Stockport Creek is a 2.4 miles (3.9 km) tributary to the Hudson River

Hudson River

The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...

 in the town of Stockport, New York

Stockport, New York

Stockport is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 2,933 at the 2000 census.The Town of Stockport is in the northwest part of the county.- History :The region was settled around 1657....

, in the United States. Its source is the confluence of Kinderhook Creek

Kinderhook Creek

Kinderhook Creek is a tributary to Stockport Creek, an inlet of the Hudson River in the United States. From its source in Hancock, Massachusetts, the creek runs southwest through the Taconic Mountains into Rensselaer County, New York, and then into Columbia County...

 and Claverack Creek

Claverack Creek

Claverack Creek is a tributary to Stockport Creek in Columbia County, New York, in the United States. Its source is in the town of Claverack at the hamlet of Mellenville, and its mouth is at its confluence with Kinderhook Creek to form Stockport Creek, in the town of Stockport.-History:The lower...

 near the village of Stockport. Its mouth is at the Hudson River at the western boundary of Stockport. The creek is tidal for about one mile inland from the Hudson River.

History

The creek was previously known as Major Abrams (Staats)

Major Abraham Staats

Major Abraham Staats or Abraham Staats was one of the first settlers of the New Netherlands colonies. He emigrated to Beverwijck in 1642 and is the founder of the Staats family in New Amsterdam and the early American colonies.Abraham was employed as a surgeon in the New Netherlands by the Van...

 Kill or Creek, after the early New Netherlands colonist.