Kinderhook Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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, accessed October 3, 2011 tributary to Stockport Creek, an inlet of the

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in the United States. From its source in

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, the creek runs southwest through the

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into

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, and then into Columbia County. It flows through the towns of Stephentown, New Lebanon,

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, Kinderhook and Stuyvesant to its mouth at Stockport Creek in the town of

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. Kinderhook Creek has a drainage area of over .

History

Kinderhook Creek was known as ''Pasanthkack'' by the

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Native Americans. 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". The name "Kinderhook" has its root in the landing of

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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" n the river the name literally means "bend in the river where the children are". A figurative translation is "children's point". The area around Kinderhook Creek was called ''Machackoesk'' by the Native American Mahican Tribe.History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs..., By Edward Manning Ruttenberg, page 370
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Tributaries

* Valatie Kill - Native American, ''Tsat-sa-was-sa'' or ''Tack-a-was-ick'' creek (and lake) are placed in the town of

by the French. The name may refer to a stone mortar. * Kline Kill - Native American

name ''Scom-pa-muck'' or ''Squampanoc''''Aboriginal place names of New York'', by William Martin Beauchamp, page 48
/ref> ** Indian Creek ** Punsit Creek * Stony Kill ** Frisbee Creek **

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Brook - Mahican name ''Quis-sich-kook'', unknown meaning * Green Brook * Tackawasick Creek ** Cranberry Vly * 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

References

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