Editing Northport, New York

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| government_type    = [[Village (United States)|Incorporated Village]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Donna Koch
| leader_title1      = Deputy Mayor
| leader_name1       = Joseph Sabia
| leader_title2      = Trustees
| leader_name2       = {{ubl|David Weber, Jr.|Meghan Dolan|Ernest Pucillo<ref>{{cite web | url=https://northportny.gov/person-category/elected-officials/ | title=Elected Officials – the Official Website for the Village of Northport }}</ref>}}
| leader_title3      = Justice
| leader_name3       = Hon. Brian A. Trodden
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| established_date2  = 1894
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| population_total   = 7347
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'''Northport''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|village]] in the [[Huntington, New York|Town of Huntington]] in [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]], on the [[North Shore (Long Island)|North Shore]] of [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The population was 7,347 at the time of the 2020 census.

Initially designated '''Great Cow Harbour''' by 17th-century English colonists, the area was officially renamed Northport in 1837. In 1894, in an effort to localize governance, the community was incorporated as a village.

The '''Incorporated Village of Northport''' is known for its [[Victorian era]] village center, still bearing [[Tram|trolley]] rails from a long-discontinued streetcar line which transported village residents to the [[Long Island Rail Road]] station in [[East Northport, New York|East Northport]]. The village Main Street runs from the Village Green along the harbor-front to the former hamlet of [[Vernon Valley, New York|Vernon Valley]], which has since been subsumed by the neighboring community of East Northport.

== History ==

===European settlement===
The original inhabitants of the area now known as Northport were the [[Metoac|Matinecocks]], one of 13 [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes of Long Island.  The Matinecocks called this land ''Opcathontyche'', which meant "wading place creek".<ref name="Newsday">{{cite web | last = Bleyer | first = Bill | title = Northport: A Harbor of Transformations | work = Long Island, Our History | publisher = Newsday | url = http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist005c,0,6458687.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation | access-date = February 8, 2007 }}</ref>  After [[Netherlands|Dutch]] interest a few years earlier, the land was sold by Chief Asharoken, head of the Matinecocks, to three [[English people|Englishmen]] in 1656.<ref>{{cite web | title = About Northport | publisher = Northport Chamber of Commerce | url = http://www.northportny.com/about.php | access-date = February 8, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509163337/http://www.northportny.com/about.php | archive-date = May 9, 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

With land that was well suited for farming, the early settlers grazed cattle on pastures around the harbor. The area soon became known as Great Cow Harbour.<ref name="names">{{cite web | last = Little | first = Bob | title = The Many Names of Northport | work = Northport History | publisher = Northport Historical Society | url = http://www.theliconnection.com/editorials/760 | access-date = February 8, 2007 | archive-date = July 17, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717010205/http://www.theliconnection.com/editorials/760 | url-status = usurped }}</ref>  (The nearby hamlet of [[Centerport, New York|Centerport]] was known as Little Cow Harbour.) The oldest house still standing in Northport, the Skidmore House on Main Street, was built in 1761. In 2009 the house was put up for sale, sparking the village to pass a historical preservation law.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Fischler | first = Marchelle | title = On Long Island, Protecting These Old Houses | newspaper = New York Times | date = March 10, 2010 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/realestate/14Lizo.html?emc=eta1 | access-date = March 13, 2010}}</ref>

===Growth, change, and shipbuilding===
[[Image:Woodbine Avenue Northport.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Woodbine Avenue and Northport Harbor, circa 1900]]
In the early 19th century, Great Cow Harbor was still a rural farming community. By the 1830s, the village contained only eight dwellings.<ref name="Suffolk">{{cite book | last = Bayles | first = Richard Mather | title = Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Suffolk County and Its Towns, Villages, Hamlets, Scenery, Institutions, and Important Enterprises: With a Historical Outline of Long Island, from Its First Settlement by Europeans | year = 1874 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/historicalandde00baylgoog/page/n166 162]–164 | url = https://archive.org/details/historicalandde00baylgoog | publisher = The Author }}</ref>  But a new industry of [[shipbuilding]] brought rapid change and growth. The village shifted away from its farming roots as shipbuilding became the community's primary industry. By 1837, the village was being referred to as Northport.<ref name="Newsday"/>

