Coeymans Creek is a 7.3 miles (11.7 km) creek that runs though Albany County, New York

Albany County, New York

Albany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England . As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204...

. It is a tributary of the Hudson River

Hudson River

The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...

. The creek originates as the continuation of Onesquethaw Creek

Onesquethaw Creek

Onesquethaw Creek is a creek in Albany County, New York. It is a tributary of the Hudson River. It rises in the town of New Scotland, to the west of the hamlet of New Salem, in the Helderberg Mountains, and flows to Coeymans Creek in the town of Bethlehem, southwest of...

, which starts near Clarksville, New York

Clarksville, Albany County, New York

Clarksville is a hamlet in the town of New Scotland, Albany County, New York. It is situated along Delaware Turnpike in the southern part of the town at the foot of the Helderberg Escarpment...

, in the Helderberg Mountains

Helderberg Escarpment

The Helderberg Escarpment is an escarpment in eastern New York, roughly west of the city of Albany....

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History

O-nis'-ke-thau Creek is also called Coeymans Creek. There was a hamlet of this name in New Scotland

New Scotland, New York

New Scotland is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 8,648 at the 2010 census.The town is southwest of Albany, New York, the state capital. New Scotland is centrally located in the county.-History:...

 as well as Oniskethau flats and mountain. It is said to have been an early Native American name meaning cornfields.

Tributaries

• Mosher Brook
• Onesquethaw Creek
  Onesquethaw Creek
  Onesquethaw Creek is a creek in Albany County, New York. It is a tributary of the Hudson River. It rises in the town of New Scotland, to the west of the hamlet of New Salem, in the Helderberg Mountains, and flows to Coeymans Creek in the town of Bethlehem, southwest of...
  
  
• Feuri Spruyt (Feuri-Sprayt Kill), a small stream in the north part of Coeymans, disappears, and flows for half a mile in a subterranean passage, coming to the surface again in New Scotland.