Bowery Creek

Bowery Creek[1] is a 6.0-mile-long (9.7 km)[2] tributary of Catskill Creek north of the Catskill Mountains of New York. Via Catskill Creek, it is part of the Hudson River watershed. Bowery Creek rises east of Windham High Peak in the northern part of the town of Cairo and flows northeast to Catskill Creek west of Freehold.

Bowery Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyGreene
Towns, Freehold, Durham
Physical characteristics
SourceWindham High Peak
  locationCairo, New York
  coordinates42°18′59″N 74°07′47″W
MouthCatskill Creek
  location
Freehold, New York
  coordinates
42°21′44″N 74°04′07″W
  elevation
0 ft (0 m)

The name "Bowery" comes from the Dutch word for farm.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bowery Creek
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed October 3, 2011
  3. Old Dutch Place Names from www.ancestry.com.



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