The 1860 [[census]] listed Northport's population at 1,016. By 1874, it had become the most flourishing village on Long Island's [[North Shore (Long Island)|North Shore]], with three ship yards, five sets of marine railways, two hotels, and at least six general stores.<ref name="Suffolk"/>

Northport's shipbuilding boom lasted fifty years, but waned at the end of the century as steel-hulled ships began replacing the wooden vessels produced in the village.<ref name="Newsday"/>

===Railroads and trolleys===
[[Image:Northport 1909.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Main Street, sometime between 1902 and 1909]]
On April 25, 1868, the [[Long Island Rail Road]] opened a station within the village of Northport.<ref name="LIRR 1868">{{cite web | title = PRR Chronology, 1868 | publisher = The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society |date=June 2004 | url = http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1868%20June%2004.wd.pdf | access-date = February 8, 2007 }}</ref> This was an essential transportation link for the village, especially for the growing commuter population. However, just a few years later the LIRR decided to move the Northport station to a new location in Larkfield to facilitate further railway extension to [[Port Jefferson, New York|Port Jefferson]]. The new railway station located on Larkfield Road was opened on January 13, 1873,<ref name="LIRR 1873">{{cite web | title = PRR Chronology, 1873 | publisher = The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society | date = February 2005 | url = http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1873%20Feb%2004.pdf | access-date = February 8, 2007 | archive-date = July 1, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140701100308/http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1873%20Feb%2004.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> and retained the station name of Northport.

To avoid confusion with the former station located in the village of Northport, train conductors would refer to the station in Larkfield as "East of Northport" because the station was located east of the Northport [[railway junction]] which directed trains north to the station located in the village.  Despite the fact that Larkfield was primarily ''south'' of Northport, the area became known thereafter as [[East Northport, New York|East Northport]].<ref>{{cite web | title = East Northport: East Was Added When The Trains Came | work = Long Island, Our History | publisher = Newsday | url = http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist0056,0,3509522.story | access-date = February 12, 2007 }}</ref> The original rail spur to Northport was afterwards known as the [[Northport Branch]]. After the old village station closed in 1899, Northport decided to build a {{convert|2.5|mi|adj=on}} [[tram|trolley]] line to take commuters between Main Street and the new Northport station located in Larkfield. The [[Northport Traction Company|new commuter trolley]] opened in mid-April 1902.  The increasing usage of the [[automobile]] led the trolley to make its last scheduled commuter run on August 19, 1924.<ref>{{cite web | title = East Northport Town History | publisher = East Northport Chamber of Commerce | url = http://www.eastnorthport.com/townhistory.htm | access-date = February 8, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070205075857/http://www.eastnorthport.com/townhistory.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = February 5, 2007}}</ref>

===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}}.

===Modern Northport===
[[Image:Northport Park.jpg|thumb|Northport Memorial Park at the edge of Northport Harbor|left]]
By the 1920s, after nearly a century of heavy commercial use, the waterfront which had supported the community for generations had fallen into decay. The village decided to purchase the land along the harbor and created Northport Memorial Park in 1932, which is a defining feature of Northport today.<ref name="Newsday"/>

In 1967, the [[Long Island Lighting Company]] (LILCO) opened the [[Northport Power Station]], currently the largest oil-fired electric generating station on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]].<ref>{{cite press release | title = Schumer Calls For Modernization Of Northport, Port Jefferson Power Plants; Long Island Among Worst In Nation For Smog And Ozone Levels | publisher = United States Congress (via Charles E. Schumer) | date = August 9, 2005 | url = https://www.senate.gov/~schumer/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/record.cfm?id=260503 | access-date = December 4, 2007 }}</ref>  The four enormous stacks are a well-known landmark that can be seen from as far away as [[Connecticut]] across Long Island Sound. Each stack is {{convert|600|ft}} tall.<ref>{{cite web | title = Gas- and Oil-Fired Plants in New York | publisher = Power Plants Around The World | date = May 24, 2006 | url = http://www.industcards.com/st-other-usa-ny.htm | access-date = December 4, 2007 | url-status = usurped | archive-url = http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090718122828/http://www.industcards.com/st%2Dother%2Dusa%2Dny.htm | archive-date = July 18, 2009 }}</ref>

