Moordener Kill

The Moordener Kill[1] is a 15.5-mile-long (24.9 km)[2] tributary to the Hudson River that flows through southwestern Rensselaer County, New York, in the United States.

Moordener Kill
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyRensselaer
TownsSand Lake, Schodack
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSand Lake, New York
  coordinates42°36′21″N 73°35′10″W
MouthHudson River
  location
Castleton-on-Hudson, New York
  coordinates
42°32′36″N 73°45′14″W
  elevation
0 ft (0 m)

Moordener Kill translates to "Murderer Creek", with moordenaar being the modern Dutch word for "murderer" and kill for "creek".[3] The name comes from the fact that the creek was the site of an ambush of Dutch settlers by Native Americans in 1643 in which 7 men and 2 women were killed.[4]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moordener Kill
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
  3. University of the State of New York Bulletin. University of the State of New York. 1914. p. 53.
  4. "Moordener Kill". Retrieved 2010-10-22.



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