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Barberville. Hamlet. Cognominal. 



Bath. Named from supposed medicinal qualities of a spring near 

 it. Now included in city of Rensselaer and name abandoned. 



Berlin. Township, hamlet. 



Berlin Center. See Berlin. 



Black brook. Takes its name from the black shales over which 

 it flows. 



Black river. Same as above. 



Boyntonville. Village. Cognominal. 



Brainard Station. Hamlet. Named for David Brainard, mis- 

 sionary to the Indians here. 



Brookview. Hamlet. Modern name; formerly Schodack Center. 



Brunswick. Township; hamlet. Said to have been settled by a 

 colony of Germans. Among early settlers was a family by the 

 name of Braunschweiger. 



Burden lake. Cognominal. 



Buskirk's Bridge. Village, on Hoosick river. Named for Van 

 Buskirk family, early settlers. 



Campbell island. Cognominal. 



Castleton. Village. Named from Castle hill on which stood an 

 Indian fortification. 



Center Brunswick. See Brunswick. 



Church Hollow. Named from the Church family, early settlers. 



Clum's Corners. Hamlet. Named for O. Clum, blacksmith. 



Cow island. 



Cooper pond. Cognominal. 



Cranberry pond. Descriptive. 



Cropseyville. Hamlet. Named for Valentine Cropsey, early 

 settler. 



Deep kill. Descriptive. 



DeFreestville. Hamlet. Named for the early settlers DeForeest ; 

 also spelled DeForest, DeFreest and DeFriest. 



Dunham Hollow. Named for Isaac Dunham, settler, 1800. 



Dill creek. This may have been a family name, or perhaps derived 

 from the presence of dill along its banks. 



Dwaas kill. Stream connecting the Hoosick and Hudson rivers, its 

 current varying with freshet. " This is probably a corruption 

 of Dwars kill, or cross creek, a stream connecting two others, 

 just as a dzvars straat means a cross street. Dtvaas=foolish; 

 hence, I suppose, the attempt to explain the name as "of two 

 minds," a stream " flowing both ways." (A. J. F. van Laer) 



