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Casperkill
| Casperkill Casper Creek | |
|---|---|
 The Casperkill in March 2014 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Dutchess |
| Municipality | Town of Poughkeepsie, City of Poughkeepsie |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Peach Hill |
| • location | Dutchess County, New York, United States |
| Length | 11.6 mi (18.7 km) |
| Basin size | 12 sq mi (31 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Hudson River, in the Town of Poughkeepsie |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Fonteyn Kill |
The Casperkill (also known as Jan Casper's Kill and shown on federal maps as Casper Creek[1]) is a creek in both the town and city of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It flows 11.6 miles (18.7 km)[2] from Peach Hill Park to the Hudson River. Combined with its only major tributary, the Fonteyn Kill, it forms a 12 sq mi (31 km2) subwatershed. It lies entirely within the British royal grant of 1685 known as the Rombout Patent.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Casper Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 3, 2011
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