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Alcove. Hamlet. Formerly Stephensville. 



Altamont. Hamlet (formerly Knowersville). Fancy name of no 

 historical significance. High mountain; lies at base of Helder- 

 bergs. 



Aqueduct. Hamlet. The Erie canal here crosses the Mohawk river. 



Aquetuck. Hamlet. Ach-que-tuck, Iroquois. Ach-que-tuck or 

 Aquetuck vv^as an early name for Coeymans Hollow. It is 

 usually applied to the flats there but appears to be the Hagguato 

 of the map of the New Hampshire Grants and the stream men- 

 tioned by Schoolcraft as Hakitak, below Coeymans. It may be 

 derived from Ahque, he leaves off, and tuk, a river; i. e., a 

 river at a boundary (Beauchamp). 



AuRANiA or Urania. An early alternative name of Fort Orange. 



Babcock Corners. Cognominal. Now Bethlehem Center. 



Basic creek. Thought to be Mahican ; " may be a corruption of 

 quassik, a stone" (Beauchamp). 



Beacon island. Descriptive. 



Bear island. Descriptive. 



Beckers Corners. Hamlet. The Becker family were early settlers. 



Beeren island. The island of bears (Dutch). The Mahican name 

 has a similar meaning (Beauchamp). 



Berne ; Berneville ; South Berne. From Berne, Switzerland, 

 native place of Jacob Weidman, one of the early settlers. 



Bethlehem ; Bethlehem Center. Suggesting the religious pro- 

 clivities of the settlers. 



Beverwyck. Original Dutch name of Albany. 



Black creek. Flows over exposures of black shale. 



Blockhouse creek. Early settlers built a blockhouse here. 



Boght. Hamlet. Dutch = bend of the Mohawk river. 



Cabbage island. Descriptive. 



Callanan Corners. Named for Henry Callanan, an early settler. 



Castle island. Same as Van Rensselaer island. Fort Nassau was 

 built on this island. 



Cedar Hill. Hamlet. Red cedar formerly covered the hills. 



Chesterville. Hamlet. Named for Rev. John Chester of Albany. 

 Now known as Westerlo. 



Clarksville. Village. . Named for Adam A. Clark, 1822. 



Coeymans. Town, village. Named for Barent Pieterse Coeymans, 

 patentee. 



Coeymans Hollow. Hamlet on Hannacrois creek. 



