Hannacrois Creek | |
Name Other: | Hannacroix Creek |
Map: | HannacroisCreek.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: | , Westerlo, New York, Coeymans, New York |
Source1 Location: | Westerlo, New York |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.3994°N -74.0119°W |
Mouth: | Hudson River |
Mouth Location: | Coeymans, New York |
Mouth Coordinates: | 42.4628°N -73.785°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Hannacrois Creek is a 20.9adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary to the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. From its source in Westerlo it flows through Dunbar Hollows and over Dickinson Falls to the Alcove Reservoir. It then passes through Coeymans Hollow and just into Greene County to its mouth at the Hudson River in Coeymans, New York.
Hannacrois Creek has a drainage area of over .[2]
Variant names of the creek include Hannacroix Creek, Haanadrois Creek, and Hannekraai, among others. The name translates to the Dutch "Rooster crowing". There is a story that the early Dutch settlers here saw a rooster come floating down the creek on a block of ice, so the creek became known as the Hannekraai, meaning "cock-crowing" creek.[3] The settlement of Hannacroix also took its name from the creek.[4]