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Esopus (/ ˌ ɛ ˈ s oʊ p ə s / eh-SOHP-əs) is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 9,548 at the 2020 census. [2] The town was named after the local indigenous tribe and previously thought to mean "small river" in English. [3] However, in the Lenape language, the word translates to "Wellspring of Creation".
Col. Oliver Hazard Payne Estate is a historic 60-acre (24 ha) estate, also known as Omega and Wiltwick, [2] located on the west bank of the Hudson River at Esopus in Ulster County, New York, United States. The estate features a 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m 2) Beaux Arts-style Mediterranean palazzo with an open courtyard.
Esopus, New York, a town in Ulster County Esopus (village), in the town of Esopus; Esopus Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River; Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, a lighthouse on the Hudson River near Esopus, New York; Esopus Wars, two localized conflicts between Dutch settlers and the Esopus tribe of Lenape native people during the latter half of ...
Jct. of Old Post Rd. and Swarte Kill Rd., Esopus, New York: Esopus, New York: POPPLETOWN HOUSE. A STONE FARM HOUSE TYPICAL OF HOUSES BUILT IN ULSTER COUNTY, NY DURING THE LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURIES. AN HISTORIC SITE. 153: The Senate House: the marker
The island is located to the east of the center of the river channel, 84 miles (135 km) north of the river's mouth at New York City, roughly 1,200 feet (370 m) offshore, southwest of Norrie Point in Staatsburg, and opposite the mouth of Black Creek in the town of Esopus on the west shore. It is approximately 1,500 feet (460 m) long.
Esopus is a basic hamlet and only has 5 streets: 9W runs north-south through the hamlet, Main Street, which used to be the original Broadway/9W until a new section of 9W was built splitting off from Main Street, later to meet again about 1/2 mile down the road, Black Creek Road, Parker Avenue, which connects 9W to Main Street, and Old Post Road ...
It operated as a seminary until 1985, after which it became a center for meetings and spiritual retreats for the people of the Hudson Valley in New York. In 2012, the Mount St. Alphonsus Retreat Center was purchased by the Bruderhof Anabaptists who renamed the building as The Mount Community and started The Mount Academy , a parochial school ...
The first believed interaction between colonists and the Esopus people was recorded in 1609. Historian Herbert C. Kraft believes some Esopus joined with some Wappinger people after Kieft's War in 1643. [4] In 1652, the Esopus tribe sold 72 acres of land to European colonists through the Thomas Chambers land deed in Kingston, New York. It is ...