ous ▁municipality ▁in ▁Columbia ▁County . ▁The ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁means ▁" Children ' s ▁Cor ner " ▁in ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁Dutch ▁sett lers ▁( K inder ho ek ). ▁The ▁name ▁" K inder hook " ▁has ▁its ▁root ▁in ▁the ▁landing ▁of ▁Henry ▁Hudson ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁around ▁present - day ▁St uy ves ant , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁gre et ed ▁by ▁Native ▁Americans ▁with ▁many ▁children . ▁With ▁the ▁Dutch ▁kind ▁meaning ▁" child " ▁and ▁ho ek ▁meaning ▁" b end " ▁or ▁" hook " ▁[ in ▁the ▁river ], ▁the ▁name ▁literally ▁means ▁" b end ▁in ▁the ▁river ▁where ▁the ▁children ▁are ". ▁The ▁e ighth ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Martin ▁Van ▁Bur en , ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Kinder hook . ▁ ▁The ▁town ▁of ▁Kinder hook ▁contains ▁two ▁villages , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁also ▁named ▁Kinder hook ; ▁the ▁other ▁is ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁Val atie . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁town ▁contains ▁the ▁ham let ▁of ▁N iver ville , ▁next ▁to ▁Kinder hook ▁Lake . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 0 9 ▁Henry ▁Hudson ▁sa iled ▁as ▁far ▁north ▁as ▁Kinder hook ▁on ▁his ▁expl oration ▁of ▁the ▁Hudson ▁River ▁and ▁named ▁the ▁location ▁" K inder ho ek ". ▁Kinder hook ▁sign ifies ▁in ▁the ▁Dutch ▁tongue ▁" the ▁children ' s ▁corner ", ▁and ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁applied ▁to ▁this ▁local ity , ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 9