Head of the Harbor, New York

Suffolk County

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Head of the Harbor is a town on the north shore of Long Iceland in the U.S. state of New York. It has the status of an incorporated village and is one of Smithtown in Suffolk County. According to the Census of 2000, the village had 1,447 inhabitants.

Geography

Head of the Harbor has an area of 7.9 km ², 7.3 km ² land and 0.6 km ² water surface. It is not right on Long Iceland Sound, but a marshy bay, the Stony Brook Harbor. It is bordered to the east of Stony Brook, south of St. James, southwest of the main town of Smithtown and northwest of Nissequogue on.

In the south of the village area is located in the transitioning of St. James denser development, the majority however, consists of sparsely cultivated forest and some agriculture, especially for vineyards, land.

History

The first development by European settlers began in 1677 by Adam Smith, the son of the founder of Smithtown, Richard Smith. The village area was then counted on Stony Brook Neck and named the bay Three Sisters Harbor. The name (English for head or head of the harbor ) refers to the location in the south end of the bay. The incorporation was 1928.

Culture and sights

In Head of the Harbor plenty of farm and residential buildings from the 19th century are preserved, so the village designated as Historic Village.

Infrastructure

The breakpoint of the LIRR route between Port Jefferson and Penn Station is located directly on the border with Head of the Harbor.