Editing Peconic, New York (section)

== History ==
The community derives its name from [[Peconic Bay]], which in turn derives its name from a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] word meaning "nut trees". The area was originally called "Hermitage", and the name "Peconic" was adopted later. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, it was home to the Peconic School, an [[artist colony]] initially led by painters Benjamin Rutherfurd Fitz, Edward August Bell, [[Henry Prellwitz]] and [[Edith Mitchill Prellwitz]].<ref>[http://www.greenportsoutholdchamber.org/History_Landmarks/Local_History/Peconic.php A history of the area]</ref> [[Albert Einstein]] was staying in Peconic in 1939 when he signed the famous [[Einstein–Szilárd letter]] to [[President Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]. [[Goldsmith's Inlet mill#Peconic Gristmill|Goldsmith's Inlet]] was the site of a tidal mill that was improved with a windmill in 1870.