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History · Aquebogue

Aquebogue’s post office opened in 1828

Most of Aquebogue was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1903 on, and old-book passages.

1828first post office
0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Aquebogue began

When was Aquebogue founded?

1828

The Aquebogue post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 2,547198 years
Founding year: the first Aquebogue post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Aquebogue’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19033 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1956. Watch Aquebogue change.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Aquebogue.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Aquebogue’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Aquebogue on the map, 1903 to 1956

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Aquebogue. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Aquebogue on the 1903 USGS mapAquebogue on the 1947 USGS mapAquebogue on the 1956 USGS map1903Riverhead sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Aquebogue.

Timeline

Aquebogue, 1859 to 1933

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1859Born hereEdward Danforth Hale is born here
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1933In the archiveCorwin House
The story so far

Aquebogue, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Aquebogue yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Aquebogue () is a census-designated place (CDP) roughly corresponding to the hamlet by the same name in the Town of Riverhead in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Aquebogue had a population of 2,547. Aquebogue is part of Long Island's North Fork wine region and is home to such wineries as Paumanouk Vineyards.

Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,438 to 2,547 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Aquebogue in 1882

Passages that mention Aquebogue, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Aquebogue, the most ancient settlement of the town, extends along the middle Country road from Riverhead eastward nearly to the farther liiaait of the town, though the eastern part, formerly known as Lower Aquebogue, is now called Jamesport. Upper Aquebogue is about three miles east of the county s…
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Aquebogue, the most ancient settlement of the town, extends along the middle Country road from Riverhead eastward nearly to the farther liiaait of the town, though the eastern part, formerly known as Lower Aquebogue, is now called Jamesport. Upper Aquebogue is about three miles east of the county seat. Settlement is supposed to have been made here at a very early date, though the exact time is not known. The settlement

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Up to the time of the Revolution but few settlements had been made within the present limits of this town, and these were small. The settlements at Aquebogue were fnade in the early part of the last century. They were probably begun even at an earlier date. The settlement at Wading River was made a…
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Up to the time of the Revolution but few settlements had been made within the present limits of this town, and these were small. The settlements at Aquebogue were fnade in the early part of the last century. They were probably begun even at an earlier date. The settlement at Wading River was made about the same time.

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Aquebogue, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s1 item
Corwin House1933Corwin House
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today5 recent
Cider Pot 20230723 1213522023Cider Pot 20230723 121352Former Aquebogue LIRR Station site-22015Former Aquebogue LIRR Station site-2Former Aquebogue LIRR Station site-12015Former Aquebogue LIRR Station site-1North Fork Long Island2012North Fork Long IslandAquebogue-map2007Aquebogue-mapMap
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Corwin House
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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Jamesport3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Aquebogue’s history

What year was Aquebogue founded?

The Aquebogue post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.