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== History == The area of marsh along the coast was occupied by a band of [[Lenape]], known as the Matinecock โ a name associated with the place.<ref name=":81">{{Cite book |last=Winsche |first=Richard |title=The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names |date=October 1, 1999 |publisher=Empire State Books |isbn=978-1557871541 |location=[[Interlaken, New York]] |pages=}}</ref> The Matinecock sold the area in 1660 to Richard Latting and his son, Josiah Latting. The Lattings sold marsh reeds for use in thatched-roof houses.<ref name=":81" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Lattingtown |url=http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist008x,0,228190.story |quote=Even though fish spawned in the tidal marsh, the Matinecocks apparently drove no hard bargain when they sold much of the area to Richard Latting and his son, Josiah, in 1660. For a while, Josiah Latting had a successful business selling the reeds from the marsh for thatched-roof houses. |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |access-date=April 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050511060717/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist008x%2C0%2C228190.story |archive-date=May 11, 2005 }}</ref> The same family later established the hamlet of Lattingtown at [[Marlborough, New York|Marlborough]], [[Ulster County, New York]], north of Manhattan.<ref name=":81" /><ref name="nrhpinv_ny">{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=103465|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lattintown Baptist Church|date=March 2010|access-date=October 24, 2010|author1=David Ballou|author2=Mary Lou Mahan|author3=L. Garofalini|publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125947/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=103465|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lattingtown incorporated as a village in 1931.<ref name=":81" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Village of Lattingtown, NY |url=https://www.villageoflattingtown.org/ |access-date=July 11, 2023 |website=Village of Lattingtown, NY |language=en}}</ref> The 1986 film ''[[The Money Pit]]'' was partially filmed at a run-down house in Lattingtown.<ref>{{Cite web|title='The Money Pit' House Has Finally Soldโfor a Price That Boggles the Mind|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/realestate/article/The-Money-Pit-House-Has-Finally-Sold-for-a-14811264.php|last1=Pretzel|first1=Jillian |date=November 5, 2019|website=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|access-date=June 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022215818/https://www.seattlepi.com/realestate/article/The-Money-Pit-House-Has-Finally-Sold-for-a-14811264.php|archive-date=October 22, 2021}}</ref>
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