Moordener Kill
The Moordener Kill[1] is a 15.5-mile-long (24.9 km)[2] tributary to the Hudson River that flows through southwestern Rensselaer County, New York, in the United States.
| Moordener Kill | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Rensselaer |
| Towns | Sand Lake, Schodack |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| ⁃ location | Sand Lake, New York |
| ⁃ coordinates | 42°36′21″N 73°35′10″W |
| Mouth | Hudson River |
⁃ location | Castleton-on-Hudson, New York |
⁃ coordinates | 42°32′36″N 73°45′14″W |
⁃ elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Moordener Kill translates to "Murderer Creek", with moordenaar being the modern Dutch word for "murderer" and kill for "creek".[3] The name comes from the fact that the creek was the site of an ambush of Dutch settlers by Native Americans in 1643 in which 7 men and 2 women were killed.[4]
See also
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moordener Kill
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
- University of the State of New York Bulletin. University of the State of New York. 1914. p. 53.
- "Moordener Kill". Retrieved 2010-10-22.
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