Hannacrois Creek Explained

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]

Tributaries

Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
  2. Web site: New York State Coastal Fish & Wildlife Habitat Rating . 2010-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007210006/http://nyswaterfronts.com/downloads/pdfs/sig_hab/hudsonriver/Hannacroix_Creek.pdf . 2010-10-07 . dead .
  3. Book: The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States . Govt. Print. Off. . Gannett, Henry . 1905 . 149.
  4. https://books.google.com From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames, by Ren Vasiliev