Editing Jamesport, New York (section)

== History ==
Jamesport was first settled in the 1690s and was originally called "[[Aquebogue, New York|Aquebogue]]." It was renamed "Lower Aquebogue" when another hamlet called "Upper Aquebogue" was established to the west. The [[Jamesport Meeting House]], built in 1731, is the oldest operating church building in [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jamesportmeetinghouse.org/ |title=Who We Are |website=Jamesport Meeting House |access-date=December 11, 2022}}</ref>

"Jamesport" is named for James Tuthill, who settled with his family in the area south of Lower Aquebogue, on the [[Peconic Bay]], in 1833.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://www.eastlongisland.com/jamesport/history/|access-date=2021-10-25|website=East Long Island|language=en-US}}</ref> Over time, Lower Aquebogue came to be called Jamesport, while the community {{convert|1|mi|0}} to the south, previously called Jamesport, came to be called South Jamesport (and is included in the present-day Jamesport CDP). Upper Aquebogue became [[Aquebogue, New York|Aquebogue]].

James Tuthill tried to establish a commercial whaling and shipping wharf on the Peconic Bay, in what is now South Jamesport . But the effort was unsuccessful, because the water in the Bay at [[Tide|low tide]] was too shallow to accommodate ships. However, the [[Long Island Rail Road]] established service between Jamesport and [[New York City]], after which Jamesport became a popular resort area, with several large bayfront hotels. These included the Miamogue Hotel and the Great Peconic Bay House,<ref>{{cite web |last=Case |first=Georgette |date=April 22, 2004 |url=http://www.timesreview.com/_nr_html/nr04-22-04/stories/news2.htm |title=In the lap of luxury; South Jamesport's popular resorts of old |website=www.timesreview.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219185545/http://www.timesreview.com/_nr_html/nr04-22-04/stories/news2.htm |archive-date=2009-12-19}}</ref> which operated until 1952. Jamesport also became a thriving fishing community, and was a center for [[scallop]] and bunker ([[menhaden]]) fisheries.

From the 1830s to about 1950, Jamesport was the site of a camp meeting grove operated by the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]], and after 1904, of an [[Epworth League]] Fresh Air Camp.

During the 1960s, the [[Long Island Lighting Company]] (LILCO) designated land adjacent to the [[Long Island Sound]] near [[Northville, Suffolk County, New York|Northville]] for use as the proposed [[Jamesport Nuclear Power Plant]], in addition to its [[Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant|Shoreham]] plant, which was already under construction. However, the Jamesport plan was scrapped when LILCO ran into opposition to Shoreham in the 1970s and 1980s.