Bridgehampton, New York "Bridgehampton"
Bridgehampton, New York Bridgehampton is positioned in New York Bridgehampton - Bridgehampton State New York Bridgehampton is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the South Fork of Suffolk County, New York, USA.
Bridgehampton is in the town of Southampton, on Long Island.
At the head of Sagg Pond the hardy pioneer established a improve called Bullhead, later retitled Bridgehampton after the bridge assembled across the pond.
The bridge was the link between Mecox and Sagaponack and gave this locality its name of Bridgehampton.
The notorious criminal and memoirist Stephen Burroughs lived there amid the 18th century and helped found the town's first library in 1793; the volumes he purchased could be found in the Bridgehampton Public Library as late as 2002. Bridgehampton became the home of the horse show known as the Hampton Classic and a road racing course that figured prominently in American automobile racing.
The ethnic makeup of the CDP was 78.86% White, 17.38% African American, 0.51% Native American, 0.80% Asian, 1.45% from other competitions, and 1.01% from two or more competitions.
There were 627 homeholds out of which 19.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 41.1% were non-families.
33.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.82.
In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 17.7% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 33.2% from 45 to 64, and 22.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the CDP was $54,896, and the median income for a family was $74,583.
About 6.8% of families and 8.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 19.2% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.
Bridgehampton is positioned at 40 55 59 N 72 18 29 W (40.933182, -72.307987). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 13.6 square miles (35.3 km2), of which 13.0 square miles (33.7 km2) is territory and 0.62 square miles (1.6 km2), or 4.57%, is water. Climate data for Bridgehampton, New York (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1930 present) (0) 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 0.0 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 3.4 2.9 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.7 10.5 Beebe windmill, moved from Sag Harbor to Bridgehampton in the 19th century Bridgehampton Union Free School District The Bridgehampton Race Circuit was a 2.85-mile (4.59 km), thirteen-turn road course positioned near Sag Harbor.
Beyonce and husband Jay Z rented a $43.5 million property in Bridgehampton.
Carl Yastrzemski, Boston Red Sox, 1967 Triple Crown winner, was born and raised in Bridgehampton Esteban Vincente - Artist - Lived in Bridgehampton, New York Bridgehampton Polo Club a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bridgehampton CDP, New York".
Susanna Ashton, "A Corrupt Medium: Stephen Burroughs and the Bridgehampton, New York Library," Libraries & Culture 38 (Spring 2003), 93-119.
Bridgehampton Race Circuit Archived February 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
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Bridgehampton Racing Heritage Group Susanna Ashton, "A Corrupt Medium: Stephen Burroughs and the Bridgehampton, New York Library," Libraries & Culture 38 (Spring 2003), 93-119.
Town of Southampton, New York
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Southampton (town), New York - Census-designated places in New York - Hamlets in New York - Census-designated places in Suffolk County, New York - Hamlets in Suffolk County, New York - Populated coastal places in New York
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