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{{Infobox river
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| name = Kinderhook Creek
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'''Kinderhook Creek'''<ref name="gnis">{{gnis|607496}}</ref> is a {{convert|49.0|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed October 3, 2011</ref> tributary to [[Stockport Creek]], an inlet of the [[Hudson River]] in the United States. From its source in [[Hancock, Massachusetts]], the creek runs southwest through the [[Taconic Mountains]] into [[Rensselaer County, New York]], and then into [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]]. It flows through the towns of [[Stephentown, New York|Stephentown]], [[New Lebanon, New York|New Lebanon]], [[Nassau (town), New York|Nassau]], [[Chatham (town), New York|Chatham]], [[Kinderhook (town), New York|Kinderhook]] and [[Stuyvesant, New York|Stuyvesant]] to its mouth at Stockport Creek in the town of [[Stockport, New York|Stockport]].
'''Kinderhook Creek''' <ref name="gnis">{{gnis|607496}}</ref> is a tributary to the [[Stockport Creek]].
From its source in [[Hancock, Massachusetts]] the creek runs southwest through the Taconic Mountains in Rensselaer County and into Columbia County. It flows through the towns of It's mouth is at the Stockport Creek in the town of Stockport, New York.


The Kinderhook Creek has a drainage area of over 329&nbsp;square miles.<ref>
Kinderhook Creek has a drainage area of over {{convert|329|sqmi}}.<ref>
[http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=01361000&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060,00062,72020 USGS 01361000 KINDERHOOK CREEK AT ROSSMAN NY]</ref>
[http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=01361000&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060,00062,72020 USGS 01361000 KINDERHOOK CREEK AT ROSSMAN NY]</ref>


==History==
==History==
Prior to 1667 Known as "Major Abram's (Staats) Kill" And "Third Falls." in 1823 Called Stuyvesant Falls And After 1845 "Kinderhook Creek".<ref>[[List of New York State Historic Markers in Columbia County, New York]] Marker number 130 "Major Abram's Kill"]</ref>
Kinderhook Creek was known as ''Pasanthkack'' by the [[Mahican]] Native Americans.<ref>[https://books.google.com, ''The Mohicans and their land, 1609–1730'', p.299; Shirley Wiltse Dunn, Purple Mountain Press, 1994]</ref> Prior to 1667 it was known as "Major Abram's (Staats) Kill" and "Third Falls." In 1823 it was called Stuyvesant Falls (now referring to a village on the creek) and after 1845 "Kinderhook Creek".<ref>[[List of New York State Historic Markers in Columbia County, New York]] Marker number 130 "Major Abram's Kill"</ref>

The name Kinderhook has its root in the landing of Henry Hudson in the area around [[Stuyvesant, New York]], and where he was greeted by Native Americans and many children. So Kinder, meaning Child, and Hoeck meaning bend or hook [in the River]. So the name literally means "bend in the river where the children are".
The name "Kinderhook" has its root in the landing of [[Henry Hudson]] in the area around present-day Stuyvesant, where he was greeted by Native Americans with many children. With the Dutch ''Kinder'' meaning "child" and ''Hoeck'' meaning "bend" or "hook" [in the river], the name literally means "bend in the river where the children are". A figurative translation is "children's point".<ref>{{cite book|title=University of the State of New York Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1IEnAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA52|year=1914|publisher=University of the State of New York|page=52}}</ref>
The areas around Kinderhook Creek were called Machackoesk by the Native American Mahican Tribe.<ref>[http://books.google.com History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs..., By Edward Manning Ruttenberg, page 370]</ref>

The area around Kinderhook Creek was called ''Machackoesk'' by the Native American Mahican Tribe.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/ruttenberindians00ruttrich/page/370 History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs..., By Edward Manning Ruttenberg, page 370]</ref>


==Tributaries==
==Tributaries==
* Valatie Kill - Native American, ''Tsat-sa-was-sa'' or ''Tack-a-was-ick'' creek (and lake) are placed in the town of [[Nassau (town), New York|Nassau]] by the French. The name may refer to a stone [[mortar and pestle|mortar]].
* Valatie Kill
* Kline Kill - Native American [[Mahican]] name Scom-pa-muck or Squampanoc.<ref>[http://books.google.com Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 48]</ref>
* Kline Kill - Native American [[Mahican]] name ''Scom-pa-muck'' or ''Squampanoc''<ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=MBQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48 ''Aboriginal place names of New York'', by William Martin Beauchamp, page 48]</ref>
** Indian Creek
** Indian Creek
** Punsit Creek
** Punsit Creek
* Stony Kill
* Stony Kill
** Frisbee Creek
** Frisbee Creek
** Queechy Lake Brook - Native American Mahican name Quis-sich-kook, unknown meaning.<ref>[http://books.google.com Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 48]</ref>
** [[Queechy Lake]] Brook - Mahican name ''Quis-sich-kook'', unknown meaning<ref name="books.google.com"/>
* Green Brook
* Green Brook
* Tackawasick Creek
* Tackawasick Creek
** Cranberry Vly
** Cranberry [[Vlaie|Vly]]
* Black Brook
* Black Brook
** Huff Brook
** Huff Brook
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** Berry Pond Creek
** Berry Pond Creek
*** Red Oak Brook
*** Red Oak Brook
* Taplin Bourn (From Middle English bourne, a brook)
* Taplin Bourn (from Middle English bourne, a brook)
* Black River
* [[Black River (Kinderhook Creek tributary)|Black River]]
* Roaring Brook
* Roaring Brook
* East Brook
* East Brook
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* Rathburn Brook
* Rathburn Brook


