Sawyer Kill

The Sawyer Kill or Sawyer's Kill is a 7.0-mile-long (11.3 km)[2] tributary stream of the Hudson River in New York state. The source is at the Great Vlaie on the border of Ulster and Greene counties. The stream enters the Hudson River at Seamon Park in Malden, New York, just north of the village of Saugerties.

Sawyer Kill [1]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
RegionHudson Valley
CountyUlster
TownsSaugerties, New York,
Physical characteristics
SourceGreat Vly
  locationCementon, New York
  coordinates42°08′21″N 73°56′38″W
MouthHudson River at Saugerties, New York
  location
Saugerties, New York
  coordinates
42°04′52″N 73°56′17″W
  elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Basin features
River systemHudson River

Saugerties takes its name from the Dutch, "Saugerje's Kill" or "Little Sawyer's creek".[3]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sawyer Kill
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
  3. Old Dutch Place Names from www.ancestry.com.
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