Sayville is a hamlet and census-designated place on the South Shore of Long Island in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York. The community is served by the Sayville Public Schools.
The Secatogue tribe of the Algonquian people were the earliest inhabitants of the...
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Sayville is a hamlet and census-designated place on the South Shore of Long Island in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York. The community is served by the Sayville Public Schools.
The Secatogue tribe of the Algonquian people were the earliest inhabitants of the area. The community was founded by John Edwards, originally of East Hampton, who built the first home in Sayville in 1761. Sayville was known as “over south” until 1838 when the residents elected a new name for the post office. The name is supposedly the result of a clerk’s misspelling of “Seaville,” and when the residents protested the name in Washington D.C. the federal government responded by saying that there were already several established Seavilles, but no Sayvilles, and so the name was kept in place.
The area was always popular for its oysters, as well as its timber, but it also became a popular tourist attraction in 1868 when a railroad line was built into the community. Fire Island ferries embark from Sayville, connecting the South Shore of Long Island to the communities of Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines.
According to the 2010 census, the population of Sayville is 15,814. The median household income is listed as $98,270.
