Onesquethaw Creek

Coordinates: 42°32′19″N 73°49′40″W / 42.53861°N 73.82778°W / 42.53861; -73.82778

Onesquethaw Creek (O-nis-ke-thau)
Onesquethaw Creek, Oniskethau Kil
River
Country	United States
State	New York
Source
- location	New Scotland, New York
- coordinates	42°37′06″N 73°59′35″W / 42.61833°N 73.99306°W / 42.61833; -73.99306
Mouth	Coeymans Creek
- location	Bethlehem, New York
- elevation	118 ft (36 m)
- coordinates	42°32′19″N 73°49′40″W / 42.53861°N 73.82778°W / 42.53861; -73.82778
Onesquethaw and Coeymans Creeks

Onesquethaw Creek^[1] is a 14.5-mile-long (23.3 km)^[2] creek in Albany County, New York. It is a tributary of the Hudson River. It rises in the town of New Scotland, to the west of the hamlet of New Salem, in the Helderberg Mountains, and flows to Coeymans Creek in the town of Bethlehem, southwest of Delmar.

History

O-nis'-ke-thau Creek was also called Coeymans Creek, which continues to be the name of Onesquethaw Creek's outlet stream. 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.^[3]

See also

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

References

1. ^ 959382 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Onesquethaw Creek
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
3. ^ Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 22