Southampton, New York | |
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| Town of Southampton | |
 Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton | |
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 Location inSuffolk County | |
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| Coordinates:40°53′7″N72°23′43″W / 40.88528°N 72.39528°W /40.88528; -72.39528 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Suffolk |
| Established | 1640 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Civil township |
| • Supervisor | Maria Moore (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 293.46 sq mi (760.06 km2) |
| • Land | 139.13 sq mi (360.35 km2) |
| • Water | 154.33 sq mi (399.71 km2) |
| Elevation | 26 ft (8 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 69,036 |
| • Density | 496.2/sq mi (191.58/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 11968-11969 |
| Area code | 631 |
| FIPS code | 36-103-68473 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0965893 |
| Website | www |
Southampton, officially theTown of Southampton, is atown in southeasternSuffolk County, New York, partly on theSouth Fork ofLong Island. As of the2020 U.S. census, the town had a population of 69,036.[2] Southampton is included in the stretch of shoreline prominently known asthe Hamptons.
Stony Brook University has acampus in Southampton.
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The town was founded in 1640,[3] when settlers fromLynn,Massachusetts, established residence on lands obtained from localShinnecock Indian Nation.[4] The first settlers included eight men, one woman, and a boy who came ashore at Conscience Point. These men wereThomas Halsey,Edward Howell, Edmond Farrington, Allen Bread, Edmund Needham,Abraham Pierson the Elder, Thomas Sayre, Josiah Stanborough, George Welbe, Henry Walton and Job Sayre.[4] By July 7, 1640, they had determined the town boundaries. During the next few years (1640–43), Southampton gained another 43 families; there are now thousands of people in Southampton.
From 1644, the colonists established an organized whale fishery, significant in thehistory of whaling as the first inNew England. They chasedpilot whales ("blackfish") onto the shelving beaches for slaughter, a sort ofdolphin drive hunting. They also processeddrift whales they found on shore. They observed theNative Americans' hunting techniques, improved on their weapons and boats, and then went out toocean hunting.[5]
The firstmeeting house was on a hill that is the site of the currentSouthampton Hospital. The town's oldest existent house is theHalsey House at 249 Main Street, which was built by Thomas Halsey, one of the first Englishmen to trade with the Shinnecocks.[6]
Southampton has 47 public and private cemeteries,[7] not includingShinnecock Hills Golf Club, which is claimed as an Indian burial ground that is no longer in active use.[8] Southampton is named after the port city ofSouthampton inHampshire, England.
Southampton operates an official historical web site.[9] The site shows the locations of over 100 points of interest, historic markers, and historic districts as well as over 1500 photos.
In 2005, theShinnecock Indian Nation filed a lawsuit against the state seeking the return of 3,500 acres (14 km2) in Southampton near the tribe's reservation, and billions of dollars in reparations for damages suffered by colonial land grabs. The disputed property includes the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, which Shinnecock say is the location of tribe burial grounds. The tribe challenged the state legislatures' approval of an 1859 sale of the 3,500 acres of tribal land. The tribe alleged this broke the terms of a 1,000-year-lease signed by Southampton colonial officials and the tribe in 1703. The suit charged that in 1859, a group of powerful New York investors conspired to break the lease by sending the state Legislature a fraudulent petition from a number of Shinnecock tribal members. Although other tribal members immediately protested that the petition was a forgery, the legislature approved the sale of 3,500 acres (14 km2) of tribal land.[10] In 2006, the court ruled against the tribe finding the lawsuit was barred bylaches.[11]
Southampton is bounded by theAtlantic Ocean to the south, thePeconic Bay to the north,East Hampton to the east, andBrookhaven to the west. It also shares a small border withRiverhead to the northwest.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 293.5 square miles (760 km2), of which 139.1 square miles (360 km2) is land and 154.3 square miles (400 km2) (52.59%) is water.[1]
Southampton contains sevenincorporated villages and 16 unincorporated areas, which are calledhamlets in New York state.[12]
The Town of Southampton has a hot-summerhumid continental climate (Dfa) bordering ahumid subtropical climate (Cfa). It has one to two months averaging below freezing, six months above 50 °F (10 °C), and one to two months above 22 °C (72 °F).
