Bridgehampton
About Bridgehampton
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United StatesBridgehampton is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the South Fork of Suffolk County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bridgehampton had a population of 2,953. Bridgehampton is in the town of Southampton, on Long Island. Shortly after the founding of Southampton in 1640, settlers began to move east to the area known by the Shinnecock Indians as Sagaponack and Mecox. At the head of Sagg Pond, the settlers established a community called Bullhead, later renamed Bridgehampton—after the bridge built across the pond. Sagg Bridge was built in 1686 by Ezekiel Sandford. The bridge was the link between Mecox and Sagaponack and gave this locality its name of Bridgehampton. Th…
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