Coeymans Creek Explained

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.

History

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]

Tributaries

See also

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=MBQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA22 Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 22