Coeymans Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed October 3, 2011 tributary of the Hudson River in Albany County, New York in the United States.
The creek originates as the continuation of Onesquethaw Creek, which starts near Clarksville, 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.Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 22
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
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