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Pike pond. Descriptive. 



Pittstown. Township, hamlet. 



Pixtaway island. 



Plattstown. Hamlet. Originally Platstown from Peter Plate, 



innkeeper. Better known as Tamarac. 

 Poestenkill. Township and hamlet. Named for Jan Barentsen 



Wemp, nicknamed Poest. " Poest means a cowherd." (A. J. 



F. van Laer) 

 Poplar hill and Poplar island. 

 Potter hill. Hamlet. A man named Potter was killed here by 



accident. 

 Prosser Hollow. Stream. Named for Ichabod Prosser, early 



settler. 

 Quacken kill. " Probably from Quack, or Kwak (pi. Quacken, 



Kwakken), a heron (Ardea nycticorax). Kwakken also means 



' to croak,' but if the kill was full of frogs, it would more likely 



be called Kikoorschen kill than Quacken kill." (A. J. F. 



van Laer) 

 Raymertown. Hamlet. Named for Raymer family, early settlers. 

 Red pond. Descriptive; colored by soil. 

 Reichard pond. From Reichard family, early settlers. 

 Rensselaer. City, county. Taken from Albany county in 1791 



and named for the Patroon of Rensselaerswyck. 

 Reynolds. Hamlet. Cognominal. 



Rock Hollow. Hamlet. One of the gorges of Quacken kill. 

 Round pond. Descriptive. 



Sand Lake. Township, hamlet, lake. Descriptive. 

 Schaghticoke. Township, village. Named for the Schaghticoke 



or Skaachkook tribe of Indians. 

 Schaghticoke hill. 

 Schaghticoke Junction. 



Schermerhorn island. Named for Cornelius Schermerhorn. 

 Schodack. Township. Indian Skootag, fire, ack, place ; " fireplace 



of the nation." Council seat of the Mahicans in this town. 

 Schodack Center. Hamlet - Brookview ; Schodack Landing; 



South Schodack : Hamlets. 



East Schodack. Hamlet. 

 Shad island. Descriptive. 

 Shaver pond. 



Shingle Hollow. Stream. Recalls a shingle mill. 

 Sliters. Village. Named for Calvin Sliter. 



