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The Town of Southold is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States.It is located in the northeastern tip of the county, on the North Fork of Long Island.The population was 23,732 at the 2020 census. [3]
Along Main Rd., roughly bounded by Jockey Creek Dr., Griswold St., Long Island RR Tracks, and Wells Rd., Southold, New York Coordinates 41°3′35″N 72°26′1″W / 41.05972°N 72.43361°W / 41.05972; -72
Fishers Island: 22: Southold Historic District: Southold Historic District: October 14, 1997 : Along Main Road, roughly bounded by Jockey Creek Drive, Griswold Street, Long Island RR Tracks, and Wells Road: Southold: 23: Terry-Mulford House
A History of Long Island: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 2. Long Island, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, 1905. [See Town of Southold – Plum ("Plumme") ("Plumbe") Island, pp. 438–440] "The Preservation of Plum Island As Open Space", Public Hearing on Plum Island, New York State Assembly, Albany, New York, Sept. 28, 2015.
Southold was the first English settlement in the future New York State, though this is partially due to a historical technicality—the territory of New Netherland was still owned by the Dutch at the time, but Southold lay in a part of Long Island that was part of Connecticut at the time and was later ceded in a legal dispute.
Long Island has had a long recorded history from the first European settlements in the 17th century to today. Greatly influenced by construction of railroads in the 19th century, it experienced growth in tourism as well as the development of towns and villages into some of the first modern suburbs in the United States.
The Tide Mill at Southold, erected in the 1640's by Thomas Benedict, holds a place of distinction in American history as the first recorded English mill in the New World. It paved the way for future tide mills and contributed to the economic growth of the Southold community. [1] This was the first mill on Long Island's east end at Southold ...
Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 11 (Map bounded by Long Island Sound, South Hold Bay, Little Peconic Bay, Cutchogue) NYPL2055499. The Peconic Gristmill, also known as the Goldsmith's Inlet Mill, was a prominent mill in the area. It was built in 1839 as a tidal mill, using the power of the tides to turn the millstones that ground ...