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Marsh island. Descriptive. 



Meadowdale. Hamlet. Fancy name, modern. 



Medusa. Hamlet. Modern intrusion. Originally Hall's Mills, 



named for Uriah Hall, 1783. 

 Menands (properly Menand). Hamlet. Named for Louis 



Menand, a Frenchman and first settler. 

 More's Corners. 

 New Salem. Hamlet. Named in 1830. An expression of the 



piety of the early settlers. 

 New Scotland. Township, village. There were many Scotch 



families among the early settlers. 

 Newtonville. Hamlet. Named for John M. Newton. 

 Normans kill. Stream. A Hollander, Albert Andriessen Bradt, 



from Frederikstad, Norway, surnamed the Norman, settled at 



mouth of creek about 1630. 

 Normansville. See Normans Kill. Early name Upper Hollow. 

 Oniskethau. Hamlet. See Oniskethau creek. 

 Oniskethau creek. The old Indian name of the region O-nits- 



quat-haa, deeded in 1685 to Teunis Slingerland and Johannes 



Appel. " It is said to have been an early name for Coeymans, 



meaning cornfields." (Beauchamp) 

 Patroon creek. Named after the Patroon of Rensselaerswyck. 

 Patroon island. The same. 

 Peoria. Hamlet. Borrowed name. 

 Port Schuyler. Old hamlet incorporated into West Troy 1836. 



Now part of the city of Watervliet. 

 Potter Hollow. Hamlet. The Potter family were early settlers. 

 Preston Hollow. Named for Dr Samuel Preston, 1798. 

 Ravena. Modern name. It has no local significance. 

 Reidville. Village. Named for George Reid, Scotch immigrant. 

 Rensselaerville. Township, village. Named for General Stephen 



Van Rensselaer, patroon of Rensselaerswyck. 

 Rensselaer lake. The same. 

 Selkirk. Hamlet. The first settlers were the Selkirk families of 



Scotch descent. 

 Shakers. Hamlet. The Shakers settled here in 1776. 

 Slingerlands. Village. Named for descendants of John A. 



Slingerland. 

 South Bethlehem. See Bethlehem and Janes Corners. 

 Spencerville. Cognominal. Same as West Albany. 

 Stephensville. Hamlet. Named for Archibald Stephens, miller. 

 Stony Hill. Hamlet. Descriptive. 