| Climate data for Bridgehampton, New York (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1930–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 67 (19) | 63 (17) | 79 (26) | 92 (33) | 93 (34) | 95 (35) | 102 (39) | 100 (38) | 94 (34) | 88 (31) | 77 (25) | 70 (21) | 102 (39) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 56.3 (13.5) | 54.5 (12.5) | 63.6 (17.6) | 72.7 (22.6) | 82.1 (27.8) | 88.4 (31.3) | 92.1 (33.4) | 89.6 (32.0) | 84.4 (29.1) | 76.3 (24.6) | 66.5 (19.2) | 60.1 (15.6) | 93.7 (34.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 38.5 (3.6) | 39.7 (4.3) | 45.7 (7.6) | 55.3 (12.9) | 65.1 (18.4) | 74.5 (23.6) | 80.6 (27.0) | 79.5 (26.4) | 72.8 (22.7) | 62.6 (17.0) | 52.6 (11.4) | 44.0 (6.7) | 59.2 (15.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 30.7 (−0.7) | 31.6 (−0.2) | 37.7 (3.2) | 46.7 (8.2) | 56.2 (13.4) | 65.8 (18.8) | 72.0 (22.2) | 70.9 (21.6) | 64.2 (17.9) | 53.7 (12.1) | 44.3 (6.8) | 36.1 (2.3) | 50.8 (10.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 23.0 (−5.0) | 23.6 (−4.7) | 29.7 (−1.3) | 38.1 (3.4) | 47.4 (8.6) | 57.1 (13.9) | 63.5 (17.5) | 62.2 (16.8) | 55.6 (13.1) | 44.8 (7.1) | 36.0 (2.2) | 28.3 (−2.1) | 42.4 (5.8) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 6.4 (−14.2) | 9.5 (−12.5) | 15.8 (−9.0) | 26.7 (−2.9) | 35.0 (1.7) | 44.8 (7.1) | 53.2 (11.8) | 51.4 (10.8) | 42.7 (5.9) | 30.6 (−0.8) | 21.6 (−5.8) | 14.3 (−9.8) | 4.7 (−15.2) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −11 (−24) | −12 (−24) | 4 (−16) | 14 (−10) | 29 (−2) | 36 (2) | 45 (7) | 41 (5) | 35 (2) | 22 (−6) | 10 (−12) | −6 (−21) | −12 (−24) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 4.05 (103) | 3.61 (92) | 4.94 (125) | 4.34 (110) | 3.57 (91) | 3.86 (98) | 3.16 (80) | 3.94 (100) | 4.79 (122) | 4.72 (120) | 3.81 (97) | 4.97 (126) | 49.76 (1,264) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 7.2 (18) | 8.6 (22) | 6.0 (15) | 0.8 (2.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 4.1 (10) | 26.8 (68) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 3.9 (9.9) | 5.3 (13) | 3.4 (8.6) | 0.5 (1.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.6 (6.6) | 8.1 (21) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 10.4 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 113.7 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.1 in) | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 10.5 |
| Source: NOAA[14][15] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Westhampton, New York (Francis S. Gabreski Airport), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 67 (19) | 71 (22) | 76 (24) | 88 (31) | 93 (34) | 96 (36) | 100 (38) | 99 (37) | 94 (34) | 88 (31) | 80 (27) | 71 (22) | 100 (38) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 56.7 (13.7) | 55.3 (12.9) | 64.8 (18.2) | 75.0 (23.9) | 82.4 (28.0) | 88.8 (31.6) | 93.1 (33.9) | 90.6 (32.6) | 84.9 (29.4) | 77.6 (25.3) | 67.1 (19.5) | 61.0 (16.1) | 94.8 (34.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 38.7 (3.7) | 40.4 (4.7) | 46.8 (8.2) | 56.6 (13.7) | 66.2 (19.0) | 75.4 (24.1) | 81.3 (27.4) | 80.3 (26.8) | 73.6 (23.1) | 63.4 (17.4) | 53.3 (11.8) | 44.5 (6.9) | 60.0 (15.6) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 29.4 (−1.4) | 30.6 (−0.8) | 37.2 (2.9) | 46.1 (7.8) | 55.9 (13.3) | 65.6 (18.7) | 71.9 (22.2) | 70.8 (21.6) | 63.7 (17.6) | 52.9 (11.6) | 43.5 (6.4) | 35.2 (1.8) | 50.2 (10.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 20.0 (−6.7) | 20.9 (−6.2) | 27.6 (−2.4) | 35.6 (2.0) | 45.6 (7.6) | 55.8 (13.2) | 62.5 (16.9) | 61.4 (16.3) | 53.9 (12.2) | 42.5 (5.8) | 33.7 (0.9) | 25.8 (−3.4) | 40.4 (4.7) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −1.7 (−18.7) | 2.8 (−16.2) | 9.2 (−12.7) | 20.3 (−6.5) | 29.0 (−1.7) | 39.6 (4.2) | 49.5 (9.7) | 47.6 (8.7) | 38.0 (3.3) | 25.7 (−3.5) | 15.7 (−9.1) | 8.1 (−13.3) | −3.4 (−19.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −15 (−26) | −12 (−24) | −9 (−23) | 11 (−12) | 24 (−4) | 33 (1) | 42 (6) | 39 (4) | 32 (0) | 16 (−9) | 6 (−14) | −1 (−18) | −15 (−26) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 3.19 (81) | 2.72 (69) | 4.28 (109) | 3.79 (96) | 3.31 (84) | 3.50 (89) | 2.88 (73) | 3.74 (95) | 3.75 (95) | 4.65 (118) | 3.48 (88) | 4.17 (106) | 43.46 (1,104) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 8.4 (21) | 9.5 (24) | 7.5 (19) | 0.9 (2.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.8 (2.0) | 6.8 (17) | 33.9 (85.3) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 10.5 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 130.8 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.1 in) | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 16.9 |