==See also==

*[[List of rivers of New York]]
==See Also==
*[[List of rivers of Massachusetts]]
[[Kinderhook, New York]]
*[[Kinderhook (town), New York]]


==References==
==References==
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{{Massachusetts rivers}}
[[Category:Columbia County, New York]]
{{Hudson River}}
[[Category:Rivers of New York]]

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[[Category:Rivers of Columbia County, New York]]
[[Category:Rivers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Rivers of New York (state)]]
[[Category:Taconic Mountains]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Hudson River]]
[[Category:Rivers of Massachusetts]]

Latest revision as of 12:15, 15 June 2022

Kinderhook Creek
East Creek, Kinderhook Brook
Main branches of Kinderhook Creek and Claverack Creek
Map
Native namePasanthkack (Mahican)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York, Massachusetts
CountyColumbia County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Berkshire County, MA
Towns, Stottville, New York, Hancock, Massachusetts
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationHancock, Taconic Mountains, Massachusetts
 • coordinates42°34′38″N 73°17′52″W / 42.57722°N 73.29778°W / 42.57722; -73.29778
MouthStockport Creek
 • location
Stockport, New York
 • coordinates
42°19′03″N 73°44′43″W / 42.31750°N 73.74528°W / 42.31750; -73.74528
 • elevation
10 ft (3.0 m)
Length49 mi (79 km)

Kinderhook Creek[1] is a 49.0-mile-long (78.9 km)[2] tributary to Stockport Creek, an inlet of the Hudson River in the United States. From its source in Hancock, Massachusetts, the creek runs southwest through the Taconic Mountains into Rensselaer County, New York, and then into Columbia County. It flows through the towns of Stephentown, New Lebanon, Nassau, Chatham, Kinderhook and Stuyvesant to its mouth at Stockport Creek in the town of Stockport.

Kinderhook Creek has a drainage area of over 329 square miles (850 km2).[3]

History

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Kinderhook Creek was known as Pasanthkack by the Mahican Native Americans.[4] Prior to 1667 it was known as "Major Abram's (Staats) Kill" and "Third Falls." In 1823 it was called Stuyvesant Falls (now referring to a village on the creek) and after 1845 "Kinderhook Creek".[5]

The name "Kinderhook" has its root in the landing of Henry Hudson in the area around present-day Stuyvesant, where he was greeted by Native Americans with many children. With the Dutch Kinder meaning "child" and Hoeck meaning "bend" or "hook" [in the river], the name literally means "bend in the river where the children are". A figurative translation is "children's point".[6]

The area around Kinderhook Creek was called Machackoesk by the Native American Mahican Tribe.[7]

Tributaries

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  • Valatie Kill - Native American, Tsat-sa-was-sa or Tack-a-was-ick creek (and lake) are placed in the town of Nassau by the French. The name may refer to a stone mortar.
  • Kline Kill - Native American Mahican name Scom-pa-muck or Squampanoc[8]
    • Indian Creek
    • Punsit Creek
  • Stony Kill
    • Frisbee Creek
    • Queechy Lake Brook - Mahican name Quis-sich-kook, unknown meaning[8]
  • Green Brook
  • Tackawasick Creek
  • Black Brook
    • Huff Brook
  • Hollow Brook
  • Wyomanock Creek - Native American name for the creek. Also known as Lebanon Creek.
    • South Branch Wyomanock Creek
    • Berry Pond Creek
      • Red Oak Brook
  • Taplin Bourn (from Middle English bourne, a brook)
  • Black River
  • Roaring Brook
  • East Brook
    • West Brook
  • Bentley Brook
  • Whitman Brook
  • Jones Brook
  • Rathburn Brook

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kinderhook Creek
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 3, 2011
  3. ^ USGS 01361000 KINDERHOOK CREEK AT ROSSMAN NY
  4. ^ The Mohicans and their land, 1609–1730, p.299; Shirley Wiltse Dunn, Purple Mountain Press, 1994
  5. ^ List of New York State Historic Markers in Columbia County, New York Marker number 130 "Major Abram's Kill"
  6. ^ University of the State of New York Bulletin. University of the State of New York. 1914. p. 52.
  7. ^ History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs..., By Edward Manning Ruttenberg, page 370
  8. ^ a b Aboriginal place names of New York, by William Martin Beauchamp, page 48
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