The Hudson Valley has many strange and unique sounding names. This video examines the history and origins of many of those weird names while taking us on a scenic tour of the Hudson Valley.
Thank you for explaining some of the names. Funny, the Fox weather channel was talking about Fishkill yesterday. The reporter had asked the studio host of the meaning of "Fishkill" since he was broadcasting from there. The host said it was a terrible name because she thought it meant "Dead Fish" ! He also told her the meaning of "Kill" in Dutch. The stream near my parents home near Pine Bush (east) is called "Dwaarkill" that flows into the Wallkill River, but strangely there is another stream north of Pine Bush that starts in the "Gunks" that is also called the "Dwaarkill" but flows into the Shawangunk Kill.
Native North American or European settler/invader names, not weird. The Hudson Vally was first settled by several tribes/nations of Indians then by the Dutch & in turn the English. In Onondaga County, place names are often Latin or Iroquois: Manlius, Cicero, Skaneateles, Cayuga.
