Claverack Creek
| Claverack Creek Twastaweekak | |
|---|---|
 Main branches of Claverack Creek and Kinderhook Creek | |
| Native name | To-was-ta-we-kak(Mahican) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Columbia |
| Towns | ,Stottville, New York,Claverack, New York |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Mellenville, New York |
| • coordinates | 42°15′00″N73°40′12″W/ 42.25000°N 73.67000°W |
| Mouth | Stockport Creek |
• location | Stockport, New York |
• coordinates | 42°19′02″N73°44′44″W/ 42.31722°N 73.74556°W |
• elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
Claverack Creek[1]is a 17.5-mile-long (28.2 km)[2]tributary toStockport CreekinColumbia County, New York,in the United States. Its source is in the town ofClaverackat the hamlet of Mellenville, and its mouth is at its confluence withKinderhook Creekto form Stockport Creek, in the town ofStockport.
History[edit]
The lower Claverack Creek was known asTwastawekak(To-was-ta-we-kakorTwastaweekak) by the Native AmericanMahicantribe,[3]while the upper creek was namedSka-an-kookorSkaanpook.[4]
Tributaries[edit]
- Fitting Creek
- Widows Creek
- Mud Creek
- Taghkanic Creek
- Mud Creek
- Snydam Creek
- Chrysler Pond Outlet
- Loomis Creek
- Hollowville Creek
- North Creek
- Agawamuck Creek
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Claverack Creek
- ^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.The National MapArchived2016-06-30 at theWayback Machine,accessed October 3, 2011
- ^History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs..., By Edward Manning Ruttenberg, page 374
- ^Aboriginal place names of New York, by William Martin Beauchamp, page 49.
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