Cutchogue, New York Explained

Cutchogue, New York
Settlement Type:Hamlet and census-designated place
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:New York
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:New York
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Suffolk
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:Southold
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:28.35
Area Land Km2:25.32
Area Water Km2:3.02
Area Total Sq Mi:10.94
Area Land Sq Mi:9.78
Area Water Sq Mi:1.17
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:3437
Population Density Km2:135.73
Population Density Sq Mi:351.54
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation M:9
Elevation Ft:30
Coordinates:41.0167°N -100°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:11935
Area Code:631
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:36-19466
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:0947961
Unit Pref:Imperial

Cutchogue is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the North Fork of Long Island's East End. The population was 3,349 at the 2010 census.[2]

The Cutchogue CDP roughly represents the area of the Cutchogue hamlet in the town of Southold.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 26.3km2, of which 25.2km2 is land and 1.1km2, or 4.2%, is water.[2]

History

The name Cutchogue is derived from an Algonquin word meaning "principal place". Many of the local Native Americans lived at Fort Corchaug before English-American settlers began arriving in 1640. The Old House, built ca. 1699, is the oldest English-style house in the village. In fact, it is one of the best surviving examples of English domestic architecture in the United States, and it has been named a National Historic Landmark.

Famous 18th century residents include political figure Parker Wickham and his nephew John Wickham. Cutchogue is also the birthplace of composer Douglas Moore (1893–1969).

In 1854, Cutchogue was the location of three notorious murders perpetrated by Nicholas Bain.[3]

Hargrave Vineyard, the first winery on Long Island, was established in Cutchogue in 1973. The Long Island Merlot Alliance, which promotes wine-making using the merlot grape, the principal Long Island grape, is based in Cutchogue.

Local Landmarks

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,849 people, 1,120 households, and 801 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 351.7sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 1,680 housing units at an average density of 207.4sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the community was 93.86% White, 2.42% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 1.72% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.69% of the population.[7]

There were 1,120 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.

The median income for a household in the community was $65,469, and the median income for a family was $71,611. Males had a median income of $51,103 versus $34,432 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $35,042. About 2.0% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

Albert Einstein and Cutchogue

An avid sailor, Albert Einstein once called Little Peconic Bay in Cutchogue "the most beautiful sailing ground I ever experienced."[8] In the summers of 1938 and 1939 he rented a cottage on Old Cove Road, now called West Cove Road, on Nassau Point, and spent many hours alone in a little sailboat he called Tineff (Yiddish for "worthless"). Albert Einstein was taught to sail on Little Peconic Bay but his sailing skills left much to be desired.

While in Cutchogue on August 2, 1939, pipe-smoking Einstein was visited by fellow Jewish physicists from Hungary Leó Szilárd (who had produced a nuclear chain reaction in a laboratory at Columbia University) and Edward Teller (both prompted by Niels Bohr), and dictated the famous Letter to President Roosevelt, alerting him to the new developments in nuclear physics and hinting that the Germans might be working on an atomic bomb, urging him to launch his own program.[9] The letter is widely credited with setting in motion the Manhattan Project, the US government effort that built the first atomic bomb.

When Szilárd first explained the concept of a nuclear chain reaction to him, Einstein gave the famous reply, "Daran habe ich gar nicht gedacht!" ("I really never thought of that before").[10]

Schools

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 20, 2022.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cutchogue CDP, New York. https://archive.today/20200212193437/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3619466. dead. 2020-02-12. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. 2012-12-26.
  3. News: The Wickham Murder - Confession of Nicholas Beheehan. June 7, 1854. New York Times. 13 June 2010.
  4. News: Benzel . Jan . 2022-05-11 . Cutchogue, N.Y.: An Appealing Alternative to the Hamptons . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-11-07 . 0362-4331.
  5. Web site: Cutchogue Diner . 2022-11-07 . Cutchogue Diner . en-US.
  6. Web site: Library History – cutchoguelibrary . 2022-11-07 . en-US.
  7. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  8. News: Kilgannon. Corey. No Sailor, for Sure, but He Had Relativity Down Cold. New York Times. 2011-02-27. 21 July 2007.
  9. Book: Lanouette . William . Silard . Bela . Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilárd: The Man Behind The Bomb . New York . Charles Scribner's Sons . 1992 . 0-684-19011-7 . 202 . registration .
  10. Book: Isaacson, Walter. Einstein: His Life and Universe. 2008. Simon and Schuster. 978-0-7432-6473-0. 472. registration. einstein I never thought of that..