Sawyer Kill Explained

Sawyer Kill
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:New York
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Hudson Valley
Subdivision Type4:County
Subdivision Name4:Ulster
Subdivision Type5:Towns
Subdivision Name5:Saugerties, New York,
Source1:Great Vly
Source1 Location:Cementon, New York
Source1 Coordinates:42.1392°N -73.9439°W
Mouth:Hudson River at Saugerties, New York
Mouth Location:Saugerties, New York
Mouth Coordinates:42.0811°N -73.9381°W
Mouth Elevation:0feet
River System:Hudson River

The Sawyer Kill or Sawyer's Kill is a 7adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary stream of the Hudson River in New York state. The source is at the Great Vlaie on the border of Ulster and Greene counties. The stream enters the Hudson River at Seamon Park in Malden, New York, just north of the village of Saugerties.

Saugerties takes its name from the Dutch, "Saugerje's Kill" or "Little Sawyer's creek".[2]

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Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
  2. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/old_dutch_place_names.htm