The Northport Trolley, which had ceased operations in 1924, enjoyed a popular revival in the 1970s and 1980s, transporting weekend tourists along Main Street. Unlike the original electric trolleys, this nostalgic replica was horse driven.  It also ran on rubber automobile tires rather than utilizing the original rails which still remain a visible element of Main Street to this day.

In July 1984, Northport garnered nationwide media attention for being the site of the gruesome murder of 17-year-old Gary Lauwers by his friend, high school dropout and alleged devil-worshiper [[Ricky Kasso]]. The events made national headlines and have since been recounted in books<ref>{{cite book | last = St. Clair | first = David | title = Say You Love Satan | publisher = Dell | date = October 1, 1987 | isbn = 0-440-17574-7}}</ref> and movies,<ref name="satan in the suburbs">{{cite news | title = Satan in the Suburbs | url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/307491/Satan-in-the-Suburbs/overview | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081208233621/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/307491/Satan-in-the-Suburbs/overview | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 8, 2008 | department = Movies & TV Dept. | work = [[The New York Times]] | author = Jason Buchanan | date = 2008 | access-date = November 1, 2007 }}</ref> which caused the village to suffer a negative reputation for reputed satanism.<ref name="satan in the suburbs"/>

Every September, the village of Northport commemorates its rich history with the celebration of [[Cow Harbor Day]], which follows the annual [[Great Cow Harbor 10K]] race.

==Geography==
[[File:Northport-ny-map.gif|left|thumb|U.S. Census map of Northport]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|2.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|2.3|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}}, or 9.02%, is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref><ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Northport village, New York |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3653396 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212190131/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3653396 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2012 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

Most of the village is made up of the low, steep hills of the [[Harbor Hill Moraine]]. To the west is the highly sheltered Northport Harbor, to the north is Long Island Sound, and to the east are woods and marshland.

A prominent feature of Northport is Steer's Pit (known simply as "The Pit" to locals<ref name="Newsday"/>), a large land depression carved into the cliffs adjacent to Northport Harbor and just south of the [[Northport Power Station]]'s prominent smokestacks. This unusual geographic feature is the result of [[sand mining]] operations by the Steers and Steers Company. Mining began in 1923 and ceased in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web | last = Bennington | first = J Bret | title = Glacial Features of the Huntington and Northport Area, Long Island | work = Department of Geology | publisher = [[Hofstra University]] | date = November 3, 2002 | url = http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/J_B_Bennington/field_trips/caumsett_02/northport_trip.htm | access-date = February 8, 2007 | archive-date = August 29, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080829225656/http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/J_B_Bennington/field_trips/caumsett_02/northport_trip.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> The mined sand was shipped by barge to [[New York City]] where, mixed with [[Portland cement]] and rock aggregate, it became the sidewalks of New York. {{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} The area has since been utilized for home and condo use, and a portion of the Pit is a park used by local youth soccer and baseball leagues. The Northport Fire Department maintains a training facility in the Pit that is the site of the annual fireman's fair in the summer.

=== Greater Northport Area ===
Northport consists of 2 villages and 7 unincorporated hamlets:

* Northport
* [[East Northport, New York|East Northport]]
* [[Asharoken, New York|Asharoken]]
* [[Centerport, New York|Centerport]]
* [[Eatons Neck, New York|Eatons Neck]]
* [[Greenlawn, New York|Greenlawn]]
* [[Vernon Valley, New York|Vernon Valley]]
* [[Wincoma, New York|Wincoma]]
* [[Fort Salonga, New York|Fort Salonga]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 1060
|1880= 1381
|1900= 1794
|1910= 2096
|1920= 1977
|1930= 2523
|1940= 3093
|1950= 3859
|1960= 5972
|1970= 7494
|1980= 7651
|1990= 7572
|2000= 7606
|2010= 7401
|2020= 7347
|estyear=2021
|estimate=7344
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], the village had 7,347 people, 2,906 households, and 1,926 families.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2020 |title=U.S. 2020 QuickFacts Northport village, New York |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/northportvillagenewyork/PST045221 |access-date=August 22, 2022 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>

