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The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is the area surrounding the Mohawk River, sandwiched between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains, northwest of the Capital District. As of the 2010 United States Census , the region's counties have a combined population of 622,133 people.
The Mohawk Valley still plays an important role in transportation. Railroads followed the Water Level Route, as did major east–west roads such as Route 5 and Interstate 90. The Mohawk River Heritage Corridor Commission was created to preserve and promote the natural and historic assets of the Mohawk River.
The Mohawk River is the largest tributary of the McKenzie River, [2] approximately 30 miles (48 km) long, in west central Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the foothills of the Cascade Range on the southeast end of the Willamette Valley northeast of Springfield .
The Canajoharie Creek (/ ˌ k æ n ə dʒ ə ˈ h ɛər i /) is a river that flows into the Mohawk River in the Village of Canajoharie in the U.S. State of New York. [3] The name "Canajoharie" is a Mohawk language term meaning "the pot that washes itself", referring to the "Canajoharie Boiling Pot", a 20-foot (6.1 m) wide and 10-foot (3.0 m) deep pothole in the Canajoharie Creek, just south of ...
The Mohawk Valley along the Gila River proper contains the agricultural communities of Wellton, Noah, Roll, and Tacna. This river stretch of the valley is mostly east-west trending, and extends northeasterly upstream to the adjacent Hyder Valley; to the west the Gila River turns northwest through the Dome Valley which lies between the Gila ...
Schoharie Creek is a river in New York that flows north 93 miles (150 km) [2] from the foot of Indian Head Mountain in the Catskills through the Schoharie Valley to the Mohawk River. It is twice impounded north of Prattsville to create New York City's Schoharie Reservoir and the Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project.
In 1899-1900, a railroad was built through the Mohawk Valley and a station named Marcola was established near the post office. [3] Marcola was a name made up to honor Mary Cole, the wife of the town's founder, Columbus Cole. [3] [4] In 1901, the post office name was changed to agree with the name of the station. [3]
The Mabee House, on the grounds of the Mabee Farm Historic Site, (part of the Schenectady County Historical Society), is the oldest house still standing in the Mohawk Valley. It is located in the town of Rotterdam, New York , in the hamlet of Rotterdam Junction, New York , along New York State Highway 5S, about six miles (9.7 km) west of the ...