Claverack Creek

Coordinates: 42°19′02″N 73°44′44″W / 42.31722°N 73.74556°W / 42.31722; -73.74556
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Claverack Creek
Twastaweekak
Stottville, New York, Claverack, New York
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMellenville, New York
 • coordinates42°15′00″N 73°40′12″W / 42.25000°N 73.67000°W / 42.25000; -73.67000
MouthStockport Creek
 • location
Stockport, New York
 • coordinates
42°19′02″N 73°44′44″W / 42.31722°N 73.74556°W / 42.31722; -73.74556
 • elevation
7 ft (2.1 m)

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

See also

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