Hoosic
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Hoosac is an Algonquian word meaning place of stones.
Hoosic, Hoosick or Hoosac may refer to:
Hoosic, Hoosick or Hoosac may refer to:
Communities
- Hoosick, New YorkHoosick, New YorkHoosick is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 6,759 at the 2000 census.The Town of Hoosick is in the northeast corner of the county.- History :...
, a town in Rensselaer County- Hoosick Falls, New YorkHoosick Falls, New YorkHoosick Falls is a village in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 3,182 at the 2010 census, a decline of 254 since 2000. During its peak around 1900, the village had a population of about 7,000...
, a village in the above town
- Hoosick Falls, New York
Geography
- Hoosac RangeHoosac RangeThe Hoosac Range is part of both the Berkshires of western Massachusetts and the southern Green Mountains of Vermont; it is part of the greater Appalachian Mountain chain...
, a mountain range in Western Massachusetts - Hoosic RiverHoosic RiverThe Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick and the Hoosuck , is a tributary of the Hudson River in the northeastern United States. The different spellings are the result of varying transliterations of the river's original Algonquian name...
, a tributary of the Hudson River
Other
- Hoosac SchoolHoosac SchoolHoosac School is a private co-educational Episcopal boarding school located in Hoosick Falls, New York in the United States.-History:Hoosac school was founded in 1889 by Dr. Edward Dudley Tibbits. Facilities are located on the Tibbits Estate which rests on near the Vermont border. The school...
, an Episcopalian private school in Hoosick, New York - Hoosac TunnelHoosac TunnelThe Hoosac Tunnel is a 4.75-mile-long railroad tunnel in western Massachusetts which passes through the Hoosac Range, an extension of Vermont's Green Mountains. Work began in 1848 and was finally completed in 1875...
, also called Hoosic or Hoosick Tunnel, in Massachusetts