Claverack Creek

Claverack Creek (To-was-ta-we-kak)
Twastaweekak
River
Main branches of Claverack Creek and Kinderhook Creek
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Columbia
Source
- location	Mellenville, New York
- coordinates	42°15′00″N 73°40′12″W / 42.25000°N 73.67000°W
Mouth	Stockport Creek
- location	Stockport, New York
- elevation	7 ft (2 m)
- coordinates	42°19′02″N 73°44′44″W / 42.31722°N 73.74556°WCoordinates: 42°19′02″N 73°44′44″W / 42.31722°N 73.74556°W

Claverack Creek^[1] is a 17.5-mile-long (28.2 km)^[2] tributary to Stockport Creek in Columbia County, New York, in the United States. Its source is in the town of Claverack at the hamlet of Mellenville, and its mouth is at its confluence with Kinderhook Creek to form Stockport Creek, in the town of Stockport.

History

The lower Claverack Creek was known as Twastawekak (To-was-ta-we-kak or Twastaweekak) by the Native American Mahican tribe,^[3] while the upper creek was named Ska-an-kook or Skaanpook.^[4]

Tributaries

• 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

• List of rivers of New York

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Claverack Creek
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
3. History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs..., By Edward Manning Ruttenberg, page 374
4. Aboriginal place names of New York, by William Martin Beauchamp, page 49.