Editing Sagaponack, New York

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Sagaponack, New York
| official_name      = Incorporated Village of Sagaponack
| settlement_type    = [[Village (New York)|Village]]
| nickname           = Sagg
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Town (New York)|Town]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Southampton, New York|Southampton]]
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| leader_title       = [[Mayor (United States)|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = William F. Tillotson
| leader_title1      = [[Deputy mayor|Deputy Mayor]]
| leader_name1       = Lisa Duryea Thayer
| established_title  = First settled
| established_date   = 1653
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| population_total   = 770
| population_density_km2 = 67.42
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| postal_code        = 11962
| area_code          = [[Area codes 631 and 934|631, 934]]
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'''Sagaponack''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|æ|g|ə|ˈ|p|ɒ|n|ə|k}} {{respell|SAG|ə|PON|ək}}) is a [[Village (New York)|village]] in the [[Southampton, New York|Town of Southampton]] in [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]], on the [[East End (Long Island)|East End]] of [[Long Island]], in [[New York (state)|New York]], United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Suffolk County Tax Map Range |url=http://www.southamptontownny.gov/content/760/762/766/3046/default.aspx |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108075119/http://www.southamptontownny.gov/content/760/762/766/3046/default.aspx |archive-date=January 8, 2012|access-date=September 25, 2013 |publisher=Town of Southampton |quote=Village of North Haven, Village of Quogue, Village of Southampton, Village of W. Hampton Beach, Village of Sag Harbor, Village of W. Hampton Dunes, Village of Sagaponack, Southampton Town}}</ref> The population of the village was 770 at the 2020 census. Sagaponack is the second wealthiest zip code in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Forbes Wealthiest Zip Codes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/betsyschiffman/2015/11/10/full-list-most-expensive-zip-codes-in-2015/ }}</ref>

== History ==
The area was first settled around 1653.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sagaponack Village » History|url=https://sagaponackvillage.org/history/|access-date=August 7, 2021|language=en}}</ref> The village was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] on September 2, 2005, in the wake of the failed attempt by [[Dunehampton, New York]] to incorporate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sampson|first=Christine|title=Exploring Incorporation, Wainscott Hears from Sagaponack |url=https://www.easthamptonstar.com/villages/202086/exploring-incorporation-wainscott-hears-sagaponack|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=www.easthamptonstar.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=January 30, 2010|title=Long Island villages recently incorporated|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/long-island-villages-recently-incorporated-1.1733397|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=Newsday|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 28, 2015|title=Bridgehampton Residents Consider Incorporation|url=https://sagharborexpress.com/bridgehampton-residents-consider-incorporation__trashed/|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=The Sag Harbor Express|language=en-US}}</ref> Dunehampton's incorporation would have blocked Sagaponack from beaches on the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref name=":0" /> The villages are seeking to address various beach issues including erosion arising from [[groyne]]s at [[Georgica Pond]] in [[East Hampton (village), New York|East Hampton village]].

Prior to its incorporation, Sagaponack was a [[census-designated place]], with a population of 582 at the time of the 2000 census, and an area 70% greater than that of the current 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><ref>{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=Rick|date=November 29, 1998|title=Sagaponack Seeks Its Independence|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/29/nyregion/sagaponack-seeks-its-independence.html|access-date=August 7, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The name ''Sagaponack'' comes from the [[Shinnecock Indian Nation|Shinnecock Nation]]'s word for "land of the big ground nuts", in reference to the Ground Nut (''[[Apios americana]]'').  A common misconception is that the name referred to [[potato]]es, the predominant crop grown by farmers who first settled the area. Many of the huge estates in the village were built on former potato fields. Its first settler was Josiah Stanborough<ref>{{cite web|title=Josiah Stanborough, Sr.|url=http://www.geni.com/people/Josiah-Stanborough-Sr/6000000003230402805|access-date=February 19, 2016|publisher=Geni}}</ref> in 1656. The village was originally called Sagg.<ref name="sagaponackview.net">{{cite web|title=Sagaponack View|url=http://sagaponackview.net/sag.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907172056/http://sagaponackview.net/sag.html|archive-date=September 7, 2007|access-date=June 10, 2007}}</ref>

[[Sag Harbor, New York|Sag Harbor]], just north of Sagaponack, is believed to have derived its name from the village.<ref name="sagaponackview.net" /> West of Sagaponack is a place that the Native Americans called Mecox, now a hamlet on the west side of [[Sagaponack Lake]] in the CDP of Bridgehampton.<ref name="sagaponackview.net" />

In July 2015, according to ''[[Business Insider]]'', the 11962 ZIP Code encompassing Sagaponack was listed as the most expensive in the U.S., with a median home sale price of $5,125,000,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-zip-codes-in-america-2015-7|title = The 20 most expensive ZIP codes in America|website = [[Business Insider]]}}</ref> rising to $8,500,000 in the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web|author=Raisa Bruner|date=March 7, 2016|title=The 25 most expensive ZIP codes in America|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-expensive-us-zip-codes-2016-3|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308105307/http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-expensive-us-zip-codes-2016-3|archive-date=March 8, 2016|access-date=March 9, 2016|website=Business Insider}}</ref>

