Hannacrois Creek

Hannacrois Creek
Hannacroix Creek
River
Country United States
State New York
County Albany
Source
 - location Westerlo, New York
 - coordinates 42°23′58″N 74°00′43″W / 42.39944°N 74.01194°W / 42.39944; -74.01194
Mouth Hudson River
 - location Coeymans, New York
 - elevation 0 ft (0 m)
 - coordinates 42°27′46″N 73°47′06″W / 42.46278°N 73.78500°W / 42.46278; -73.78500Coordinates: 42°27′46″N 73°47′06″W / 42.46278°N 73.78500°W / 42.46278; -73.78500
Map of the Hannacrois Creek

Hannacrois Creek[1] is a 20.9-mile-long (33.6 km)[2] tributary to the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. From its source in Westerlo it flows through Dunbar Hollows and over Dickinson Falls to the Alcove Reservoir. It then passes through Coeymans Hollow and just into Greene County to its mouth at the Hudson River in Coeymans, New York.

Hannacrois Creek has a drainage area of over 60 square miles (160 km2).[3]

Variant names of the creek include[1] Hannacroix Creek, Haanadrois Creek, and Hannekraai, among others. The name translates to the Dutch "Rooster crowing". There is a story that the early Dutch settlers here saw a rooster come floating down the creek on a block of ice, so the creek became known as the Hannekraai, meaning "cock-crowing" creek.[4] The settlement of Hannecroix also took its name from the creek.[5]

Tributaries

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hannacrois Creek
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
  3. ↑ New York State Coastal Fish & Wildlife Habitat Rating
  4. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 149.
  5. ↑ From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames, by Ren Vasiliev
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