Long Island · NY

Northport

An old shipbuilding village on a sheltered North Shore harbor.

Population
7,347 (2020 census)
Incorporated
1894
Shipyards in 1874
Three

Then

  1. 1800s

    Shipbuilding becomes the village's main industry; by 1874 there are three yards.

  2. 1894

    Northport incorporates as a village.

Now

Trolley rails from a long-gone streetcar line still show on Main Street. The Northport Power Station is the largest oil-fired plant on the East Coast.

2 tide stations around Northport

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