Editing Northport, New York (section)

===Incorporation and annexation===
Although it was known by the name of Northport since at least 1837, the village of Northport was not formally incorporated until 1894,<ref name="names"/> becoming the first village in the [[Huntington, New York|Town of Huntington]] to do so.<ref name="Newsday"/>  Over the years Northport has expanded from its original borders, annexing other established communities.

Around the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], a concentration of 31 families began settling {{convert|1.5|mi}} east of Northport, around where Main Street and Route 25A now intersect {{coord|40.8995|-73.3296|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}}. This settlement was originally known as Red Hook<ref name="Newsday"/> and changed names to [[Vernon Valley, New York|Vernon Valley]] in 1820.<ref name="names"/>  By 1874 Vernon Valley had a population of around 150 inhabitants.<ref name="Suffolk"/> Vernon Valley became part of Northport in the mid-20th century.<ref name="Suffolk"/><ref>{{cite book | title = New York Legislative Document | publisher = J.B. Lyon Co. | year = 1928 | pages = 179 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LPVKAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Vernon+Valley%27+Northport | author1 = Legislature, New York (State) }}</ref><!-- Vernon Valley was still considered a separate community as late as 1928 -->

Northport also annexed the formerly independent settlement of Crab Meadow {{coord|40.9207|-73.3202|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline}}<ref>{{cite book | last = French | first = John Homer |author2=Frank Place  | title = Gazetteer of the State of New York | publisher = R.P. Smith | year = 1860 | url = https://archive.org/details/gazetteerstaten02placgoog | page = [https://archive.org/details/gazetteerstaten02placgoog/page/n577 635] | isbn = 0-8063-1456-7}}</ref><!-- This citation shows that Crab Meadow was originally an independent community when it was annexed by Huntington Township on March 7, 1788.--> (once known as Great Neck<ref>{{cite map |publisher = Town of Huntington |title = Town of Huntington Suffolk County, N.Y. Street and Highway Map |url = http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/1946_Huntington_Planning_Map.png |date = 1946}}<!-- This map shows that where the community of Crab Meadow once was and the community of Crab Meadow still exist today was formally known as Great Neck in 1946.--></ref>), as well as western parts of the Freshpond community {{coord|40.9224|-73.2965|region:US_type:landmark}}.