What is "poestenkill"

Population (2000): 1024
Housing Units (2000): 426
Land area (2000): 5.839054 sq. miles (15.123080 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.044212 sq. miles (0.114509 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.883266 sq. miles (15.237589 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58794
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.695815 N, 73.563912 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 12140
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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