As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 7,401 people, 2,955 households, and 2,074 families residing in the village.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|3,290.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,052 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,320.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 92.04% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.59% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.05% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.25% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.30% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.75% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.09% of the population.

There were 2,955 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 91.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $90,250, and the median income for a family was $104,488. Males had a median income of $78,715 versus $50,119 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $43,694. About 1.6% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
The Village of Northport is an incorporated village governed by a Board of Trustees, consisting of an elected Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and three Village Trustees.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elected Officials – The Official Website for the Village of Northport |url=https://northportny.gov/person-category/elected-officials/ |access-date=March 18, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The village is serviced by the Northport Volunteer Fire Department and its own police department. The Northport Village Police Department, established in 1929, employs 17 full-time officers and conducts all patrol and arrest processing and most investigations and training in-house (the Suffolk County Police Department assists in specialized cases). The police department also has a marine unit which patrols the waterways.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Northport Police Department |url=https://www.northportvillagepolice.com/ |access-date=March 18, 2020 |website=website |language=en}}</ref>

== Education ==
The village is served by the [[Northport-East Northport Union Free School District]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Long Island Zoning Atlas |url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/ |website=Long Island Index Maps |publisher=Long Island Index}}</ref><ref name=":452">{{Cite web |title=Composite School District Boundaries Shapefiles |url=https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/DistrictBoundaries |access-date=October 23, 2020 |publisher=NCES}}</ref> As such, children who reside within the village and attend public schools go to Northport–East Northport's schools.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":452" />

== Arts and culture ==
[[Image:Northport Dock.jpg|thumb|300px|Northport Village Dock in Northport Harbor]]Northport's annual Cow Harbor Day festival celebrates the history of the village, previously known as Great Cow Harbor.  It is held annually on the Sunday of the third full weekend in September, and since 1977 following the Great Cow Harbor 10K held the day before.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} Cow Harbor Day draws thousands of visitors to Northport each September. Events kick off with a parade down Main Street, featuring floats, the local [[Northport High School]] marching band, [[antique car]]s and a temporary resurrection of the trolley that was once commonplace along this route in the early 1900s. Bovine related costumes and floats are also a common theme.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Paul |date=September 9, 2008 |title=Welcome to Northport – Living in Northport, Visit Northport |url=http://localism.com/ny/northport |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216203400/http://localism.com/ny/northport |archivedate=February 16, 2011 |accessdate=September 21, 2008 |publisher=Localism}}</ref>  Celebrations are held at Northport Memorial Park at the harbor's edge.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rather |first=John |date=July 6, 2003 |title=If You're Thinking of Living In/Northport; Waterfront Village That Feels Like Home |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E0DE113AF935A35754C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> live music, boat races, and other attractions. For the past thirteen years, the parade has been led by the [[US Coast Guard]] and [[Coast Guard Auxiliary]] Band from the local Ft. Salonga, NY Flotilla. Each year an appearance is made by the [[United States Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band|Regimental Band]] of the [[United States Merchant Marine Academy]] in [[Kings Point, New York|Kings Point]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Notable people==
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===Artists===
* [[Jules Olitski]] painter, sculptor

