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Lake Ronkonkoma is a freshwater lake in Suffolk County, New York. It is a kettle lake formed by retreating glaciers and is the largest freshwater lake on Long Island; it has a circumference of about 2 miles (3.2 km) and is 0.65 miles (1.05 km) across on average. [1] The lake is owned by the Town of Islip under the terms of the Nichols Patent.
Lake Ronkonkoma is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 18,619 at the time of the 2020 census. The population was 18,619 at the time of the 2020 census.
Lake Ronkonkoma Heritage Association / NEW YORK FOLKLORE SOCIETY/ Purchased with a Grant from William G. Pomeroy Foundation 6: ARROWHEADS 2017 Cherry Street Lake Ronkonkoma, New York ARROWHEADS. E. Basford Hawkins And Ivar Okvist Collected Over 5000 Arrowheads & Artifacts In Lake Ronk. 1893-1988. Rest Well Gentlemen. Lake Ronkonkoma Heritage ...
Operated by the Sagtikos Manor Historical Society, reflects construction and ownership from the 17th to the 20th centuries Sands-Willets House: Flower Hill: Nassau: Multiple: Operated by the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society; local history museum in a historic house Science Museum of Long Island: Plandome Manor: Nassau: Science
In 1870, Lake Grove established its first post office, which carried the mail to and from Lakeland station (discontinued in 1883) by horse and wagon. The area was variously called Lakeland, Lakeville, New Village, Ronkonkoma or West Middle Island until it settled on the name Lake Grove in mid-19th century, after the groves of trees near Lake ...
By 1911, the road was extended to Lake Ronkonkoma. Its western stretch was also extended from Great Neck to what is now Fresh Meadows. [7] The Long Island Motor Parkway was the first road designed exclusively for automobile use, the first concrete highway in the United States, and the first to use overpasses and bridges to eliminate ...
The brothers decided to name the newly established settlement after Smithtown's local historical figure, Sachem Nasseconsett, [6] who deeded the Nissequogue tribe's land to Richard Smith. Early flawed attempts by western scholars to trace the etymology of the name suggest that Nassaconsett was a place name ascribed to the sachem, possibly by ...
Bethel–Christian Avenue–Laurel Hill Historical District is a Setauket, Long Island, New York neighborhood that was nominated [2] for preservation as an endangered historic site in 2017. [ 3 ] The Bethel–Christian Avenue–Laurel Hill District on Long Island's north shore has roots back to the 1600s, when displaced African-American slaves ...