๐บ๐ธ Southampton, officially the Town of Southampton, is a town in south-eastern Suffolk County, New York, partly on the South Fork of Long Island. Southampton is included in the stretch of shoreline prominently known as The Hamptons.
Stony Brook University has a campus in Southampton.
History The town was founded in 1640, when settlers from Lynn, Massachusetts established residence on lands obtained from local Shinnecock Indian Nation. The first settlers included eight men, one woman, and a boy who came ashore at Conscience Point. These men were Thomas Halsey, Edward Howell, Edmond Farrington, Allen Bread, Edmund Needham, Abraham Pierson the Elder, Thomas Sayre, Josiah Stanborough, George Welbe, Henry Walton and Job Sayre. By July 7, 1640, they had determined the town boundaries. During the next few years (1640โ43), Southampton gained another 43 families; there are now thousands of people in Southampton.
From 1644, the colonists established an organised whale fishery, significant in the history of whaling as the first in New England. They chased pilot whales ("blackfish") onto the shelving beaches for slaughter, a sort of dolphin drive hunting. They also processed drift whales they found on shore. They observed the Native Americans' hunting techniques, improved on their weapons and boats, and then went out to ocean hunting.
The first meeting house was on a hill that is the site of the current Southampton Hospital. The town's oldest existent house is the Halsey House at 249 Main Street, which was built by Thomas Halsey, one of the first Englishmen to trade with the Shinnecocks.
Southampton has 47 public and private cemeteries, not including Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, which is claimed as an Indian burial ground that is no longer in active use. Southampton is named after the port city of Southampton in Hampshire, England.
Southampton operates an official historical web site. The site shows the locations of over 100 points of interest, historic markers, and historic districts as well as over 1500 photos.
Native American land claim In 2005, the Shinnecock Indian Nation filed a lawsuit against the state seeking the return of 3,500 acres (14ย kmยฒ) in Southampton near the tribe's reservation, and billions of dollars in reparations for damages suffered by colonial land grabs. The disputed property includes the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, which Shinnecock say is the location of tribe burial grounds. The tribe challenged the state legislatures' approval of an 1859 sale of the 3,500 acres of tribal land. The tribe alleged this broke the terms of a 1,000-year-lease signed by Southampton colonial officials and the tribe in 1703. The suit charged that in 1859, a group of powerful New York investors conspired to break the lease by sending the state Legislature a fraudulent petition from a number of Shinnecock tribal members. Although other tribal members immediately protested that the petition was a forgery, the legislature approved the sale of 3,500 acres (14ย kmยฒ) of tribal land. In 2006, the court ruled against the tribe finding the lawsuit was barred by laches.
Geography Southampton is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the south, the Peconic Bay to the north, East Hampton to the east, and Brookhaven to the west. It also shares a small border with Riverhead to the northwest.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 293.4 square miles (760ย kmยฒ), of which 138.8 square miles (359ย kmยฒ) is land and 154.6 square miles (400ย kmยฒ) (52.69%) is water.
Southampton contains seven incorporated villages and 16 unincorporated areas, which are called hamlets in New York state.
Villages (incorporated): โข North Haven โข Quogue โข Sag Harbor โ partially, with the Town of East Hampton โข Sagaponack โข Southampton (village) โข Westhampton Beach โข West Hampton Dunes.
Hamlets (unincorporated): โข Bridgehampton โข Eastport โ partially, with the Town of Brookhaven โข East Quogue โข Flanders โข Hampton Bays โข Northampton โข North Sea โข Noyack โ also spelled Noyac โข Quiogue โข Remsenburg โ also see Remsenburg-Speonk. โข Riverside โข Shinnecock Hills โข Speonk โ also see Remsenburg-Speonk โข Tuckahoe โข Water Mill โข Westhampton
Economy Major employers in Southampton include: Southampton Hospital; Stop & Shop; Village of Southampton; Southampton Union Free School District; Meadow Club of Southampton; Hardy Fuel,Shinnecock Hills; The Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing; Hampton Jitney, North Sea; Bathing Corporation of Southampton.
Media: Print โข The Southampton Press.
Media: Radio โข Bridgehampton - WBAZ (102.5 FM) โข Hampton Bays - WLIR (107.1 FM) โข Sag Harbor - WLNG (92.1 FM) โข Southampton - WHFM (95.3 FM), WLIW (88.3 FM), WRLI (91.3 FM) โข Westhampton - WBON (98.5 FM).
**Transportation
**Railroad lines The Long Island Rail Road's sole line in the Town of Southampton is the Montauk Branch, which includes stations in Speonk, Westhampton, Hampton Bays, Southampton and Bridgehampton. Quogue and Southampton Campus also had their own stations until 1998.
Bus service The Town of Southampton is served primarily by Suffolk County Transit bus routes, although Hampton Jitney buses are available for trips to and from New York City.
Major roads โข New York State Route 24 โข New York State Route 27 โข New York State Route 114 โข County Route 38 (Suffolk County, New York) โข County Route 51 (Suffolk County, New York) โข County Route 79 (Suffolk County, New York) โข Montauk Highway, including County Route 80 (Suffolk County, New York) โข County Route 104 (Suffolk County, New York) โข County Route 105 (Suffolk County, New York).
Transport: Air The town of Southampton contains the Francis S. Gabreski Airport north of Westhampton, and East Hampton Airport along the Southampton-East Hampton Town Line. The Southampton Heliport can also be found on the east side of the Shinnecock Inlet.
Ferries The sole ferry in the Town of Southampton takes NY 114 drivers across the Shelter Island Sound between North Haven and Shelter Island.
Southampton has a population of over 56,790 people. Southampton also forms one of the centres of the wider Suffolk County which has a population of over 1,525,920 people.
To set up a UBI Lab for Southampton see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Southampton has links with:
๐ฎ๐น Cervia, Italy๐บ๐ธ Hackensack 40.887
๐บ๐ธ Bellefonte 40.9
๐บ๐ธ Jim Thorpe 40.867
๐บ๐ธ Parsippany 40.86
๐ฌ๐ท Alexandroupoli 40.858
๐ญ๐น Port-au-Prince -72.347
๐น๐จ Providenciales -72.25
๐ป๐ช San Cristรณbal -72.221
๐ญ๐น Cap-Haรฏtien -72.199
Locations Near: Southampton -72.3833,40.8833
๐บ๐ธ New London -72.1,41.355 d: 57.6
๐บ๐ธ Brookhaven -72.933,40.817 d: 46.8
๐บ๐ธ New Haven -72.923,41.307 d: 65.3
๐บ๐ธ West Haven -72.95,41.272 d: 64.2
๐บ๐ธ Norwich -72.083,41.55 d: 78.3
๐บ๐ธ Hamden -72.917,41.383 d: 71.3
๐บ๐ธ Milford -73.05,41.217 d: 67.1
๐บ๐ธ Meriden -72.783,41.533 d: 79.6
Antipodal to: Southampton 107.617,-40.883
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๐ฆ๐บ Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 18839.4
๐ฆ๐บ Albany 117.867,-35.017 d: 18905.8
๐ฆ๐บ Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 18815.8
๐ฆ๐บ City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 18800.4
๐ฆ๐บ Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 18779.2
๐ฆ๐บ Perth 115.857,-31.953 d: 18779.5
๐ฆ๐บ Wanneroo 115.803,-31.747 d: 18763.4