The village was home to many writers and literary business persons beginning in the 1950s and 1960s, appreciated for its quiet and cheap community living.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/08/hamptons-sagaponack-literary-enclave|title=The Hamptons of Writers Past: When Capote, Vonnegut, and Plimpton Ruled Sagaponack|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=July 25, 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Sagaponack village has a total area of {{convert|12.1|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|11.4|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.6|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 5.15%, is water.

At the 2000 census, the former, unincorporated Sagaponack CDP had a total area of {{convert|8.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|6.2|sqmi|km2}} was land and {{convert|1.8|sqmi|km2}}, or 22.35%, was water.<ref name="GR2" />

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|2010= 313
|2020= 770
|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 [[census]] of 2000, there were 582 people, 249 households, and 162 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|93.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 734 housing units at an average density of {{convert|118.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.78% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.58% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.58% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.55% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.52% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.44% of the population.<ref name="GR2" />

There were 249 households, out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. Of all households 27.7% were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.86.<ref name="GR2" />

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 19.4% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 33.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.3 males.<ref name="GR2" />

The median income for a household in the CDP was $54,048, and the median income for a family was $78,707. Males had a median income of $43,750 versus $27,321 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $44,474. About 1.9% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.5% of those under age 18 and 1.8% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="GR2" />

== Government ==
As of September 2022, the Mayor of Sagaponack is William F. Tillotson, the Deputy Mayor is Lisa Duryea Thayer, and the Village Trustees are William Barbour, Marilyn Clark, and Carrie Thayer Crowley.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sagaponack Village » Trustees/Planning|url=https://sagaponackvillage.org/trusteesplanning/|access-date=August 7, 2021|language=en}}</ref>

==Real estate ==
Sagaponack is generally considered to be the most expensive neighborhood in [[the Hamptons]], as well as in the United States as a whole, generally ranking in the top spot on all major surveys.<ref>{{cite web|title = The 10 most expensive ZIP codes in America|url = http://therealdeal.com/2015/07/04/the-10-most-expensive-zip-codes-in-america/|website = The Real Deal New York|access-date = February 11, 2016|date = July 4, 2015}}</ref> The Sagaponack [[ZIP Code]] (11962) was listed as the most expensive in the United States in 2009, and several years thereafter including again in 2018; the median home sale price was $4,421,458, according to Zillow.com and $8.5 million according to PropertyShark. Nearby [[Water Mill, New York|Water Mill]] (11976) was listed sixth with $2,238,676, and [[Bridgehampton, New York|Bridgehampton]] (11932) was listed eighth with $2,081,717.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/jan2010/bw20100119_111585.htm |title=Most Expensive U.S. Small Town: Sagaponack, N.Y. - BusinessWeek |access-date=January 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124092029/http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/jan2010/bw20100119_111585.htm |archive-date=January 24, 2010  }}</ref>

In 2015 and through to 2018, according to ''[[Business Insider]]'', Sagaponack's 11962 ZIP Code was listed as the most expensive in the U.S., this time by real estate-listings site Property Shark, with a median home sale price of $5,125,000 in 2015 rising to $8.5 million in 2018, with the most expensive homes and recent sales being in and around Daniels Lane, generally considered Sagaponack’s priciest address and where Ira Rennert has the largest home in America, and side streets off Daniels including Fairfield Pond Lane.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-zip-codes-in-america-2015-7 |title=The 20 most expensive ZIP codes in America |website=www.businessinsider.com |access-date=July 5, 2015}}</ref>

Statements opposing Ira L. Rennert's construction plans were given at the August 27, 1998, Board of Zoning Appeals hearing by Kurt Vonnegut and Andre Gregory, appalled at the board's acceptance of the 29-bedroom establishment as a "single-family house".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.harpers.org/1998/11/pdf/HarpersMagazine-1998-11-0059738.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJUM7PFZHQ4PMJ4LA&Expires=1585403756&Signature=Q7nzqJvOizl%2FGRKd27dyBlJ0P6k%3D |title=Archived copy |website=archive.harpers.org |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522154029/https://archive.harpers.org/1998/11/pdf/HarpersMagazine-1998-11-0059738.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJUM7PFZHQ4PMJ4LA&Expires=1585403756&Signature=Q7nzqJvOizl%2FGRKd27dyBlJ0P6k%3D |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Many homes around the lanes in Sagaponack have become well-featured and instantly recognisable landmarks that define the vistas and landscape of the Hamptons. Notable iconic sights include the Sagg Store on Sagg Main Street, farm and modern houses along Daniels Lane, and Ira Rennert's home, Fairfield.

