Remsenburg is a hamlet located in the Town of Southampton within Suffolk County, New York. Remsenburg is located on the south shore of Long Island. There are no stoplights and very few commercial businesses. Most of the early settlers of Speonk came west from Southampton and Bridgehampton in the 1740s to clear the forests and build farms. An 1897 Long Island Rail Road catalog listed Speonk, noting that that name “certainly sounds like the call of a frog.” Some residents pressed to change the name to Remsenburg, to honor a prominent resident, Charles Remsen, who had donated a new Presbyterian Church. Today, both names remain in use, each covering different areas of the community. The area close to the bay is called Remsenburg, and the more bucolic inland area is still called Speonk.
Population: 2,642
Zip Code: 11713
Area Code: 631
