Esopus
Esopus is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 9,548 at the 2020 census. The town was named after the local indigenous tribe and previously thought to mean "small river" in English.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 9,550 residents
- Description: town in New York
- Also known as: “Ellmores Cove”, “Esopus, New York”, “Esopus, NY”, “Sopus”, “Van Pelt’s”, and “Wa-er-in-ne-wangh”
- Postal code: 12429
Places of Interest
Highlights include Esopus Island and Shaupeneak Mountain.
Esopus Island
Islet
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Esopus Island is an uninhabited island in the Hudson River. It is part of Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park, located in the town of Hyde Park in Dutchess County, in the state of New York.
Shaupeneak Mountain
Peak
Shaupeneak Mountain is a ridge located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south-southeast of Kingston. Fly Mountain is located northwest, and Hussey Hill is located north of Shaupeneak Mountain. Shaupeneak Mountain is situated 1½ miles northwest of Esopus.
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Park
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a historic house museum in Hyde Park, New York, United States. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1940, it is owned and operated by the National Park Service. Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is situated 2½ miles southeast of Esopus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Staatsburg and Hyde Park.
Staatsburg
Village
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Staatsburg is a hamlet and census-designated place in Hyde Park, a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 703 at the 2020 census. Staatsburg is situated 2½ miles northeast of Esopus.
Hyde Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hyde Park is a township in Dutchess County in the state of New York in the United States of America.
Rifton
Hamlet
Rifton is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 481 at the 2020 census. Rifton is home to the Woodcrest Bruderhof and is located near the western town line of the Town of Esopus on Route 213. Rifton is situated 4 miles west of Esopus.
Esopus
- Categories: town in the United States, town of New York, and locality
- Location: Town of Esopus, Ulster County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.8278° or 41° 49′ 40″ northLongitude
-73.96505° or 73° 57′ 54″ westPopulation
9,550Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)United Nations Location Code
US ES8Open location code
87H8R2HM+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 158852841OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Esopus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيسبوس”
- Basque: “Esopus”
- Chechen: “Эсоупес”
- Chinese: “Esopus鎮”
- Chinese: “Esopus镇”
- Chinese: “伊索珀斯”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايسبوس”
- French: “Esopus”
- German: “Esopus”
- Greek: “Έσοπους”
- Haitian: “Esopus, New York”
- Haitian: “Esopus”
- Hungarian: “Esopus”
- Irish: “Esopus, Nua-Eabhrac”
- Irish: “Esopus”
- Italian: “Esopus”
- Japanese: “エスポウス”
- Mazanderani: “اسوپوس (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “اسوپوس”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Esopus”
- Polish: “Esopus”
- Portuguese: “Esopus”
- Spanish: “Esopus”
- Tatar: “Эсоупес”
- Turkish: “Esopus”
- Ukrainian: “Есоупес”
- Uzbek: “Esopus, New York”
- Uzbek: “Esopus”
- Uzbek: “Есопус”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Post Office: Esopus, NY 12429 and Esopus Fire Department.
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