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The county seat is Riverhead, though many county
offices are in Hauppauge on the west side of the county where most
of the population lives. There are also offices in Smithtown, for
the legislature, Yaphank, and Farmingville.
Suffolk County
was an original county of New York State, one of twelve created in
1683. Its boundaries were substantially the same as at present,
with only minor changes in the boundary with its western neighbor,
which was originally Queens County but since 1899 has been Nassau
County. However, as western Suffolk County has become more
suburbanized there has been agitation by people living in the more
rural East End of the island to divide Suffolk into two counties,
with the easternmost part tentatively named Peconic County, after
the Peconic Bay. Supporters of the idea believe that this would
create a more efficient and responsive government and would give
them a larger voice than they currently have in Suffolk County as
it now stands, as well as lower taxes. Peconic County would
tentatively include the towns of East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter
Island, Southampton and Southold.
(Found at
www.wikipedia.org)
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County
Seat: Riverhead
Year
Organized: 1683
Square
Miles: 911
Courthouse Info:
County
Center
300 Center Drive
Riverhead, NY 11901-0000
Phone:
(631) 852-1400
Fax: (631) 853-4818
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