Poquott, New York

Suffolk County

36-59157

Poquott is a village on the north shore of Long Iceland in the U.S. state of New York. It has the status of an incorporated village ( self-managed village ) within the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County. According to the Census of 2000, the village had 975 inhabitants.

Geography

Poquott has an area of ​​1.5 km ², of which 1.1 km ² land and 0.4 km ² water surface. It is located on a headland that separates the bay side Setauket Harbor from Port Jefferson Harbor, which in turn is a side bay of the Long Iceland Sound. It is bordered to the south of Setauket - East Setauket and east to Port Jefferson.

The place consists solely of a densely built residential area.

History

As a founding year, so when the first development by European settlers, applies 1659th Here, the place was called initially George's Neck to a George Wood, who opened a tavern on the bank for the near Setauket - settlement on July 23, 1662. The first official mention in the city archives dated of January 6, 1668th Today's village name comes from a Native American term for free or deforested land. In 1679, the area was divided into plots at which oriented the later development. In the British -American War here in 1812 a small fort was built. 1931, the village was incorporated.

Infrastructure

Poquott has only minor local roads and not have their own connections to rail or bus lines.

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