Coeymans Creek

Coordinates: 42°28′34″N 73°47′23″W / 42.47611°N 73.78972°W / 42.47611; -73.78972

Coeymans Creek (O-nis-ke-thau)
Onesquethaw Creek, Oniskethau Kil
River
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Albany
Towns	Bethlehem, Coeymans
Source
- location	Bethlehem, New York
- coordinates	42°32′19″N 73°49′40″W / 42.53861°N 73.82778°W / 42.53861; -73.82778
Mouth	Hudson River
- location	Coeymans, New York
- elevation	0 ft (0 m)
- coordinates	42°28′34″N 73°47′23″W / 42.47611°N 73.78972°W / 42.47611; -73.78972
Onesquethaw and Coeymans Creeks

Coeymans Creek^[1] is a 7.3-mile-long (11.7 km)^[2] creek that runs though Albany County, New York. It is a tributary of the Hudson River. The creek originates as the continuation of Onesquethaw Creek,^[3] which starts near Clarksville, New York, 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. ^ 974198 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, accessed October 3, 2011
3. ^ 959382 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coeymans Creek
4. ^ Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 22