Smithtown

Smithtown is a town in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. The population was 116,296 at the 2020 Census. The census-designated place (CDP) of Smithtown lies within the town's borders. Smithtown, originally known as "Smithfield", was first settled circa 1665. The town is located at 40° 52' 13" North, 73° 13' 3" West (40.862786, 73.215175). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 111.4 square miles (288.5 km²), of which 53.6 sq miles (138.8 km²) is land and 57.8 sq mi (149.7km²) (51.89%) is water. The Smithtown hamlet of Nesconset was the home of Spaceplex, an indoor amusement park and arcade that was falsely accused of being the abduction site in the Katie Beers kidnapping case in 1992. In 2000, there were 115,715 people, 38,487 households, and 31,482 families residing in the town. There were 39,357 housing units at an average density of 734.6 per square mile (283.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was: autoimmune114,817 or 99.2% mono-racial or 95.5% White or Black or African American, 0.65% Native American, and less than 0.01% Asian or Pacific Islander.

History

Smithtown, originally known as "Smithfield", was first settled circa 1665. Local legend has it that, after rescuing a Native American chief's abducted daughter, Richard Smith was told that the chief would grant title to all of the land Smith could encircle in one day "on a bull" Smith chose to ride the bull on the longest day of the year (summer solstice), to enable him to ride longer "in one day" The land he acquired in this way is said to approximate the current town's location. There is a large, anatomically correct, statue of Smith's bull, known as Whisper, at the fork of Jericho Turnpike (New York State Route 25) and St. Johnland Road. The border between Smithtown and the town of Huntington is partially defined by Bread and Cheese Hollow Road (Suffolk County Road 4), which according to legend is where Smith stopped on his ride to have a lunch of bread and cheese. The road is reputed to follow part of his original ride. The Smithtown hamlet of Nesconset was the home of Spaceplex, an indoor amusement park and arcade that was falsely accused of being the abduction site in the Katie Beers kidnapping case in 1992. Fort Salonga, a British fort that was the site of a battle of the American Revolution during 1781, is on the border of Smithtown. It was also the site. of the British fort, which was the. site of the battle of 1781.

Geography

The Town of Smithtown is located at 40° 52' 13" North, 73° 13' 3" West (40.862786, 73.215175).According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 111.4 square miles (288.5 km²) of which 53.6 square miles is land and 57.8 sq miles (149.7 km²), (51.89%) is water. The town's population was 1,071 at the 2010 census. It has a population of 1,081. The Town ofSmithtown is part of the New York City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes parts of Staten Island, Suffolk, and Suffolk County. It is one of the smallest towns in New York State, with an area of just over 1,000 square miles. It was founded in 1805 and was named after Smithtown, a town in the town of the same name, which is located on the banks of the Susquehannock River. In 1805, Smithtown was first recorded as a town, and in 1807 it became the first town to post a post office in the city. The first post office opened in 1808, and the town was first incorporated in 1809. It became a city in 1820, and it was named for Smithtown's first postman, who came from Smithtown in 1810. It received its current name in 1821. It had a population 1,061 in 1838.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 115,715 people, 38,487 households, and 31,482 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,159.9 people per square mile (833.9/km²) The racial makeup of the town was: 99.2% mono-racial or 95.5% White or Black or African American, 0.01% Native American or Asian, 1.7% Asian or Pacific Islander, and 0.6% from two or more races. The median income for a household was $100,165, and the median family income was $110,776. The per capita income for the town is $31,401. About 2.1% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 4.7%) of those age 65 or over. Italian (35.3%), Irish (26.0%), German (18.7%), Polish (6.9%), English (5.0%) and Russian (4.1%) are the most common ancestries. The town is located on the banks of the Susquehannock River, which flows into the Connecticut River. It is located near the town's eastern border with New York State. It has a population of about 115,000 people, making it one of the largest towns in New York state. The city's population is expected to grow to more than 100,000 by the end of the century.

Government and politics

Smithtown is led by a Town Supervisor and a four-member Town Council, elected town-wide with each serving four year terms. Elections are held in odd-numbered years, with two of the councilmembers being up for re-election each year. The current Supervisor is Edward Wehrheim who has been Town Supervisor since 2018. His predecessor, Patrick Vecchio was in office for forty years, the longest elected town supervisor in the history of the United States. The Town of Smithtown has always been dominated by Republicans at all levels of government. The most Republican areas for Smithtown are its three incorporated villages, Nissequogue, Head of the Harbor, and the Branch. In 2016, President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by 28 points, the highest performing town for him on all of Long Island. The former New York State Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan had the bulk of his district located in Smithtown. Current Republican Comptroller John M. Kennedy, Jr., along with his wife, Suffolk County Legislator Leslie Kennedy both reside in Nesconset. In recent times the Republican party has dominated the Town Board; the last Democratic Town Supervisor being Mr. Vecchio. In 2015 the town hall was dedicated and renamed after former Supervisor Patrick R.vecchio. The town hall and seat of the town was built in 1912 on Main Street in Smith Town. It is located on the East Side of the Long Island Rail Road in the hamlets of Smith Town and Kings Park.

