Amagansett, New York
| Amagansett, New York | |
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| Hamlet and census-designated place | |
The historic Amagansett Coast Guard Station
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 Amagansett, New York
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| Coordinates: 40°58′46″N 72°7′31″W / 40.97944°N 72.12528°WCoordinates: 40°58′46″N 72°7′31″W / 40.97944°N 72.12528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Suffolk |
| Town | East Hampton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.6 sq mi (17.0 km2) |
| • Land | 6.5 sq mi (16.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 30 ft (9 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,165 |
| • Density | 169.6/sq mi (65.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 11930 |
| Area code(s) | 631 |
| FIPS code | 36-01594 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0942409 |
Amagansett /ˌæməˈɡænsət/ is a census-designated place that roughly corresponds to the hamlet by the same name in the Town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York, on the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP population was 1,165. Amagansett hamlet was founded in 1680.
The area is sometimes referred to as Skimhampton. However this specifically refers to the area south of the Montauk Highway along Skimhampton Road. The artist Childe Hassam, who lived on Egypt Lane in East Hampton village, painted the area during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Portions of Skimhampton and the area on the northwest side of Amagansett hamlet are within the census-designated place of East Hampton North.
Amagansett derives its name from the Montaukett name for "place of good water" from a water source near what today is Indian Wells beach.
Unlike the rest of the Hamptons, Amagansett was initially settled by the Baker, Conklin, and Barnes families, descendants of English settlers, and the Dutch brothers Abraham and Jacob Schellinger, the sons of a New Amsterdam merchant who moved to East Hampton between 1680 and 1690 after the English took over New Amsterdam.
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