Eastport, NY
| Eastport, New York | |
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| Hamlet and census-designated place | |
The Eastport Elementary School on Montauk Highway with a World War I memorial in front of it.
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 Eastport
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| Coordinates: 40°49′52″N 72°43′47″W / 40.83111°N 72.72972°WCoordinates: 40°49′52″N 72°43′47″W / 40.83111°N 72.72972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Suffolk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.4 sq mi (14.0 km2) |
| • Land | 5.3 sq mi (13.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 30 ft (9 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,831 |
| • Density | 340/sq mi (130/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 11941 |
| Area code(s) | 631 |
| FIPS code | 36-22810 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0949307 |
Eastport is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 1,831 at the 2010 census.
Eastport straddles the border of the towns of Brookhaven and Southampton.
Eastport is located within the Eastport-South Manor Central School District.
Eastport is located at 40°49′52″N 72°43′47″W / 40.831095°N 72.729780°W.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.4 square miles (14.0 km2), of which 5.3 square miles (13.6 km2) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 2.41%, is water.
Eastport dates to the 1730s when a gristmill was built there. It started as two hamlets, Seatuck and Waterville, and in the 1850s applied for a post office by the name of Seatuck. It was refused because it was too similar to Setauket, New York. It was renamed Eastport.
In the first half of the 20th century it was the capital of the production of Long Island ducks, producing 6.5 million ducks from 29 farms a year going to market. At one time, the western portion of Eastport, located in the town of Brookhaven, was called "Seatuck", and the eastern portion, located in Southampton, was known as "Waterville". In the last twenty years, practically all duck farms were phased out and the descendants of the original farmers sold the valuable waterfront property for residential development projects.
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