Quackenkill (or Quacken Kill) is a
hamlet
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in
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the ...
,
New York
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, United States.
History
By the 1860s the town produced
argillite
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, wood, tank bark, and charcoal; these resources were exported to
Troy
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. In 1860 Quackenkill consisted of 10 houses.
[French, John Homer, ed. ''Gazetteer of the State of New York''. Tenth Edition. 1860. p. 555]
See also
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New York State Route 2
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References
Hamlets in Rensselaer County, New York
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