Northport, NY
| Northport, New York | |
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Main Street in Northport just east of Woodbine and Bayview Avenues
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 Northport, New York
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| Coordinates: 40°54′10″N 73°20′39″W / 40.90278°N 73.34417°WCoordinates: 40°54′10″N 73°20′39″W / 40.90278°N 73.34417°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New York
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| County | Suffolk |
| Township | Huntington |
| Settled | 1656 |
| Incorporated | 1894 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Incorporated Village |
| • Elected Officials | Mayor: George Doll; Deputy Mayor: Henry Tobin; Trustees: Jerry Maline, Damon McMullen, Ian Milligan; Justice: Paul Senzer |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.5 sq mi (6.6 km2) |
| • Land | 2.3 sq mi (6.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 0-59 ft (0-18 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,401 |
| • Density | 3,000/sq mi (1,100/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 11768 |
| Area code(s) | 631 |
| FIPS code | 36-53396 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0958968 |
| Website | northportny |
Northport is a historic maritime village located within the Town of Huntington on Long Island, New York. Initially designated as Great Cow Harbour by 17th-century English colonists and officially renamed Northport in 1837. In 1898 Northport incorporated itself as a village for the purpose of localizing governance.
Northport is known for its Victorian era village center, still bearing trolley rails from a long since discontinued streetcar which would transport village residents to the Long Island Rail Road station in East Northport. The village Main Street runs from the Village Green along the harbor-front to the former hamlet of Vernon Valley, which has since been subsumed by the neighboring community of East Northport. As of 2010, the village has a population of around 7,401 and is served by the Northport-East Northport School District.
The original inhabitants of the area now known as Northport were the Matinecocks, one of 13 Native American tribes of Long Island. The Matinecocks called this land Opcathontyche, which meant "wading place creek". After Dutch interest a few years earlier, the land was sold by Chief Asharoken, head of the Matinecocks, to three Englishmen in 1656.
With land that was well suited for farming, the early settlers grazed cattle on pastures around the harbor. The area soon became known as Great Cow Harbour. (The nearby hamlet of Centerport was known as Little Cow Harbour.) The oldest house still standing in Northport, the Skidmore House on Main Street, was built in 1761. In 2009 the house was put up for sale, sparking the village to pass a historical preservation law.
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