Sagaponack ( ) is a village in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, on the East End of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the village was 770 at the 2020 census. Sagaponack is the second wealthiest zip code in the United States.

History

The area was first settled around 1653. The village was incorporated on September 2, 2005, in the wake of the failed attempt by Dunehampton, New York to incorporate. Dunehampton's incorporation would have blocked Sagaponack from beaches on the Atlantic Ocean.

The name Sagaponack comes from the Shinnecock Nation's word for "land of the big ground nuts", in reference to the Ground Nut (Apios americana). A common misconception is that the name referred to potatoes, the predominant crop grown by farmers who first settled the area. Many of the huge estates in the village were built on former potato fields. Its first settler was Josiah Stanborough in 1656. The village was originally called Sagg.

Sag Harbor, just north of Sagaponack, is believed to have derived its name from the village. rising to $8,500,000 in the end of the year.

The village was home to many writers and literary business persons beginning in the 1950s and 1960s, appreciated for its quiet and cheap community living.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Sagaponack village has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.15%, is water.

At the 2000 census, the former, unincorporated Sagaponack CDP had a total area of , of which was land and , or 22.35%, was water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 582 people, 249 households, and 162 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 734 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.78% White, 2.58% African American, 2.58% Asian, 1.55% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.44% of the population.

Real estate

Sagaponack is generally considered to be the most expensive neighborhood in the Hamptons, as well as in the United States as a whole, generally ranking in the top spot on all major surveys. The Sagaponack ZIP Code (11962) was listed as the most expensive in the United States in 2009, and several years thereafter including again in 2018; the median home sale price was $4,421,458, according to Zillow.com and $8.5 million according to PropertyShark. Nearby Water Mill (11976) was listed sixth with $2,238,676, and Bridgehampton (11932) was listed eighth with $2,081,717.

In 2015 and through to 2018, according to Business Insider, Sagaponack's 11962 ZIP Code was listed as the most expensive in the U.S., this time by real estate-listings site Property Shark, with a median home sale price of $5,125,000 in 2015 rising to $8.5 million in 2018.

The most expensive homes are in and around Daniels Lane. In 1998, Kurt Vonnegut and Andre Gregory rose at a Board of Zoning appeals hearing to oppose the board's approval of Ira L. Rennert's plans to build a 29-bedroom "single-family house” near Daniels. It is now the largest home in America.

The Elizabeth Reese House designed by Andrew Geller is historically significant in architecture.

Education

Sagaponack is located primarily within the Sagaponack Common School District, which consists of one school: the Sagaponack School. one of the last remaining active one-room schoolhouses in New York State.

  • Drew Barrymore
  • Lloyd Blankfein (born 1954), CEO, Goldman Sachs
  • Susan Blond, publicist and Warhol movie star
  • Sydney Butchkes (1922–2015), artist and designer
  • Truman Capote, author
  • Jimmy Fallon (born 1974), television host
  • Bo Goldman, (1932-2023) American screenwriter and playwright, received two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Writers Guild of America Awards.<sup><nowiki>[28</nowiki>]</sup>
  • Jim Grabb (born 1964), tennis player ranked World No. 1 in doubles in 1989 and 1993
  • Billy Joel (born 1949), musician
  • Caroline Kennedy (born 1957), former First Daughter, lawyer, author and diplomat
  • Peter Matthiessen, author, conservationist and naturalist
  • George Plimpton, author
  • L.A. Reid, record company executive
  • Ira Rennert, investor and businessman
  • David Salle, artist
  • Roy Scheider, actor
  • Axel Stawski, billionaire real estate developer
  • Kurt Vonnegut, author

See also

  • Sagaponack Historic District – A historic district located within the village.

References

  • Official website