Fishers Island
| Fishers Island, New York | |
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Linderman House
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| Coordinates: 41°15′43″N 72°0′26″W / 41.26194°N 72.00722°WCoordinates: 41°15′43″N 72°0′26″W / 41.26194°N 72.00722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Suffolk |
| Town | Southold |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.2 sq mi (10.9 km2) |
| • Land | 4.1 sq mi (10.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 236 |
| • Density | 56/sq mi (22/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 06390 |
| Area code(s) | 631 - Exchange: 788 |
| FIPS code | 36-25923 |
| GNIS feature ID | 950166 (populated place) 950165 (island) |
Fishers Island is located at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, 2 miles (3 km) off the southeastern coast of Connecticut across Fishers Island Sound, about 9 miles (14 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. It is about 11 miles (18 km) from the tip of Long Island at Orient Point, 2 miles (3 km) from Napatree Point at the southwestern tip of Rhode Island and from Groton Long Point in Connecticut, and about 7 miles (11 km) southeast of New London, Connecticut, from which it is accessible by plane or regular ferry service.
The island is part of the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York. It is a census-designated place (CDP). As of the 2010 census, there were 236 people living year-round on 4.1 square miles (10.6 km2) of land; however, the population rises to about 2,000 during peak summer weekends, as throngs disembark on the island from Connecticut.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.2 square miles (10.9 km2), of which 4.1 square miles (10.6 km2) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2), or 3.48%, is water.
Fishers Island represents a section of the same terminal moraine that formed the North Fork of Long Island, which comes ashore at Watch Hill, Rhode Island. During the late phase of the Wisconsin glaciation, glacial Lake Connecticut formed at the retreating fore edge of the ice sheet, over what is now Long Island Sound; it formed an outlet in its moraine dam at The Race, famous for rip currents, which still separates Fishers Island from the North Fork. Fishers Island is essentially a long barrow of rocky till scoured from the surface of southern Connecticut.
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