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 name	O-nis-ke-thau
Location
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Albany
Towns	Bethlehem, Coeymans
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Bethlehem, New York
• coordinates	42°32′19″N 73°49′40″W
Mouth	Hudson River
• location	Coeymans, New York
• coordinates	42°28′34″N 73°47′23″W
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)

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.

See also

• List of rivers of New York
• Onesquethaw Valley Historic District

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