Sag Harbor is an incorporated village on the South Shore of Long Island, located partially in both the Town of Southampton and the Town of East Hampton. Sag Harbor is served by the Sag Harbor Union Free School District.
The earliest community in the area was settled by...
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Sag Harbor is an incorporated village on the South Shore of Long Island, located partially in both the Town of Southampton and the Town of East Hampton. Sag Harbor is served by the Sag Harbor Union Free School District.
The earliest community in the area was settled by Native Americans who called it Wegwagonock. Sag Harbor was settled by Europeans between 1707 and 1730. Some accounts say that the name of the community came from the neighborville community of Sagaponack, but others say that both communities’ names are derived from the name for a tuber the Metoac Algonquins raised. During the Revolutionary War, the port was controlled by the British, and suffered several raids led by rebel forces. Sag Harbor was the largest whaling port on Long Island, and the entire business district and whaling port has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. It has been said that during 1789, there were more rigged vessels at Sag Harbor than in New York City. The whaling industry peaked in the 1840’s, and Sag Harbor is mentioned in several passages of the famous literary work, Moby Dick. Today.
According to the 2010 census, the population of Sag Harbor is 6,622. The median household is listed as $69,904.