Coeymans Creek

Coeymans Creek[1] is a 7.3-mile-long (11.7 km)[2] tributary of the Hudson River in Albany County, New York in the United States.

Coeymans Creek
Onesquethaw Creek, Oniskethau Kil
Onesquethaw and Coeymans Creeks
Native nameO-nis-ke-thau
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyAlbany
TownsBethlehem, Coeymans
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBethlehem, New York
 • coordinates42°32′19″N 73°49′40″W
MouthHudson River
 • location
Coeymans, New York
 • coordinates
42°28′34″N 73°47′23″W
 • elevation
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The creek originates as the continuation of Onesquethaw Creek,[3] 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.[4]

Tributaries
  • Mosher Brook
  • Onesquethaw Creek
  • Feuri Spruyt (Feuri-Sprayt Kill), a small stream in the north part of Coeymans, disappears, and flows for half a mile in a subterranean passage, coming to the surface again in New Scotland.
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See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coeymans Creek
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 3, 2011
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coeymans Creek
  4. Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 22
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