| Source: NOAA (mean maxima/minima 1998–2020, snow/snow days 1951–1969)[14][16] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1790 | 3,408 | — | |
| 1800 | 3,670 | 7.7% | |
| 1810 | 3,899 | 6.2% | |
| 1820 | 4,229 | 8.5% | |
| 1830 | 4,850 | 14.7% | |
| 1840 | 6,205 | 27.9% | |
| 1850 | 6,501 | 4.8% | |
| 1860 | 6,803 | 4.6% | |
| 1870 | 6,135 | −9.8% | |
| 1880 | 6,352 | 3.5% | |
| 1890 | 8,200 | 29.1% | |
| 1900 | 10,371 | 26.5% | |
| 1910 | 11,240 | 8.4% | |
| 1920 | 11,614 | 3.3% | |
| 1930 | 15,341 | 32.1% | |
| 1940 | 15,295 | −0.3% | |
| 1950 | 16,830 | 10.0% | |
| 1960 | 27,095 | 61.0% | |
| 1970 | 36,154 | 33.4% | |
| 1980 | 42,849 | 18.5% | |
| 1990 | 44,976 | 5.0% | |
| 2000 | 54,713 | 21.6% | |
| 2010 | 56,790 | 3.8% | |
| 2020 | 69,036 | 21.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[17] | |||
As of thecensus[18] of 2000, there were 54,712 people, 21,504 households and 13,805 families residing in the town. The population density was 394.0 inhabitants per square mile (152.1/km2). There were 35,836 housing units at an average density of 258.0 per square mile (99.6/km2). The town's racial makeup was 87.98%White, 6.62%Black orAfrican American, 0.41%Native American, 0.89%Asian, 0.08%Pacific Islander, 2.28% fromother races, and 1.73% from two or more races.
There were 21,504 households, of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.8% weremarried couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males. The town's median household income was $53,887, and the median family income was $65,144. Males had a median income of $47,167 versus $32,054 for females. The town'sper capita income was $31,320. About 5.3% of families and 8.3% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 10.2% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.
In 2016, according toBusiness Insider, the 11962 zip code encompassingSagaponack, within Southampton, was listed as the most expensive in the U.S., with a median home sale price of $8.5 million.[19]
Major employers in Southampton include[20]
| Employer | Community |
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| Southampton Hospital | Southampton |
| Stop & Shop | Southampton |
| Village of Southampton | Southampton |
| Southampton Union Free School District | Southampton |
| Meadow Club of Southampton | Southampton |
| Hardy Fuel | Shinnecock Hills |
| The Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing | Southampton |
| Hampton Jitney | North Sea |
| Bathing Corporation of Southampton | Southampton |
The town supervisor is Maria Z. Moore, a registered member of theDemocratic Party, who was elected in November 2023 with 56.99% of the vote against Republican Cynthia Mc Namara.
TheLong Island Rail Road's sole line in the Town of Southampton is theMontauk Branch, which includes stations inSpeonk,Westhampton,Hampton Bays,Southampton andBridgehampton.Quogue andSouthampton Campus also had their own stations until 1998.
The Town of Southampton is served primarily bySuffolk County Transit bus routes, althoughHampton Jitney buses are available for trips to and fromNew York City.
New York State Route 24
New York State Route 27
New York State Route 114
County Route 38 (Suffolk County, New York)
County Route 51 (Suffolk County, New York)
County Route 79 (Suffolk County, New York)
Montauk Highway, includingCounty Route 80 (Suffolk County, New York)
County Route 104 (Suffolk County, New York)
County Route 105 (Suffolk County, New York)The town of Southampton contains theFrancis S. Gabreski Airport north of Westhampton, andEast Hampton Airport along the Southampton-East Hampton Town Line. TheSouthampton Heliport can also be found on the east side of theShinnecock Inlet.
The sole ferry in the Town of Southampton takes NY 114 drivers across theShelter Island Sound between North Haven and Shelter Island.
The Town of Southampton has completed the first phase of an ambitious census of its 47 public and private cemeteries in an effort to record local history and to deter vandalism.
Village of North Haven, Village of Quogue, Village of Southampton, Village of W. Hampton Beach, Village of Sag Harbor, Village of W. Hampton Dunes, Village of Sagaponack, Southampton Town
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