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West Sand Lake. See Sand Lake. 

 White Lily pond. Descriptive. 

 White Rock mountain. 



Wynantskill. Village and stream. Named for Wynant Gerritse 

 Vanderpoel, 1674. 



THE PLACE NAMES OF SCHENECTADY COUNTY 



Aalplaats. Village and stream. Dutch, a place for eels. Now 

 corrupted to Alplaus. " Given as Aelplaats in Burr's atlas ot 

 1829, Aelplatts and Alplatts on map of 1856. Though plaats, in 

 Holland, by the illiterate, is often pronounced plans, it would 

 seem as if Alplaus might be a corruption of Aalplas = eel pond." 

 (A. J. F. van Laer) 



Adams Killetye. Stream. From Adam Mull, taken prisoner by 

 the Indians when drinking from it. "Killetye, corruption of 

 Killetje = little kill ( old spelling Killetie, though doubtless pro- 

 nounced Killetje and not Killed). " (A. J. F. van Laer) 



Alplaus. Modern corruption of Aalplaats. 



Aqueduct. Hamlet. Canal crosses Mohawk. 



Binne kill. Stream. " Inner river." A short diverted part of 

 the Mohawk south of Van Slyck island. 



Bonny Brook. Named by the Scotch settlers. 



Bramans Corners. Hamlet. Named for Dr Joseph Braman, 1840. 



Chuctenunda. Stream. Chaugh-ta-noon-da = stony houses or 

 stony places. 



Cooksborough. Hamlet. Named for the Vandercook (Van der 

 Koek?) families. 



Crab-be kill. Stream. Cognominal. 



Delanson. Village. Present name of Quaker Street. Combina- 

 tion of " Delaware and Hudson." 



Duanesburg. Town, village. Named for James Duane who settled 

 here in 1765. 



East Glenville. Hamlet. See Glenville. 



Eaton Corners. Hamlet. 



Featherstonhaugh lake. Named for the Featherstonhaugh 

 family. Now improperly written Featherstone lake. 



Giffords. Hamlet. Named for J. Gifford, hotel keeper. 



Glenville. Township and village. Named for Sanders Leendertse 

 Glen, patentee, 1820. 



Greens Corners. Hamlet. Named for the early settlers. 



