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Jamesport, New York | |
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.jpg) Aerial view of Jamesport, New York | |
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| Coordinates:40°56′40″N72°34′38″W / 40.94444°N 72.57722°W /40.94444; -72.57722 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Suffolk |
| Town | Riverhead |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.53 sq mi (11.72 km2) |
| • Land | 4.50 sq mi (11.65 km2) |
| • Water | 0.027 sq mi (0.07 km2) |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,609 |
| • Density | 6,340/sq mi (2,449/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 11947 |
| Area code | 631 |
| FIPS code | 36-38253 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0953924 |
Jamesport is ahamlet andcensus-designated place inRiverhead,Suffolk County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. At the2020 U.S. census its population was 1,609.[2]
Jamesport consists of a downtown area and surrounding farms.
Hallock State Park Preserve (previouslyJamesport State Park) is located north of Jamesport in the adjacent village ofNorthville.
TheUnited States Census Bureau has estimated that Jamesport has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.7 km2), of which just under 4.5 square miles (11.6 km2) is land and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.60%, is water.[3]
Jamesport was first settled in the 1690s and was originally called "Aquebogue." It was renamed "Lower Aquebogue" when another hamlet called "Upper Aquebogue" was established to the west. TheJamesport Meeting House, built in 1731, is the oldest operating church building inSuffolk County[4]
"Jamesport" is named for James Tuthill, who settled with his family in the area south of Lower Aquebogue, on thePeconic Bay, in 1833.[5] Over time, Lower Aquebogue came to be called Jamesport, while the community 1 mile (2 km) to the south, previously called Jamesport, came to be called South Jamesport (and is included in the present-day Jamesport CDP). Upper Aquebogue becameAquebogue.
James Tuthill tried to establish a commercial whaling and shipping wharf on the Peconic Bay, in what is now South Jamesport . But the effort was unsuccessful, because the water in the Bay atlow tide was too shallow to accommodate ships. However, theLong Island Rail Road established service between Jamesport andNew York City, after which Jamesport became a popular resort area, with several large bayfront hotels. These included the Miamogue Hotel and the Great Peconic Bay House,[6] which operated until 1952. Jamesport also became a thriving fishing community, and was a center forscallop and bunker (menhaden) fisheries.
From the 1830s to about 1950, Jamesport was the site of a camp meeting grove operated by theMethodist Episcopal Church, and after 1904, of anEpworth League Fresh Air Camp.
During the 1960s, theLong Island Lighting Company (LILCO) designated land adjacent to theLong Island Sound nearNorthville for use as the proposedJamesport Nuclear Power Plant, in addition to itsShoreham plant, which was already under construction. However, the Jamesport plan was scrapped when LILCO ran into opposition to Shoreham in the 1970s and 1980s.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2010 | 31,146 | — | |
| 2020 | 28,712 | −7.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] | |||
As of the 2020census, there were 1,609 people, 469 households, and 1,126 housing units in Jamesport. Thepopulation density was 216.0 per square mile. The ethnic makeup of the CDP was 88.6%White, 11%Hispanic orLatino (of any ethnicity), 1.5%African American, 0.4%Asian, 0.06%Pacific Islander, 0.43% “otherethnicities”, and 0.48% people of two or more ethnicities.[8]
Of the 469 households, 56.7% weremarried couples living together, 29.4% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 3.2% had a male householder with no spouse present.
Minors made up 10.2% of the population, and 9.9% of the population were living below the poverty line.
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