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Poestenkill is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 4,530 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the Poesten Kill, an important stream in the area. The words ''poesten kil'' (with only one ''l'') are traditionally supposed to signify "foaming water" or "foaming creek" in Dutch. While ''kil'' indeed means "water" or "creek" in Dutch, Dutch dictionaries do not support the claim of ''poest'' as "foam".〔The obsolete Dutch word ''poest'' is retained in at least the dialect of Drenthe and can mean there (see (dialect dictionary of Drents (Dutch province language ))) 1. pimple (modern Dutch: ''de puist'') 2. breath 3. illness: breathlessness 4. small bridge of which the middle part can be taken out 5. wooden board that can be placed over a stream 6. blowpipe (1m long) for the fireplace. If we may extrapolate these dialect meanings to seventeenth century NY Dutch language, then common sense would suggest meaning 4: Poestenkil = Creek with the little bridge with the movable middle, or 5. Creek with the board. Perhaps there are old pictures of a bridge over the Poestenkil ? Alternatively, there might have been a Dutch settler by the (nick)name of Poest (perhaps with a pimple?), so that the name would mean say "Mr. Pimple's Creek".〕〔Neither does the extensive multivolume ''(Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal WNL )'' give the meaning "froth" or "bubbly" for poest, but is in line with the meanings given above (offers also: ''cowshed'', ''piece of wood'' and the verb ''poesten'' (blow, brag, kiss, fight, what not! .... (online results in Dutch ) to add to the confusion..). 〕 It seems more likely that the creek was named after the nickname ''Poest'' for the 17th-century local farmer and miller Jan Barentsen Wemp, who had a pimple (''poest'') or had difficulty breathing (''poesten'' = to breathe); he owned a farm and a mill on the ''Poestenkil'' creek.〔See http://www.colonialvoyage.com/remainsDamerica.html and , e.g., http://history.rays-place.com/ny/ren-troy-village-ny.htm on Jan Barentsen Wemp or Wamp.〕〔(Wemp or ''Poest'' owned a farm and a mill on the creek )〕 Among the earliest settlers in the town was Archelaus Lynd. He leased 300 acres of land from the Van Rensselaers and made his first clearing in the area of Hillside Cemetery, which was known as The Lynd Cemetery until about 1900. The Whyland and Ives families were other early settlers. The town is southeast of Troy and is centrally located in the county. == History == The area was first settled around 1770,〔 and the town of Poestenkill was created from part of the Town of Sand Lake on March 2, 1848.〔 When the American Revolutionary War broke out, six men served from the area. One, named Benjamin Cotterel, is said to have carried the first wheelbarrow of earth to Bunker Hill.〔 The first school in the area was established in or soon after 1788 on land set aside for that purpose by Stephen Van Rensselaer III.〔 Five men from Poestenkill served in the War of 1812, all joining the Eddy expedition.〔 The first regular church in Poestenkill was the First Baptist church, organized in 1814 and located in East Poestenkill.〔 During the American Civil War, many of Poestenkill's men served with the Union's forces; twelve who died in action were Daniel M. Horton, Philip Amidon, Daniel Morrison, John Wagoner, George Bradt, Dexter Randall, William H. H. Wood, Martin Larabee, Willard Bailey, W. L. Robbins, George Simmons, and William H. Mason.〔 Future president James A. Garfield considered a job as high school principal in Poestenkill in 1856, though lost it to another applicant. Poestenkill celebrated its sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) in 1998, with several events including a Revolutionary War reenactment, antique car show, a parade, and a historical display. A postcard was also produced for the town at the time. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Poestenkill, New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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