The [[Elizabeth Reese House]] designed by [[Andrew Geller]] is historically significant in architecture.

== Education ==
Sagaponack is located primarily within the [[Sagaponack Common School District]], which consists of one school: the [[Sagaponack School]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map|url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/?zoom=0&x=1313564&y=266122.5&code=53264&tab=tabServiceProviders&satellite=false&landuse=true&landuseopacity=0.8&mainlayers=Fire_boundary,LIE,ParkwayMainRd,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities&labellayers=Fire_boundary,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities,LIE&serviceproviderlayers=|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Sagaponack School – The Little Red School House {{!}} Bridgehampton|url=https://sagaponackschool.com/|access-date=August 7, 2021|language=en}}</ref> one of the last remaining active one-room schoolhouses in New York State.<ref name=":2" /> The building, known locally as the "Little Red School House," educates children from kindergarten through third grade.<ref name=":2" />

After finishing 3rd grade, students attend either schools in the [[Bridgehampton Union Free School District|Bridgehampton]], the [[East Hampton Union Free School District|East Hampton]], or the [[Sag Harbor Union Free School District|Sag Harbor]] school districts for the remainder of their K-12 education.<ref name=":1" />

Small portions of the village are also located within the boundaries of the Bridgehampton and [[Wainscott Common School District|Wainscott]] school districts.<ref name=":1" />

== Notable people ==
* [[Charles Addams]] (1912–1988), cartoonist<ref>[[Charles Addams]]</ref>
* [[Drew Barrymore]]
* [[Lloyd Blankfein]] (born 1954), CEO, [[Goldman Sachs]]<ref name="They're rich & powerless">{{cite news|date=September 2, 2011|title=They're rich & powerless|work=[[New York Post]]|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/they_re_rich_powerless_9GzFGGhoDu7tUqWXG66fwN}}</ref>
* [[Susan Blond]], publicist and Warhol movie star<ref>{{cite web|last=Gould|first=Jennifer|date=May 19, 2015|title=P.R. maven Susan Blond rents out her Sagaponack beach home &#124; New York Post|url=https://nypost.com/2015/05/19/p-r-maven-susan-blond-rents-out-her-sagaponack-beach-home/|access-date=April 30, 2017|publisher=Nypost.com}}</ref>
* [[Sydney Butchkes]] (1922–2015), artist and designer<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2015 |title=Sydney Butchkes Obituary (2015), New York, NY |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/sydney-butchkes-obituary?id=21892341 |access-date=October 16, 2023 |website=Legacy.com |publisher=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
* [[Truman Capote]], author
* [[Jimmy Fallon]] (born 1974), television host<ref name="They're rich & powerless" />
* [[Lewis Frankfort]], CEO, [[Coach, Inc.|Coach]]<ref name="They're rich & powerless" />
* [[Marc Glimcher]], art dealer<ref>Hilarie Sheets (5 February 2020), [https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/house-interiors/a30521094/marc-glimcher-fairfax-dorn-hamptons-house/ A Prominent Art-World Couple's Hamptons Spec House Gets a Dazzling Upgrade] ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle Decor]]''.</ref>
* [[Bo Goldman]], (1932-2023) American screenwriter and playwright, received two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Writers Guild of America Awards.<sup>[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/movies/bo-goldman-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Obituaries <nowiki>[28]</nowiki>]</sup>
* [[Jim Grabb]] (born 1964), tennis player ranked World No. 1 in doubles in 1989 and 1993
* [[Billy Joel]] (born 1949), musician<ref>{{cite web|title=Billy Joel relists home he's been trying to sell for the longest time|url=http://homes.yahoo.com/photos/billy-joel-relists-home-he-s-been-trying-to-sell-for-the-longest-time-1385514511-slideshow/}}</ref>
* [[Caroline Kennedy]] (born 1957), former First Daughter, lawyer, author and diplomat
* [[Peter Matthiessen]], author, conservationist and naturalist
* [[George Plimpton]], author
* [[L.A. Reid]], record company executive<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/dirt/real-estalker/l-a-reid-lists-hamptons-estate-1201236249/|title=L.A. Reid Lists Hamptons Estate|last1=David|first1=Mark|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 24, 2013|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Ira Rennert]], investor and businessman<ref>{{cite news|title=Rennert redux|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/realestate/features/1718/}}</ref>
* [[David Salle]], artist
* [[Roy Scheider]], actor
* [[Axel Stawski]], billionaire real estate developer<ref name="forbes1">{{cite magazine|title=Axel Stawski|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/axel-stawski/|magazine=Forbes.com|access-date=April 30, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Kurt Vonnegut]], author

==See also==
*[[Sagaponack Historic District]] – A historic district located within the village.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Sagaponack, New York}}
*[http://www.sagaponackvillage.org/ Official website]

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