What is "esopus"

Esopus may refer to:

• Esopus, New York, a town in Ulster County
• 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 Indians during the latter half of the 17th century
• Esopus (magazine), a nonprofit arts publication based in New York
• Esopus tribe, a tribe of Lenape Indians
• Esopus Spitzenburg, a type of apple

• Esopus (genus), a genus of crabs in the family Epialtidae
• A medieval spelling of Aesop

Esopus is a New York based, twice-yearly arts and culture magazine founded in 2003 and published by the Esopus Foundation Ltd., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. It features content from a wide variety of creative disciplines, including artists' projects, critical writing, fiction, poetry, visual essays, interviews, and music—all presented in an unmediated format, with minimal editorial framing and no advertising.

Its primary objective is to give artists a noncommercial forum in which to publish their projects, while simultaneously offering its readers the opportunity to access a wide range of cultural expression with very little interference, deepening the connection between artists and the general public and making the magazine a distributor, rather than interpreter, of its content.

Esopus is a village located in the town of Esopus, in Ulster County, New York. It is located south of Ulster Park on route 9W. Esopus is within the Kingston metro area. The name Esopus comes from the name of the Native American tribe who lived in the area.