Cold Spring Harbor, New York
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Cold Spring Harbor is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 4,975.
Cold Spring Harbor is in the Town of Huntington. It is home to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum.
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[edit] Geography
Cold Spring Harbor is located at (40.863398, -73.443116)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.1 km² (3.9 mi²). 9.6 km² (3.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (4.86%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 4,975 people, 1,753 households, and 1,416 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 516.4/km² (1,336.3/mi²). There were 1,790 housing units at an average density of 185.8/km² (480.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.03% White, 0.42% African American, 0.02% Native American, 1.31% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.97% of the population.
There were 1,753 households out of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.8% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 14.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $101,122, and the median income for a family was $112,441. Males had a median income of $78,984 versus $44,464 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $52,403. About 1.3% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.4% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Notable current residents
- James D. Watson, Nobel Prize winner, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, and Chancellor of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Jacob M. Sucoff, Nobel Prize winner, worked alongside Philo T. Farnsworth and helped develop the Cathode Ray Tube.
[edit] Notable former residents
- John Lennon from the mid-1970s until his death in 1980. (He also had the residence at the Dakota in Manhattan.)
- Lindsay Lohan spent a portion of her childhood and adolescence in Cold Spring Harbor.
- Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, grew up in Cold Spring Harbor.
- Wally Szczerbiak, NBA basketball player for the Boston Celtics, attended Cold Spring Harbor High School.
- Evan Thomas, journalist, editor and author, grew up in Cold Spring Harbor.
- Otto Kahn, investment banker built his estate, Oheka Castle, on West Gate Drive in Cold Spring Harbor. Oheka is technically now in Cold Spring Hills (Huntington zipcode 11743).
- Louis Comfort Tiffany, stained glass artist, built his estate, Laurelton Hall, in Cold Spring Harbor
- Ryan Vesce,Professional Hockey Player, Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League, Binghamton Senators in the American Hockey League. Co-Founder of Salmon Cove Brand. He grew up in Cold Spring Harbor and Lloyd Harbor.
[edit] Cold Spring Harbor in Popular Culture
- Billy Joel's first album was entitled Cold Spring Harbor and featured a photo of Billy on the cover, with Cold Spring Harbor's Eagle Dock beach in the background.
- The novel Cold Spring Harbor (1986), by the late author Richard Yates, is a quiet suburban tragedy set in the 1940s.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum Official website
- Cold Spring Harbor High School
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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