Bridgehampton, New York | |
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  Bridgehampton | |
| Coordinates: 40°55′59″N 72°18′29″W / 40.93306°N 72.30806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Suffolk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.87 sq mi (38.52 km2) |
| • Land | 13.01 sq mi (33.70 km2) |
| • Water | 1.86 sq mi (4.82 km2) |
| Elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 2,953 |
| • Density | 226.98/sq mi (87.64/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 11932 |
| Area codes | 631, 934 |
| FIPS code | 36-08136 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0944725 |
Bridgehampton is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the South Fork of Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 1,756 at the 2010 census.[2]
Bridgehampton is in the town of Southampton, on Long Island. Shortly after the founding of Southampton in 1640, settlers began to move east to the area known by the Shinnecock Indians as Sagaponack and Mecox. At the head of Sagg Pond, the settlers established a community called Bullhead, later renamed Bridgehampton—after the bridge built across the pond. Sagg Bridge was built in 1686 by Ezekiel Sandford. The bridge was the link between Mecox and Sagaponack and gave this locality its name of Bridgehampton. The notorious criminal and memoirist Stephen Burroughs lived there during the 18th century and helped found the town's first library in 1793; the volumes he purchased could be found in the Bridgehampton Public Library as late as 2002.[3]
Bridgehampton became the home of the horse show known as the Hampton Classic and a road racing course that figured prominently in American automobile racing. It is also home to one of the last Kmart stores in the United States, although it was announced in September 2024 that the store will be closing mid-October 2024.[4]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bridgehampton CDP, New York". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ^ Susanna Ashton (Spring 2003). "A Corrupt Medium: Stephen Burroughs and the Bridgehampton, New York Library". Libraries & Culture. Vol. 38, No. 2. pp. 93-119. JSTOR 25549087.
- ^ Cerullo, Megan (September 23, 2024). "Kmart to close its last remaining store in the contiguous U.S. Here's where it is". Retrieved September 24, 2024.