Communities and locations

The town of Smithtown is located in Suffolk County, New York. The town is divided into villages and hamlets. It is also home to a state park and a historic district. Smithtown has a population of about 2,000. The population of the hamlets of Commack, Huntington, and Islip is about 1,200. The city's population was 2,200 at the end of the 2011 census. The state park population is around 1,800. The village of Smith Town has a total population of 2,100. The community is home to several state parks, including the Nissequogue River State Park and the St. James State Park. It also has a number of historic districts, such as the Blydenburgh Park Historic District and the Smithtown Pines Historic District, which are located near Smithtown village. The Town of Huntington and the Town of Islip are also located in the county, and the village of Huntington is in the hamlet of Fort Salonga, which was dissolved in 1939. The Village of Huntington was the town's largest town, with 2,400 residents. The City of Huntington has a little more than 1,000 residents, with the majority of its residents living in the town of Huntington's hamlets, including Commack and Huntington's Town of Hauppauge. The State of New York is the largest city in the state, with 1,300 residents. It was the largest county in the United States in the 1930s.

Emergency services

Smithtown is policed by the 4th Precinct of the Suffolk County Police Department. The Smithtown Department of Public Safety is an agency with limited powers. Emergency medical care can be found at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, located in Smithtown, as well as the nearby Stony Brook University Hospital, in the neighboring Town of Brookhaven. Smithtown has seven Volunteer Fire Departments, and two Volunteer Ambulance Corps that cover parts of the Township. The Commack Fire Department and Commack Volunteer Ambilance Corps provide coverage for the Commack hamlet. The Park Ranger Division is made up peace officers as defined in the Criminal Procedural Law of the state of New York. Their enforcement powers are limited to Smithtown town property. The department also has a Harbor Master division and Fire Marshall division. The Town of Smithtown is located on Long Island, New York, between the towns of Huntington and Islip. The town is home to the Long Island Maritime Museum, which is located in the Town of Huntington. It is also the home of the Smithtown Fire Department, which provides both Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services to the town. The Fire Department is also responsible for responding to all 911 emergency calls in the township. The fire department also provides Fire Protection for the town of Kings Park, Saint James, Nesconset, and Nissequogue. It also provides fire protection for the Town Of Smithtown's neighboring towns of Commack, Huntington, and Central Islip-Hauppauge.

Transportation

The Town of Smithtown is home to the Kings Park, Smithtown, and Saint James stations of the Long Island Rail Road's Port Jefferson Branch. Interstate 495 is the sole interstate highway in the town. New York State Route 25A is the northernmost west-east state highway on Long Island including Smithtown. County Route 16 includes Terry Road from the eastern border of the Village of the Branch to northeastern Hauppauge, and Smithtown Boulevard through Nesconset to the northern shores of Lake Ronkonkoma. The town is served entirely by Suffolk County Transit bus routes. The Long Island Motor Parkway is the remaining drivable portion of the Motor Parkway. It runs along North Country Road as it heads northeast through Saint James and Head of the Harbor before crossing the Smithtown-Brookhaven Town Line west of Stony Brook. It terminates at the Northern State Parkway (Exit SM1) in Commack, where it becomes the Sunken Meadow State Parkway. There are no major roads in the eastern part of the town, except for the Sagtikos State Parkway, which enters the town from Brentwood at the interchange with Long Island Expressway. There is no major road in the western part of Smith Town, although there are minor roads in Brentwood, Commack and Lake Grove. The Town is served by the New York City Subway, which runs from New York to Long Island. It also runs from Long Island to New Jersey, and from New Jersey to New England.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York = 31.3. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 61. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Smithtown = 3.7 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 5,644 individuals with a median age of 41.1 age the population grows by 1.57% in Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,000 residents per square mile of area (400/km²). There are average 2.91 people per household in the 9,084 households with an average household income of $104,365 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 6.40% of the available work force and has dropped -3.67% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 26.26%. The number of physicians in Smithtown per 100,000 population = 248.1.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Smithtown = 46.1 inches and the annual snowfall = 20.2 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 118. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 206. 82 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 24.2 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 48, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York which are owned by the occupant = 86.71%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 43 years with median home cost = $423,030 and home appreciation of -5.44%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $26.26 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $9,302 per student. There are 17.5 students for each teacher in the school, 718 students for each Librarian and 520 students for each Counselor. 9.17% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 19.65% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 17.44% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).