Riverhead (town), New York "Riverhead, New York"
Riverhead, New York Town Town of Riverhead Riverhead, New York is positioned in New York Riverhead, New York - Riverhead, New York State New York County Suffolk Riverhead is a town inside Suffolk County, New York, on the north shore of Long Island.
The town rests on the mouth of the Peconic River, from which it derives its name.
Since 1727, Riverhead has been the governmental center of county of Suffolk County.
The lesser hamlet of Riverhead lies inside it, and is the town's principal economic center.
The town is 166 miles (267 km) southwest of Boston via the Orient Point-New London Ferry, and is 76 miles (123 km) northeast of New York City.
In the beginning of the 20th century, the town saw an influx of Polish immigrants. This led to the creation of Polish Town, where the prominent Polish Town Fair is held annually. Riverhead is the agricultural apex of Long Island, with 20,000 of the 35,000 acres of the island's farmland positioned inside the town.
The town is also home to four separate beaches which are open year round.
4 Notable Riverhead inhabitants 5.2 Town Council Members since 1976 5.4 Town Council Members before to 1976 The town of Riverhead was created in 1792 as part of new jurisdictions after the American Revolution.
The New York State Legislature divided it from the town of Southold, New York, which lies to the north and east.
Riverhead was separated at the behest of its inhabitants, who "represented to the Legislature that their town is so long that it is very inconvenient for them [people of regions of Southold] to attend at town meetings, and also to transact the other necessary company of the said town, and have prayed that the same may be divided into two towns".
The new enclave's first town meeting was scheduled to be held April 3, 1792. River Head was titled the governmental center of county of Suffolk County (called a "county town" at the time), and its name was later combined as Riverhead.
The north town line is delineated by Long Island Sound with Connecticut on the opposite shore.
The east town line is the border of the town of Southold.
The town is partly on the North Fork of the county.
The easterly end of the Long Island Expressway is in Riverhead.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 201.3 square miles (521 km2), of which 67.4 square miles (175 km2) is territory and 133.9 square miles (347 km2), or 66.53%, is water.
As of the census of 2010, there were 33,506 citizens and 15,424 homeholds residing in the town.
As of the census of 2010, in the town the populace was spread out with 20.4% under the age of 18, 2.2% from 18 to 20, 6.1% from 20 to 24, 10.5% from 25 to 34, 20.6% from 35 to 49, 21.8% from 49 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, the median income for a homehold in the town was $52,195, and the median income for a family was $60,939.
The per capita income for the town was $24,647.
About 15.8% of families and 17.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.
Notable Riverhead inhabitants Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York- 1st.
Ed Danowski (September 30, 1911 - February 1, 1997) - Quarterback and Halfback in the NFL, Played for the New York Giants, 1934-1938, 1941.
They are buried side by side in Riverhead Cemetery. Scott Merserau (April 8, 1965) - Defensive end with the New York Jets, 1987-1993.
Otis Grey Pike (August 31, 1921 - January 20, 2014) - Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York - 1st.
Stark ( - April 27, 2014) - Long-serving New York State judge who presided over the notable 1974 Long Island trial of the De - Feo family murders in Amityville ("Amityville Horror).
After being appointed to the county court of Suffolk County by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1963, Mr.
Charles Peter Zuhoski - Born in New York City to Dr.
Flag of the Town of Riverhead flying at Grumman Memorial Park.
Riverhead has a town council government.
There is an propel Town Supervisor who is propel by the entire town, and four "at large" Town Council seats.
From 1956 to 1975, the Town Council consisted of the Town Supervisor, two Town Council members and two Justices of the Peace.
Prior to 1956, the Town Council consisted of the Town Supervisor and four Justices of the Peace.
Town Council Members since 1976 Town Council Members before to 1976 The Riverhead journal The News-Review, owned by Times-Review Newspapers as of at least 2010, was established in 1868.
In 2010, an online-only hyperlocal news website began in Riverhead called Riverhead - LOCAL.com.
Since then, the website's parent company, East End Local Media Corp., has period to the neighboring town of Southold with Southold - LOCAL.com. Radio stations WFTU, WRCN-FM and WRIV are licensed to Riverhead.
Independent tv station WLNY-TV (channel 55) is also licensed to Riverhead and owned by the CBS Corporation, with most operations being run from the CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan with WCBS-TV.
Calverton (small part in the Town of Brookhaven) Laurel (partially, with the Town of Southold) Riverhead (hamlet) The Long Island Rail Road's Main Line is the sole line inside the Town of Riverhead.
The only active station is Riverhead, which is also used as the end of the Railroad Museum of Long Island.
The Town of Riverhead is served primarily by Suffolk County Transit bus routes.
See also: List of county routes in Suffolk County, New York I-495.svg Interstate 495 - New York NY-25 - A.svg New York State Route 25 - A - Stony Brook University, Greenport NY-25.svg New York State Route 25 - New York, Orient Point Suffolk County 58.svg County Route 58 (Suffolk County, New York) Suffolk County 105.svg County Route 105 (Suffolk County, New York) The town of Riverhead contains a minor private-use airport known as the Calverton Executive Airpark, originally the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Calverton.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Riverhead (town), New York Riverhead Local.
Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter, who was turned away by his own party in a squeaker of a major election in September, won re-election Tuesday running alone on the Conservative line.
"Town of Riverhead".
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"Polish Town Fair".
Polish Town Civic Association.
River Head: A History of Long Island: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (Lewis Publishing: New York, 1902) "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
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