Sagaponack is a

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in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, on the East End of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the village was 313 at the 2010 census. Sagaponack is also the name of a popular seafood restaurant in the flatiron district in New York City.

History

The area was first settled around 1653. The village was incorporated on September 2, 2005, in the wake of the failed attempt by

Dunehampton, New York Dunehampton is the name of a village that was proposed in 2003 to be incorporated along of Atlantic Ocean beach between Village of Southampton and the hamlet of Wainscott in the Town of Southampton, in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of L ...

to incorporate. Dunehampton's incorporation would have blocked Sagaponack from beaches on the

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. The villages are seeking to address various beach issues including erosion arising from

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s at

Georgica Pond Georgica Pond is a coastal lagoon on the west border of East Hampton Village and Wainscott, New York, and was the site of a Summer White House of Bill Clinton in 1998 and 1999. The lagoon is separated by a sandbar and is managed by the East ...

in East Hampton village. Prior to its incorporation, Sagaponack was a

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, with a population at the 2000 census of 582 for an area 70% greater than that of the current village. The name ''Sagaponack'' comes from the

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's word for "land of the big ground nuts", in reference to the Ground Nut (''

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''). A common misconception is that the name referred to

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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 in 1656. The village was originally called Sagg.

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, just north of Sagaponack, is believed to have derived its name from the village. 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. In July 2015, according to ''

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'', 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, rising to $8,500,000 in the end of the year. 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.

Geography

According to the

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, Sagaponack village has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.15%, is water. At the 2000 census, the former, unincorporated Sagaponack CDP had a total area of , of which was land and , or 22.35%, was water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 582 people, 249 households, and 162 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 93.6 people per square mile (36.1/km²). There were 734 housing units at an average density of 118.0 per square mile (45.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.78%

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, 2.58%

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, 2.58%

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, 1.55% from

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, and 0.52% from two or more races.

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of any race were 3.44% of the population. There were 249 households, out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were 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. 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. 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

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for the CDP was $44,474. About 1.9% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the

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, including 2.5% of those under age 18 and 1.8% of those age 65 or over.

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.

Real estate

Sagaponack is generally considered to be the most expensive neighborhood in

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, as well as in the United States as a whole, generally ranking in the top spot on all major surveys. 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

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(11976) was listed sixth with $2,238,676, and Bridgehampton (11932) was listed eighth with $2,081,717. In 2015 and through to 2018, according to ''

'', 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 of Daniels including Fairfield Pond Lane. 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". 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

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is historically significant in architecture.

Education

Sagaponack is located primarily within the

Sagaponack Common School District Sagaponack Common School District is a public school district located in Sagaponack on Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is roughly co-extensive with the village of Sagaponack, which is part of the town of Southampto ...

, which consists of one school: the Sagaponack School. one of the last remaining active one-room schoolhouses in New York State. The building, known locally as the "Little Red School House," educates children from kindergarten through third grade. After finishing 3rd grade, students attend either schools in the Bridgehampton, the East Hampton, or the

school districts for the remainder of their K-12 education. Small portions of the village are also located within the boundaries of the Bridgehampton and Wainscott school districts.

Notable people

* Charles Addams (1912–1988), cartoonist *

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Lloyd Blankfein Lloyd Craig Blankfein (born September 20, 1954) is an American investment banker who has served as senior chairman of Goldman Sachs since 2019, and chairman and chief executive from 2006 until the end of 2018. Previous to leading Goldman Sachs, ...

(born 1954), CEO, Goldman Sachs * Susan Blond, publicist and Warhol movie star *

Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote ( ; born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, ...

, author * Jimmy Fallon (born 1974), television host * Lewis Frankfort, CEO,

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(born 1964), tennis player ranked World No. 1 in doubles * Billy Joel (born 1949), musician *

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(born 1957), former First Daughter, lawyer, author and diplomat *

Peter Matthiessen Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and CIA Operative. A co-founder of the literary magazine ''The Paris Review'', he was the only writer to have won the Nation ...

, author, conservationist and naturalist *

George Plimpton George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found ''The Paris Review'', as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. He was also known for " ...

, author *

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, record company executive *

Ira Rennert Ira Leon Rennert (born May 31, 1934) is an American billionaire businessman, and the chairman and CEO of Renco Group. Background and education Rennert's parents were immigrants from Poland and Romania. He graduated from Brooklyn College in 1954 ...

, investor and businessman *

David Salle David Salle (born September 28, 1952; last name pronounced "Sally") is a Pictures Generation American painter, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer. Salle was born in Norman, Oklahoma, and lives and works in East Hampton, New York. He ear ...

, artist *

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, actor * Axel Stawski, billionaire real estate developer *

Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and ...

, author The village is also well known as the summer residence of several current and former Goldman Sachs bankers and private equity professionals.

References

External links

Official website
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