The Town of Huntington is a charming, picturesque area just 40 miles east of New York City.  There are 13 communities plus four Incorporated Villages within Town boundaries.  Huntington has 51 miles of shore front and 5 protected, navigable harbors.  Town and village beaches, parks, and playgrounds dot the area.  Many of the finest restaurants are located here.
    Praise of Huntington was sung by Walt Whitman, the famous poet, who was born in the Town of Huntington in 1819.  His home is now a historic site open to the public.
    Indian names, by which various portions of the town were known to early settlers include "Mattinecock", "Ketewomoke", "Operhoweseck", and "Caumsett".  In the 1650's land in and around Northport was bought from Chief Asharoken.
    When the American Revolution broke out, the Fifth Co. of the Army was formed in Great Cow Harbor (now called Northport).  Five companies from the Town of Huntington, including the Fifth Company, fought in the Battle of Long Island.
    The second lighthouse built in the United States was erected at Eaton's Neck in 1798.  In 1802 the Town built a public dock at Bryant's Landing, now the Northport Village Dock.  By the 1830's shipbuilding had become a major industry.  The famous schooner "Jesse Carll" was built in Northport in 1867 and set a new transatlantic record, sailing from Boston.  In 1887 the American & English Encyclopedia of Law was copyrighted and then published at the Thompson Law Book Co. in Northport.  The Village of Northport was incorporated in 1894 and that same year Northport was the first Village in the Town to convert to electricity.  By 1902 the electric-powered Northport Trolley relieved horses of meeting trains.  The old trolley tracks are still in place in Main Street.  Buses were introduced in 1924 and the Adelaide Byers office opened in 1939.
    Today, Northport and Huntington are thriving, picture-postcard villages nestled on Long Islands north shore.  Northport's downtown shopping area offers magnificent views of our famous, scenic harbor and numerous Victorian and 18th century homesteads and storefronts.