Peconic is a hamlet and census-designated place on the North Fork of Long Island, in the Town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York. The community is served by the Southold Union Free District and the Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District.
Peconic is a hamlet and census-designated place on the North Fork of Long Island, in the Town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York. The community is served by the Southold Union Free District and the Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District.
Originally called Hermitage, after an old hermit who lived in the area, the community is named after the Peconic Bay, which was given its name, meaning “nut trees,” by Native Americans. The rich soil attracted several families of Irish sharecroppers during the 1850’s, and later, a large wave of Polish farmers around the turn of the next century. During the same period of time, the Peconic School, an artists’ colony, was run by painters by Benjamin Rutherford Fitz, and Edward August Bell.
According to the 2010 census the population of Peconic is 635. The median household income is listed as $71,250.
