Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Suffolk County

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Cold Spring Harbor is a small village in Suffolk County, New York on the north shore of Long Iceland. The U.S. Census in 2000 showed a population of 4975th Cold Spring Harbor is a part of the city and the seat of Huntington Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum.

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau indicates an area of 10.1 km ² for Cold Spring Harbor. 9.6 km ² of which are land and 0.5 km ² ( 4.86% ) water.

Demography

The 2000 census showed 4975 residents in 1753 households and 1416 families. The population density was 516.4 / km ². There were 1790 residential buildings ( average 185.8 per km ²). The population consisted of 97.03 % White, 0.42 % African American, 0.02 % Native American origin, 1.31 % Asian; 0.24 % of the population according to his own statement of other ethnic descent, 0.98 % reported for two or more lineages to.

Of the 1753 households 38.8 % had children under the age of 18, 71.8 % were married. 7.1 % had a woman as the sole head of household, 19.2% were non-families. 14.9% of all households were made ​​up of individuals, of which 5.8% were at least 65 years old. The average size of a household was 2.84 persons to a family, this value amounted to 3.15 persons.

26.7 % of residents were at the time of the census age of 18, 4.2 % from 18 to 24, 28.9 % from 25 to 44, 26.9 % between 45 and 64 and 13.4 % were 65 years or older. The average age was 40 years. Total came to 100 women, 94.9 men per 100 women over 18 years were 92.1 males.

The median income for a household was 101 122 U.S. dollars, and the median income for a family 112 441 U.S. dollars. Males had a median income of 78 984 dollars, whereas women are only 44 464 U.S. dollars. The average per capita income was 52 403 U.S. dollars. An income below the poverty level was found for 1.3% of families, 2.2% of the total population and 0.4 % of the population under 18 and 3.6 % of those over 65 years.

Notable current residents

  • James D. Watson, Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of DNA structure and former director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Jacob M. Sucoff, Nobel Laureate, Philo T. Farnsworth worked with and helped with the development of the cathode ray tube

Notable former residents

  • John Lennon of the mid-1970s until his death in 1980. (Other place of residence in The Dakota in Manhattan).
  • Lindsay Lohan spent part of her childhood and youth in Cold Spring Harbor.
  • Meg Whitman, since March 1998 President and CEO of eBay, grew up in Cold Spring Harbor.
  • Wally Szczerbiak is NBA basketball player for the Boston Celtics, previously attended Cold Spring Harbor High School.
  • Evan Thomas, journalist, editor and author, grew up in Cold Spring Harbor.
  • Otto Hermann Kahn, investment banker, built his estate Oheka Castle on Westgate Drive in Cold Spring Harbor. Oheka was added to the city Cold Spring Hills in the meantime.
  • Louis Comfort Tiffany, glass artist, built his estate Laurelton Hall in Cold Spring Harbor.
  • Ryan Vesce, professional hockey, played in the National Hockey League. He grew up in Cold Spring Harbor and Lloyd Harbor.

Cold Spring Harbor in pop culture

  • Billy Joel's first album had to see the title of Cold Spring Harbor, on the cover was Bill in front of the beach of Cold Spring Harbor.
  • The novel Cold Spring Harbor ( 1986) by Richard Yates is a suburban tragedy that plays in the 1940s.
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