NISSEQUOGUE, LONG ISLAND

Nissequogue, Long Island

Nissequogue is an incorporated village located in Suffolk County, on the North Shore of Long Island, New York. It is within the Town of Smithtown. The neighborhood has a total area of 4.0 square miles of which, 3.8 square miles of it is land and 0.2 square miles of it is water. It takes 34 minutes on the average one-way commute in Nissequogue. As of the 2000 census, there were 1,543 people, 533 households, and 455 families residing in the area. The median income for a household in the village was $140,786, and the median income for a family was $157,973. Males had a median income of $100,000 and only $69,167 for females. Nissequogue ZIP Code is 11780. Area Code is 631. The latitude of Nissequogue is 40.903N. The longitude is -73.198W. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 85 feet.

The neighborhood was taken its name from an Indian tribe. The three communities such as Head of the Harbor, Stony Brook Harbor, and Nissequogue have shared their histories for three centuries. It was all started when Smithtown founder Richard Smith began deeding land on Head of the Harbor, formerly known as Stony Brook Neck to one of his sons, Adam. Adam Smith built on the east side of Three Sisters Harbor, recently known as Stony Brook Harbor. Several years later, Richard Smith again deeded land in what is now known as Nissequogue to his other children and they established many farms there. The area around the intersection developed its own identity as Saint James in 1856. It was happened during the Episcopalians have decided to build their own church closer to home. In 1854, the church had been completely finished and named the post office as Saint James by the U.S. Postal Service.

Notable residents who once lived in Nissequogue include Stanford White (architect), and his wife, Bessie Smith. They were the one who purchased the Carman Farm in Head of the Harbor in 1884. The racial-makeup of Nissequogue comprises of 97.34% White, 0.13% African American, 0.97% Asian, and 1.56% from two or more races. Most of its resident’s ancestries were Italian, Irish, German, English, Polish, Russian, Greek, Austrian, Scottish, and Swedish. Nissequogue public schools spend a total of $11,305 per student. The average school expenditure in the United States is $6,058. There are about an average of 16 students per teacher in the area. Nissequogue is a middle-class neighborhood. The unemployment rate in Nissequogue is 3.50%, relatively low than the United States average of 4.60%. Most of the housing units here are predominantly occupied by their owners. The approximation of 570 housing units in Nissequogue has a mix of various home styles including some of them were used exclusively for vacationers.