Editing Eastport, New York

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'''Eastport''' is a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], on the [[South Shore (Long Island)|South Shore]] of [[Long Island]]. The population was 1,831 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3622810| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212192915/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3622810| url-status=dead| archive-date=2020-02-12| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Eastport CDP, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=2012-12-27}}</ref>

==History==
Eastport town is built on [[Shinnecock Indian Nation|Shinnecock]] land. The present hamlet dates to 1772, when two men built the dam that formed what has come to be called the West Pond, which created a dividing line between [[Brookhaven (CDP), New York|Brookaven]] and [[Southampton, New York|Southampton]].<ref name=Michne>{{cite book |last= Michne|first=Ronald |author-link= |date=2004 |title= Historical Profiles of Eastport Speonk/Remsenburg Westhampton |url= |location= |publisher= |page=2 |isbn=}}</ref> They built two mills below the dam, a saw mill and a [[gristmill]]. By 1845, the area to the east of the West Pond had come to be known as Waterville. The land to the west was called Seatuck, after a nearby creek. When, in 1860, the United States Postal Department needed to define the town to deliver mail, it combined the two areas. The name Seatuck was dropped for being too similar to [[Setauket, New York]] and the combined area was named Eastport.<ref name=Michne /><ref name=wilcox1975>{{cite book |author= [[Leroy Wilcox]] |date= 1975|title= History of Eastport 1775-1975, and Eastport Gospel Church, 1822-1975|url= https://longislandgenealogy.com/EastportGospel.pdf|location= Eastport|publisher= |page= |isbn=}}</ref>

Eastport was long and best known as the center of Long Island's duck industry.<ref name=wilcox1975 /> The first duck farms were established in the area in the 1880s.<ref>{{cite report |author= |author-link= |date= |title=Long Island Duck Farm History and Ecosystem Restoration Opportunities Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, Appendix A: Long Island Duck Farming History |url=https://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Portals/0/formsdocs/planning/EnvPlanning/LIDuckHistory/AppA.pdf  |publisher= US Army Corps of Engineers & Suffolk County |page= 3|docket= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> In the first half of the 20th century it was the capital of the production of [[American Pekin|Long Island ducks]], producing 6.5 million ducks a year from 29 farms going to market. By 1915, the Long Island Duck Growers' Association was located in Eastport; and, in 1949, [[Cornell University]] established the Duck Disease Research Laboratory there.<ref>[https://www.vet.cornell.edu/animal-health-diagnostic-center/programs/duck-research-lab/ Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine - Duck Research Laboratory]</ref> Routine [[Disease surveillance|surveillance]] carried out by the Duck Disease Research Laboratory identified the first case of [[Duck hepatitis virus|Duck hepatitis virus (DHV-1)]] in the United States 1949 and, in 1967, the first case of [[Duck plague]] on the American Continent.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Leibovitz|first1=  Louis|last2= Hwang|first2= Jen|date= 1968|title= Duck Plague on the American Continent|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1588237 |journal=Avian Diseases |volume= 12|issue=2 |pages=361–365+367–373+375–378 |doi= |access-date=}}</ref>

Practically all duck farms have been phased out and the descendants of the original farmers sold the valuable waterfront property for residential development projects.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.town.southampton.ny.us/areastudy/hiselect1.pdf |title=Historical Profiles of Eastport, Speonk/Remsenburg, Westhampton |access-date=2008-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925230759/http://www.town.southampton.ny.us/areastudy/hiselect1.pdf |archive-date=2006-09-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Geography==
Eastport straddles the border of the towns of [[Brookhaven, New York|Brookhaven]] and [[Southampton, New York|Southampton]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|14.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|13.6|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.3|km2|order=flip}}, or 2.41%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>{{US Census population
|2020= 2219
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
According to the 2020 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.data.census.gov/ |access-date=10 Oct 2023 |website=United States Census Bureau |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011012027/https://data.census.gov/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> there were 2,219 people, 656 households and 544 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|264.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 637 housing units at an average density of {{convert|116.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 89.48% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.75% Black or [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.48% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|American Indian]], 1.11% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 7.08% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 7.56% from two or more races.

There were 656 households and 767 housing units, with 83.23% as [[Marriage|married couples]] living together. 12% of residents live alone, within which, 10.4% are 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.24.

According to the 2021 American Community Survey,<ref name="GR2" /> the population decreased slightly from the 2020 census, down to 2,095 people. The age distribution was: 19.9% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.6 males. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 12.6% of the population.

The [[median income]] was $121,250 and the median family income was $138,333. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $45,891. 6.01% of the population were below the [[poverty threshold]], with 3.34% of those aged 60 or over.

==Education==
Eastport is located within the [[Eastport-South Manor Central School District]].

==Notable people==
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*[[Scott Disick]], American media personality and socialite

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Eastport, New York}} 
*[http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/44207 Eastport, New York: World War I Monument: Globe Strutting Doughboy (Roadside America.com)]

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