Founding year: the first Quogue post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1928.
History grade
What drives Quogue’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Quogue is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Quogue’s overall grade.
New York towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New York town has 12.3 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Quogue’s 3,276 sits above most of its state (100% of New York towns have fewer) while its 249 historic buildings outnumber those of 94% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.2 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1928.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Quogue’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Quogue yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Quogue () is a village in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, on the South Fork of Long Island, in New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Quogue had a population of 1,662.
Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 967 to 1,662 (+72%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Quogue in 1882
Passages that mention Quogue, cut from the printed page as they were published.
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known, but it was previous to 1.758. It stood in what is now the burying ground, very near the gate. It remained till 1831, when the present church was built at Quogue. The church organization was of course Presbyterian, and for many years the parish was connected with Moriches. The -first minister was Rev. Nehemiah Greenman, who preached in 1748 and 1749, and Rev.
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The pond and swamp to the east of the Quogue lane was called in ancient times Ogden's Pond, from the name of the first purchaser of " Quogue purchase." The tract of land lying east of this was called Ogden's Neck, and the creek separating it from the next neck (called Second Neck) was known as Ogden's Creek. The first settler in Second Neck was Nathan Herrick, who had a house on the estate now belonging to George F. Stone,
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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
Quogue, decade by decade
3 decades in the archive, from the 1870s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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.
The Quogue post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1928.
How does Quogue rank for history?
Quogue is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Quogue?
15% of Quogue’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.2 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1990.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
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