===Performing arts===

* [[John Dias]], Reporter, CBS New York 
* [[Robert John Burke|Robert Burke]], actor (''Law & Order'')
* [[Edie Falco]], Broadway, movie, and television actress best known for her role as [[Carmela Soprano]] on ''[[The Sopranos]]''
* [[Alison Fanelli]], actress who is best known for her role on the television series ''[[The Adventures of Pete & Pete]]''<ref>{{cite web | title = Alison Fanelli | website = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266725/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Hendrickson]], television actress best known for her role as twin sisters Frankie and Maggie Stone on ''[[All My Children]]''<ref>{{cite web | title = Elizabeth Hendrickson | website = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1058513/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Patti LuPone]], [[Tony Award]]-winning [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and television actress, best known for her role as [[Eva Peron]] in [[Evita (musical)|''Evita'']]<ref>{{cite web | title = Patti Lupone | website = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0526985/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Chris Messina (actor)|Chris Messina]] television actor, best known for his role as [[List of Six Feet Under characters#Ted Fairwell|Ted Fairwell]] on [[Six Feet Under (TV series)|''Six Feet Under'']]<ref>{{cite web | title = Rozie Bacchi Publicity Stills & Production Photos | publisher = Rozie Bacchi | url =http://roziebacchi.tripod.com/rozie_photos_prod.html | access-date = November 12, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Biography for Joe Roseto | website = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742886/bio | access-date = November 12, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Chris Messina | website = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582149/ | access-date = November 12, 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Dan Milano]], television writer and voice actor best known as the co-creator of the show ''[[Greg the Bunny]]''<ref>{{cite web | title = Dan Milano | website = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586850/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | title = Open Seas 1990 (Northport High School Yearbook) | place = Marceline, Missouri | publisher = Walsworth Publishing Company | year = 1990 | volume = 11 | page = 169 }}</ref>
* [[Gretchen Rau]], [[Academy Award]]-winning [[motion picture]] set decorator
* [[John Scurti]], television actor best known for his role as Kenny Shea on [[Rescue Me (U.S. TV series)|''Rescue Me'']]<ref>{{cite web | title = John Scurti | website = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780336/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Craig Ricci Shaynak]], television [[character actor]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Craig Ricci Shaynak | website = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1575801/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Marcia Marcia Marcia]], Drag Queen best known for [[RuPaul's Drag Race (season 15)|''RuPaul's Drag Race'' (season 15)]]
* [[Jordan Firstman]], actor best known for his role on [[English Teacher|English Teacher (TV series)]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nordstrom |first=Leigh |date=2020-07-16 |title=Jordan Firstman Turns Lockdown Into Lemonade |url=https://wwd.com/eye/people/jordan-firstman-instagram-impressions-tv-writing-1203679107/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Musicians ====
* [[Wendy Wild|Wendy Andreiev]] (Wendy Wild), lead vocalist in the 1980s for several New York–based bands
* [[Aesop Rock|Ian Matthias Bavitz]] (Aesop Rock), [[Hip hop music|hip-hop, rap]] artist
* [[Brendan B. Brown]], lead vocalist for the band [[Wheatus]]
* [[Peter Calandra]], Broadway, movie, and television [[pianist]]/[[composer]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Calandra / Composer |url=http://www.pecamusic.com/bio/bio.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820072101/http://www.pecamusic.com/bio/bio.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2007 |access-date=November 11, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Calandra |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0129321/ |access-date=November 11, 2007 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>
* [[Frank Funaro]], drummer for [[Cracker (band)|Cracker]]
* [[Steve Nardelli]] singer and songwriter with [[The Syn]]
* [[Bassam Saba]], musician and co-founder of the New York Arabic Orchestra
* [[Wheatus]], band

===Writers===
* [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]], wrote [[Le Petit Prince]] (The Little Prince) during the summer of 1942 in The Bevin Mansion in Asharoken.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cotsalas |first=Valerie |date=September 10, 2000 |title='The Little Prince': Born in Asharoken |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/10/nyregion/the-little-prince-born-in-asharoken.html |access-date=May 30, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Edwin G. Burrows]], won the 1999 [[Pulitzer Prize for History]] for the book ''[[Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898]]<ref>{{Cite news | last = DeWan | first = George | title = LONG ISLAND OUR PAST / LI to NY: Hey, You Owe Us | newspaper = [[Newsday]] | date = April 24, 2000 | url = http://www.newsday.com/news/long-island-our-past-li-to-ny-hey-you-owe-us-a-prize-winning-historian-points-out-where-the-city-would-be-without-the-suburb-1.299073 | access-date = October 22, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Greg Fox (author)|Greg Fox]], nationally syndicated [[comic strip]] artist/writer (his comic ''[[Kyle's Bed & Breakfast]]'' takes place in Northport)
* [[Jack Kerouac]], [[Beat Generation|Beat]] [[novelist]] and writer commonly credited as the catalyst for the 1960s [[counterculture]] movement<ref>{{cite web | last = Asher | first = Levi | title = Jack Kerouac | work = Literary Kicks | date = September 19, 2001 | url = http://www.litkicks.com/BeatPages/page.jsp?what=JackKerouac | access-date = November 2, 2007 }}</ref>

