Coeymans Creek

Coeymans Creek
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.

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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.

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