Editing Jamesport, New York

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Jamesport, New York
| settlement_type    = [[Hamlet (New York)|Hamlet]] and [[census-designated place]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|Town]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Riverhead (town), New York|Riverhead]]
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| population_total   = 1,609
| population_density_km2 = 2,449
| population_density_sq_mi = 6,352

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| postal_code        = 11947
| area_code          = [[Area code 631|631]]
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'''Jamesport''' is a [[Village (United States)|village]] in [[Riverhead (town), New York|Riverhead]], [[Suffolk County, New York]], on the North Shore of Long Island. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. Census]] its population was 1,609.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Jamesport_CDP,_New_York?g=160XX00US3638253 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
[[File:Inn Exterior Dusk DSC 2245 160 REV 3000pix.jpg|thumb|Bay Breeze Inn in South Jamesport.]]

Jamesport consists of a downtown area and surrounding farms.

[[Hallock State Park Preserve]] (previously ''[[Jamesport State Park]]'') is located north of Jamesport in the adjacent village of [[Northville, Suffolk County, New York|Northville]].

== Geography ==
The [[United States Census Bureau]] has estimated that Jamesport has a total area of {{convert|11.7|km2|disp=flip}}, of which just under {{convert|11.6|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|km2|disp=flip}}, or 0.60%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Jamesport CDP, New York |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3638253 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212191202/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3638253 |archive-date=2020-02-12 |access-date=2013-01-02 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

== 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.

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
| 2010 = 31146
| 2020 = 28712
| 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>
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As of the 2020 [[census]], there were 1,609 people, 469 households, and 1,126 housing units in Jamesport. The [[population density]] was 216.0 per square mile. The ethnic makeup of the CDP was 88.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any ethnicity), 1.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.06% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.43% “other [[ethnicities]]”, and 0.48% people of two or more ethnicities.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

Of the 469 households, 56.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 29.4% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 3.2% had a male householder with no spouse present.

Minors made up 10.2% of the population, and 9.9% of the population were living below the poverty line.

== Schools ==
* [[Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District]] (small eastern portion of CDP of Jamesport)
* [[Riverhead Central School District]] (majority of CDP of Jamesport)

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Jamesport, New York}}

* [http://www.eastlongisland.com/town_of_riverhead/jamesport/jamesport_history.html Jamesport History]
* [http://www.jamesportmeetinghouse.org/ Jamesport Meeting House Preservation Trust]

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