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Amagansett, New York | |
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 The AmagansettCoast Guard Station | |
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| Coordinates:40°58′46″N72°7′31″W / 40.97944°N 72.12528°W /40.97944; -72.12528 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Suffolk |
| Town | East Hampton |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.64 sq mi (24.98 km2) |
| • Land | 6.59 sq mi (17.06 km2) |
| • Water | 3.06 sq mi (7.92 km2) |
| Elevation | 30 ft (9 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,824 |
| • Density | 277/sq mi (106.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 11930 |
| Area code | 631 |
| FIPS code | 36-01594 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0942409 |
Amagansett/ˌæməˈɡænsət/ is acensus-designated place that roughly corresponds to thehamlet by the same name in thetown ofEast Hampton inSuffolk County, New York, United States, on theSouth Shore ofLong Island. As of the2010 United States census, theCDP population was 1,165.[2] Amagansett hamlet was founded in 1680.
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Amagansett derives its name from theMontaukett for "place of good water"—from a water source near what today is Indian Wells beach.
Unlike the rest ofthe Hamptons, Amagansett was initially settled by the Baker, Conklin, and Barnes families, descendants of English settlers, and theDutch brothers Abraham and Jacob Schellinger, the sons of aNew Amsterdam merchant who moved to East Hampton between 1680 and 1690 after the English took over New Amsterdam.[3]
DuringOperation Pastorius, a failed Nazi attack on the United States in June 1942, duringWorld War II, a submarine dropped off four German spies on Atlantic Avenue beach in Amagansett, where they made their way to the village'sLong Island Rail Road station and boarded a train for New York. A Coast Guardsman assigned to watch the beach noticed the suspicious strangers on the beach and notified the police and theFBI.[4]
In 2007, the originalCoast Guard station, which had been moved to a private residence in 1966 to protect it from demolition, was moved back near its original location at Atlantic Avenue beach. The Coast Guard barracks are now part of the East Hampton Town Marine Museum, which includes exhibits from the town's maritime history, including whaling relics and a cannon from theAmerican Revolution shipHMSCulloden, which ran aground atMontauk.
In 1998 PresidentBill Clinton, who was vacationing in East Hampton, gave a Saturday radio address from the Amagansett Fire House.
Amagansett includes a section of Further Lane, which is a block from the ocean, and has one of East Hampton's biggest collections of mansions. In 2007, one of the estates sold for $107 million, the highest price for a private residential property.
As part of the settlement, several 18th- and 19th-century buildings that had been moved to the estate to prevent demolition were moved elsewhere in town—including five that were moved to form a campus for the East Hampton town government.
Amagansett, a pictorial history of the hamlet, was published in 1997 by Carleton Kelsey, longtime director of the Amagansett Free Library and former town clerk, and Lucinda Mayo, descendant of one of Amagansett's 17th-century founders.[5]
Many houses and other buildings from the 19th and even 18th century still stand in Amagansett, Montauk, the Hamptons, and other Long Island communities.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 6.6 square miles (17.0 km2), of which 6.5 square miles (16.9 km2) is land and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.37%, is water.[2]
At the end of the last Ice Age, Amagansett stood at Long Island's eastern tip. At that time, Montauk was an island in the Atlantic. In the intervening several thousand years, ocean currents, or littoral drift, filled in space with sand. This area is now known asNapeague.
Distinct places within Amagansett include Amagansett village, Beach Hampton, and the Devon Colony on Gardiner's Bay. Other places of geographic significance include the "Walking Dunes" in Napeague and the Atlantic Double Dunes, which are protected byThe Nature Conservancy and local and federal governments.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 1,824 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6] | |||
As of thecensus of 2000, there were 1,067 people, 493 households, and 281 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 169.6 inhabitants per square mile (65.5/km2). There were 1,664 housing units at an average density of 264.5 per square mile (102.1/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.44%White, 1.69%African American, 0.28%Native American, 0.37%Asian, 0.28% fromother races, and 0.94% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 4.03% of the population.
There were 493 households, out of which 21.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% weremarried couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.0% were non-families. 34.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.78.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 19.1% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 33.0% from 45 to 64, and 22.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $56,406, and the median income for a family was $69,306. Males had a median income of $48,750 versus $36,500 for females. Theper capita income for the CDP was $45,545. About 2.4% of families and 5.3% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.
Amagansett is served byAmagansett station on theMontauk Branch of theLong Island Rail Road.
TheHampton Jitney stops in Amagansett.[5]
TheAmagansett Union Free School District, which covers almost all of the CDP,.[7] operates the Amagansett School, serving grades PK through 6. Students then attendEast Hampton schools for grades 7 to 12.[8]
A small piece of the CDP is in theEast Hampton Union Free School District.[7]
Amagansett is a popular resort location where many famous people have resided in or owned second homes, includingPaul McCartney,Scarlett Johansson,Kathleen Turner,James Frey,Billy Joel,Jerry Seinfeld,Sharyn Alfonsi,Harvey Weinstein,Christie Brinkley,Diane Sawyer,Gwyneth Paltrow andChris Martin,Liev Schreiber andNaomi Watts,Alec Baldwin,Sarah Jessica Parker andMatthew Broderick,Peter Mayle,Jann Wenner,Suzanne Vega,Howard Stern,Lorne Michaels, PresidentBill Clinton and SecretaryHillary Clinton,Shane McMahon,Randy Lerner,Andy Cohen,Babs Simpson,[10]Mitch Kupchak, andLarry Gagosian.
Marilyn Monroe andArthur Miller spent a summer there in the late 1950s. Perhaps the first wave of "summer people" was the "Devon Colony", founded in the late 19th century by executives of theProcter & Gamble company. Performance artistLaurie Anderson and her husbandLou Reed divided their time between theirGreenwich Village apartment and a house in Amagansett, which Anderson called "our spiritual home." Reed died there in 2013.[11]Alfred Conkling was born in Amagansett.[12]
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