Dering Harbor, New York
Dering Harbor is a village in the Town of Shelter Island, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 11, making it the least populous village in the State of New York. The Incorporated Village of Dering Harbor is located on the northern side of Shelter Island, east of the hamlet of Shelter Island Heights. History Dering Harbor incorporated as a village in 1969. It had been a popular resort community since the 19th Century. According to ''The New York Times'', it is rumored that the village decided to incorporate as a means of preventing "Coney Island-style concessions" from popping up in the area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and 4.00% is water. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 13 people, 6 households, and 3 families in the village. The population density was 54.1 people per square mile (20.9/km). There were 32 housing units at an a ...
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Village (New York)
The administrative divisions of New York are the various units of government that provide local services in the State of New York. The state is divided into boroughs, counties, cities, townships called "towns", and villages. (The only boroughs, the five boroughs of New York City, have the same boundaries as their respective counties.) They are municipal corporations, chartered (cre