Headed out to look at some holiday decorations and took a ride through the Three Village area, which according to the Three Village Historical Society, is comprised of communities where history is close to the surface. It encompasses the villages of Old Field, Poquott, the Setauket and Stony Brook.
Setauket was founded in 1655, the first settlement in what would become the town of Brookhaven. Prior to the 2020 census, the community was part of the Setauket-East Setauket CDP.
Long Island philanthropist Ward Melville built Old Field Farm, originally known as the North Shore Horse Show Grounds, in 1931
Stony Brook was settled in the late 1600s, the historic hamlet that presents itself today is largely the invention of Ward Melville, a shoe magnate who created Stony Brook Village Center, one of the country's first planned retail developments, in 1941
Poquott, Native American land, was founded by European settlers in 1659. The peninsula came to be known as “George's Neck”, and was developed mostly as farmland
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