Kinderhook, New York (usa)

Kinderhook, New York

Kinderhook, New York ranks 8,427th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lichtenfels, Bavaria, Oberkassel, Bonn, and Kinokawa, Wakayama. Memorable people born in Kinderhook, New York include Hannah Van Buren, and Benjamin Franklin Butler. Memorable people who died in Kinderhook, New York include Peter Masterson. Kinderhook, New York has been the birth place of many politicians and the death place of many actors. Kinderhook, New York is located in United States.

Kinderhook is a town in the northern part of Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 8,330 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous municipality in Columbia County. The name of the town means "Children's Corner" in the language of the original Dutch settlers (Kinderhoek). The name "Kinderhook" has its root in the landing of Henry Hudson in the area around present-day Stuyvesant, where he was greeted by Native Americans with many children. With the Dutch kind meaning "child" and hoek meaning "corner", it could be that the name refers to a bend in the river where the children are. The eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, was born in Kinderhook and retired to it. Read more on Wikipedia