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Coeymans in Albany County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Coeymans

 
 
Coeymans Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, June 9, 2019
1. Coeymans Marker
Inscription. Town formed March 18, 1791 from Watervliet. A part went to form Westerlo in 1815. Named from the patentee Barent Pieterson Coeymans
 
Erected 1932 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is March 18, 1791.
 
Location. 42° 28.431′ N, 73° 47.984′ W. Marker is in Coeymans, New York, in Albany County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (New York State Route 143) and Westerlo Street, in the median on Main Street. Marker is at the “Y” formed by Main, Church, and Westerlo Streets in front of the fire station. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Coeymans NY 12045, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, in the Capital District, and in the Albany Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Coeymans (approx. half a mile away); Recycled Plastic Bridge (approx. 1.1 miles away); Catskill Mountains (approx. 3.2 miles away); Hans Van Buren (approx. 4.2 miles away); Hamlet of Selkirk (approx. 4.7 miles away); Stanton Hill (approx. 4.8 miles away); Patrick Callanan (approx. 4.8 miles away); 1780 Shear Farm (approx. 5.1 miles away).
 
Coeymans image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, June 9, 2019
2. Coeymans
Views from the marker
Coeymans image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, June 9, 2019
3. Coeymans
Huge senior complex in Coeymans seen from the marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 10, 2019. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 573 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 10, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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