Cold Spring Harbor
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Location in New York
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Suffolk County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 52 ′ N , 73 ° 27 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 5,070 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 533.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 9.9 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.5 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 65 m | ||
| Postal code : | 11724 | ||
| Area code : | +1 631 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-16958 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2389342 | ||
Cold Spring Harbor is a small town in Suffolk County , New York on the north coast of Long Island . The 2010 US census showed a population of 5,070. Cold Spring Harbor is part of the city of Huntington and is home to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum.
geography
The US Census Bureau gives Cold Spring Harbor an area of 9.9 km². 9.5 km² of this is land and 0.4 km² (4.04%) is water.
Demographics
The 2000 census showed 4,975 inhabitants in 1,753 households and 1,416 families. The population density was 516.4 / km². There were 1790 residential buildings (an average of 185.8 per km²). The population was 97.03% white, 0.42% African American, 0.02% Native American, and 1.31% Asian; 0.24% of the residents stated that they were of another ethnic origin, 0.98% said they had two or more ethnicities.
Of the 1,753 households, 38.8% had children under the age of 18 and 71.8% were married. 7.1% had a woman as the sole head of the household, 19.2% were not families. 14.9% of all households were made up of individuals, 5.8% of whom were at least 65 years old. The average size of a household was 2.84 people, for a family this figure was 3.15 people.
At the time of the census, 26.7% of the population were younger than 18 years, 4.2% between 18 and 24, 28.9% between 25 and 44, 26.9% between 45 and 64 and 13.4% were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. In total, there were 94.9 men for every 100 women and 92.1 men for every 100 women over the age of 18.
The median income for a household was $ 101,122 and the median income for a family was $ 112,441. Men had a median income of $ 78,984 while women had a median income of $ 44,464. The average income per capita was $ 52,403. Income below the poverty line was found for: 1.3% of families, 2.2% of the total population, 0.4% of residents under 18 and 3.6% of those over 65 years of age.
sons and daughters of the town
- Meg Whitman (born 1956), manager and billionaire
- Alex Foxen (born 1991), poker player
Notable current residents
- James D. Watson , Nobel Prize winner , co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and former director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Jacob M. Sucoff, Nobel Prize Winner , worked with Philo T. Farnsworth and helped develop the cathode ray tube
Well-known former residents
- John Lennon from the mid-1970s until his death in 1980. (Further residence at The Dakota in Manhattan).
- Lindsay Lohan spent part of her childhood and youth in Cold Spring Harbor.
- Wally Szczerbiak is an NBA basketball player for the Boston Celtics who previously attended Cold Spring Harbor High School.
- Evan Thomas , journalist, editor, and writer, grew up in Cold Spring Harbor.
- Otto Hermann Kahn , investment banker, built his Oheka Castle estate on West Gate Drive in Cold Spring Harbor. Oheka has meanwhile been added to the Cold Spring Hills area .
- Louis Comfort Tiffany , glass artist, built his Laurelton Hall estate in Cold Spring Harbor.
- Ryan Vesce , professional ice hockey player, played in the National Hockey League. He grew up in Cold Spring Harbor and Lloyd Harbor .
Cold Spring Harbor in Pop Culture
- Billy Joel's first album was called Cold Spring Harbor , and the cover featured Bill in front of Cold Spring Harbor Beach.
- Richard Yates' novel Cold Spring Harbor ( 1986 ) is a suburban tragedy set in the 1940s .
