New Suffolk is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) that roughly corresponds to the

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by the same name in the

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of Southold in Suffolk County,

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, United States. The CDP's population was 403 as of the 2020 census.

History

The submarine USS ''Holland'' (SS-1), the first commissioned submarine in the U.S. Navy, along with five other

Holland Torpedo Boat Company Holland Torpedo Boat Company was founded by John Philip Holland (18411914) in 1893. Holland was an Irish engineer-inventor, who designed and built the first practical submarine. His ''Holland VI'' was renamed the USS ''Holland'' (SS-1), and became ...

-designed submarines of the ''Plunger'' class, were based in New Suffolk's

Holland Torpedo Boat Station Holland Torpedo Boat Station is where the first United States Navy submarines were stationed for trials and training of submarine crews from 1899 to 1905. Holland Torpedo Boat Station was located in the hamlet of New Suffolk, New York. New Su ...

between 1899 and 1905, prompting the hamlet to claim to be the "First Submarine Base" in the United States. The location of the "submarine base" was on 1st Street between Main and King Streets. The name of Mr. Holland's company was changed to

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during this time. In 2007, New Suffolk's two-room school house had nine students in grades K-6, making it one of the smallest school districts in the state of New York. The physical location of the school closed down following the 2023-2024 school year, due to a lack of students. The district plans to send students to neighboring Southold school district.

Geography

According to the

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, the hamlet has a total area , of which is land and , or 8.83%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 337 people, 172 households, and 98 families residing in the community. The population density was . There were 298 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.36%

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, 1.19%

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, 0.30% Asian, 1.48% from other races, and 2.67% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.56% of the population. There were 172 households, out of which 16.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were

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living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.0% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.96 and the average family size was 2.44. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 12.8% under the age of 18, 3.0% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 30.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.7 males. The median income for a household in the community was $51,667, and the median income for a family was $74,688. Males had a median income of $36,875 versus $36,563 for females. The

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for the CDP was $32,740. About 4.2% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The school district is New Suffolk Common School District.
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References

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