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History · Dix Hills

2 of Dix Hills’ places are on the National Register

Most of Dix Hills was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1901 on, and the census since 2000.

2on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
5famous people
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What stands out about Dix Hills’ past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19015 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1979. Watch Dix Hills change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dix Hills’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Dix Hills on the map, 1901 to 1979

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

Dix Hills on the 1901 USGS mapDix Hills on the 1947 USGS mapDix Hills on the 1954 USGS mapDix Hills on the 1967 USGS mapDix Hills on the 1979 USGS map1901Northport 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 Dix Hills.

The story

How Dix Hills came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Dix Hills.

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Settlers traded goods with the Indigenous Secatogue tribe for the land that became Dix Hills in 1699. The Secatogues lived in the northern portion of the region during the later half of that century. The land was known as Dick's Hills. By lore, the name traces to a local native named Dick Pechegan, likely of the Secatogues. Scholar William Wallace Tooker wrote that the addition of the English name "Dick" to the indigenous name "Pechegan" was a common practice.

Tooker wrote that Pechegan's wigwam and his planted fields became the hilly area's namesake, known as the shortened "Dix Hills" by 1911. The area was mostly used for farming until after World War II.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Dix Hills, 1877 to 2003

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Born hereErnest Platt Buffett is born here
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1902In the archiveSuffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 14 (Map bounded by Cold Spring Harbor, Part o…
  6. 1964Born hereGreg Mottola is born here
  7. 1974Born hereRyan Lizza is born here
  8. 21st century
  9. 2003Born hereBrandon Niederauer is born here
By decade

Dix Hills, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s2 items
Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 14 (Map bounded by Cold Spring Harbor, Part of Huntington, Part of Smith To…1902Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 14 (Map b…MapSuffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 2 (Map bounded by Elwood, Dix Hills, Half Hollow Hills, Melville, South Hun…1902Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 2 (Map bo…Map
1910s–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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Today4 recent
MTA Bridges and Tunnels in Suffolk County (8462271769) (cropped)2013MTA Bridges and Tunnels in Suffolk County (8462271769…Northern State Parkway at Exit 42S2012Northern State Parkway at Exit 42S1462599 Dix-Hills-in-the-fall 62020091462599 Dix-Hills-in-the-fall 620Dix-hills-map2007Dix-hills-mapMap
On the National Register

2 historic places in Dix Hills

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
12
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Dix Hills, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00020002020Peak: 26,892

Between 26,024 and 26,892 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Dix Hills’ Wikipedia page.

Famous people

5 famous people were born in Dix Hills

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Greg MottolaAmerican film director, screenwriter & televisi… · b. 1964
Ryan LizzaAmerican journalist · b. 1974
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Brandon NiederauerAmerican guitarist · b. 2003
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Ernest Platt Buffett3 Feb 1877 in Nebraska - · b. 1877
Jim GaughranAmerican politician and attorney · b. 1957
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Huntington99 historic placesAMelville3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBabylon6 historic placesBCommack4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElwood1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeer ParkIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth Huntington3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSmithtown27 historic placesB−Wheatley HeightsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrentwood3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Dix Hills’ history

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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), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.