coeymans Creek. There was a hamlet of this name in New Scotland as well as Oniskethau flats and mountain. It is said to have been an early Native American name meaning cornfields.[2]