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History · Tuckahoe

1 of Tuckahoe’s places is on the National Register

Most of Tuckahoe was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1903 on.

1on the National Register
0.5%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
From Tuckahoe’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Tuckahoe’s past

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

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Start Tuckahoe’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tuckahoe’s history is told.

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

Tuckahoe on the map, 1903 to 1956

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

Tuckahoe on the 1903 USGS mapTuckahoe on the 1947 USGS mapTuckahoe on the 1956 USGS map1903Sag Harbor 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 Tuckahoe.

The story so far

Tuckahoe, in brief

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

Tuckahoe is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 1,373 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,373 to 1,505 (+10%).

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

By decade

Tuckahoe, decade by decade

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Tuckahoe Railroad Station, Columbus Avenue & Main Street
Retake this viewTuckahoe Railroad Station, Columbus Avenue & Main Street

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Tuckahoe’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Tuckahoe

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Tuckahoe

Nobody well known was born in Tuckahoe itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Questions about Tuckahoe’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 the Library of Congress (2) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.