===Sports===
* [[Keith Beach]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keith Beach |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/keith-beach/ |access-date=January 10, 2025 |website=[[Major League Soccer]]}}</ref>
* [[Michael Brannigan]], Paralympic [[track and field]] runner
* [[Bobby Brennan (soccer)|Bobby Brennan]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bobby Brennan |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/c45810ad/Bobby-Brennan |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=[[Sports Reference|FBref]]}}</ref>
* [[Greg Buttle]], former [[NFL]] [[American football|football]] player for the [[New York Jets]]
* [[Darius Kasparaitis]], former [[NHL]] [[ice hockey]] player for the New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche and the New York Rangers<ref>{{cite news | last = Diamos | first = Jason | title = Islanders Trade Kasparaitis for Smolinski | newspaper = New York Times | date = November 18, 1996 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E3DD133AF93BA25752C1A960958260 | access-date = May 31, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Andy Lally]], [[United SportsCar Championship]], [[Grand American Road Racing Association|GRAND-AM]] and [[NASCAR]] race car driver, and [[street luge]] racer
* [[Allie Long]], U.S. Olympic soccer player
* [[Audrey Shin]], figure skater

===Others===
* [[Nicholas Allard]] (born 1952), Dean and President of [[Brooklyn Law School]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 13, 2012 |title=Nick Allard begins voyage as dean of Brooklyn Law School |url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2012/08/13/nick-allard-begins-voyage-as-dean-of-brooklyn-law-school/ |access-date=May 30, 2022 |website=Brooklyn Eagle |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Andrew Geller]], [[architect]]<ref>{{cite episode | title = LEISUREAMA HOMES | series = History Detectives | airdate = 2005 | season = 3 | number = 10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Episode 10, 2005: Leisurama (transcript) | work = History Detectives | publisher = PBS | url = https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/pdf/310_leisureama.pdf | access-date = September 22, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Gorst | first = Jake | title = Andrew M Geller Biography | url = http://www.andrewgeller.net/ | access-date = September 22, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Morrison]], former United States congressman from Connecticut. He grew up in Northport and attended Northport High School.<ref>{{cite web| title = MORRISON, Bruce Andrew, (1944 - )| publisher = Biography Directory of the U.S. Congress| url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000992| access-date = July 27, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Alia Sabur]], youngest professor in history<ref>{{cite news | last = MacGowan | first = Carl | date = April 21, 2008 | newspaper = Newsday | title = Guinness names Northport teen world's youngest professor | url = http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liwhiz0422,0,4702323.story | access-date = April 22, 2008 | archive-date = April 26, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080426231156/http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liwhiz0422%2C0%2C4702323.story | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* [[Ricky Kasso]], murderer

==See also==
* [[List of villages in New York (state)]]
* [[East Northport, New York]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book
  | last = Ruther
  | first = Frederick
  | title = Long Island To-Day
  | publisher = The Essex Press
  |year=1909
  | location = New York
}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.northportny.gov/ Village of Northport official website]
* [http://www.northportny.com/ Northport Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.northporthistorical.org/ Northport Historical Society]
* [http://people.hofstra.edu/J_B_Bennington/field_trips/caumsett_02/steers.mov QuickTime Panorama of Steers Pit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604091131/http://people.hofstra.edu/J_B_Bennington/field_trips/caumsett_02/steers.mov |date=June 4, 2011 }}

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