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The Hamptons refers to the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on the South Fork, Suffolk County, New York on the east end of Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York. The Hamptons are located roughly 80 (Westhampton) - 140 (Montauk) miles east of Manhattan. The Hamptons © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Hamptons © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Southampton is a town located in Suffolk County, New York. ... The town of East Hampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York and is the easternmost town on the South Shore of Long Island. ... The South Fork of Suffolk County, New York is a peninsula in the southeast part of the county and of Long Island. ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ... Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Look up Mile in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...

It is a well-known summer colony. Parts of the Hamptons are known for being a playground for the rich, and are frequented by residents of New York City particularly during the summer months for weekend getaways. This has given rise to the phrases "house in the Hamptons," "America's summer playground," and "Hamptons summer share." The term summer colony is often used, particularly in the United States and Canada, to describe well-known resorts and upper-class enclaves, typically located near the ocean or mountains of New England or the Great Lakes. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... For other senses of this word, see Summer (disambiguation). ...

By train, one can travel the length of the Hamptons in about an hour (see Long Island Rail Road schedules from Westhampton to Montauk).

The city of Binghamton, in upstate New York, is sometimes erroneously associated with the Hamptons, even though it is almost 300 miles away. It is often misspelled "Binghampton" by outsiders, when in fact the city was named for William Bingham. Binghamton is a city in upstate New York in the United States. ... William Bingham (1752–1804) was an American statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

West to east

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• Westhampton
• Westhampton Beach (village)
• West Hampton Dunes
• Quogue
• East Quogue
• Hampton Bays
• Southampton (village)
• North Sea
• Water Mill
• Bridgehampton
• Sagaponack
• North Haven
• Sag Harbor (village, shared with East Hampton)

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• Sag Harbor (village, shared with Southampton)
• Wainscott
• Georgica, part of EH Village
• East Hampton (village)
• Springs
• Amagansett
• Napeague
• Montauk

Sag Harbor is a village located in Suffolk County, New York, shared by the towns of East Hampton and Southampton. ... Wainscott is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in Suffolk County, New York on the South Shore of Long Island. ... East Hampton is a village located in Suffolk County, New York. ... Springs is a census-designated place and hamlet located in Suffolk County, New York. ... Amagansett is a census-designated place and hamlet located in Suffolk County, New York. ... Napeague is a census-designated place located in Suffolk County, New York. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Notable residents

• Alec Baldwin
• Ellen Barkin
• Christie Brinkley & soon-to-be-ex-husband Peter Cook
• Larry Brown (basketball)
• Sean Combs
• Katie Couric
• Ina Garten
• Rudy Giuliani
• The Hilton Family
• Billy Joel
• Calvin Klein
• Kelly Klein
• Countess Lu-Ann de Lesseps
• Ralph Lauren
• Peter Matthiessen
• Beth Ostrosky
• Sarah Jessica Parker & husband Matthew Broderick
• Edson Arantes do Nascimento, also known as Pelé
• Ron Perelman
• Itzhak Perlman
• Ira Rennert
• Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos
• Roy Scheider
• Tommy Hilfiger
• Mike Hopkins
• Thomas G. Seaman
• Jerry Seinfeld
• Jay Severin
• Kimora Lee Simmons
• Russell Simmons
• Steven Spielberg & wife Kate Capshaw
• Howard Stern
• Martha Stewart
• Kurt Vonnegut
• Roger Waters
• Tom Wolfe
• Renée Zellweger
• Jeff Zucker & wife Caryn Nathanson Zucker

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Literature about the Hamptons

Books

• Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in The Hamptons, by Steven Gaines
• De Kooning's Bicycle: Artists and Writers in the Hamptons, by Robert Long
• Making It in the Hamptons, by Karl Grossman et al
• The Beach House, by James Patterson
• The Au Pairs Series, by Melissa De La Cruz]
• The Perfect Manhattan, by Leanne Shear and Tracey Toomey

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Poetry

• "Lost in Translation," by James Merrill

James Merrills childhood home was a 50-room mansion called The Orchard, located in Southampton, New York Lost in Translation is a poem by James Merrill, originally published in The New Yorker magazine on April 8, 1974. ... poet James Merrill, age 30, in a 1957 publicity photograph for The Seraglio James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 - February 6, 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American writer, increasingly regarded as one of the most important 20th century poets in the English language. ...

Seinfeld episode

"The Hamptons" is the name of a 1994 episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. The episode, which takes place in the Hamptons, is best-known for introducing the slang term "shrinkage" -- referring to a decrease in penis size due to swimming -- into the pop culture lexicon. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... For the actor, see Jerry Seinfeld. ... Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speakers dialect or language. ... In retailing, shrinkage (sometimes truncated to shrink) is the loss rate of products between point of manufacture and point of sale. ... Penis size is of great concern to many men. ... Swimming is a technique that humans, and other animals, use to move through water using only movements of the body. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... Look up lexicon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...