Misplaced Pages

Quackenkill, New York

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Hamlet in New York, United States
Quackenkill, New York
Hamlet
Quackenkill, New York is located in New YorkQuackenkill, New YorkQuackenkill, New YorkShow map of New YorkQuackenkill, New York is located in the United StatesQuackenkill, New YorkQuackenkill, New YorkShow map of the United States
Coordinates: 42°46′10″N 073°31′08″W / 42.76944°N 73.51889°W / 42.76944; -73.51889
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyRensselaer
Elevation928 ft (283 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)518 & 838
GNIS feature ID962026

Quackenkill (or Quacken Kill) is a hamlet in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.

History

By the 1860s the town produced argillite, wood, tank bark, and charcoal; these resources were exported to Troy. In 1860 Quackenkill consisted of 10 houses.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Quackenkill, New York". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. French, John Homer, ed. Gazetteer of the State of New York. Tenth Edition. 1860. p. 555
Municipalities and communities of Rensselaer County, New York, United States
County seat: Troy
Cities
Towns
Villages
CDPs
Other
hamlets


Stub icon

This article about a location in Rensselaer County, New York is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: