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The North Fork is a 30-mile- (48 km) long peninsula in the northeast part of Suffolk County, New York, U.S., roughly parallel with a longer peninsula known as the South Fork, both on the East End of Long Island.
Suffolk County (/ ˈ s ʌ f ə k / SUF-ək) is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York, constituting the eastern two-thirds of Long Island.It is bordered to its west by Nassau County, to its east by Gardiners Bay and the open Atlantic Ocean, to its north by Long Island Sound, and to its south by the Atlantic Ocean.
The counties of Nassau and Suffolk have long been renowned for their affluence and high standard of living. This affluence is especially pervasive among the hamlets and villages on the North Shore of Long Island as far as western Suffolk, the extreme eastern South Shore (home to the Hamptons) and several wealthy pockets along the South Shore further west [clarification needed].
North Fork; South Fork; Long Island Sound; Barrier islands; A list of villages on Long Island, USA. A. Amityville (Suffolk County) Asharoken (Suffolk County)
Greenport is a village in New York's Suffolk County, on the North Fork of Long Island. It is located within the Town of Southold and is the only incorporated community in the town. [ 2 ] The population was 2,197 at the 2010 census.
North Fork Creek, a tributary of Redbank Creek in Pennsylvania; North Fork Red River, a tributary of the Red River of the South; North Fork (Aarons Creek tributary), a stream in Halifax County, Virginia; North Fork Skykomish River, a tributary of the Snoqualmie River in Washington state; North Fork Popo Agie River, a tributary of the Wind River ...
The North Shore of Long Island is the area along the northern coast of New York's Long Island bordering Long Island Sound. Known for its extreme wealth and lavish estates, the North Shore exploded into affluence at the turn of the 20th century, earning it the nickname the Gold Coast . [ 1 ]
Orient is the easternmost town on Long Island's North Fork. It was originally named Poquatuck, after the name of the local Native American tribe that resided along the inland waterways, then named Oyster Ponds because of the nearby oyster beds. Orient and East Marion were originally called Oysterponds because of the abundance of shellfish in ...