Southold is a census-designated place (CDP) that generally corresponds to the hamlet by the same name in the Town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York. Southold was the first English settlement in the future New York State, though this is partially due to a historical technicality—the territory of New Netherland was still owned by the Dutch at the time, but Southold lay in a part of Long Island that was part of Connecticut at the time and was later ceded in a legal dispute. The name Southold is believed by some to be a misspelling of Southwold, which is a coastal town in the corresponding English county of Suffolk.
Population: 5,748
Zip Code: 11971
Area Code: 631
Elevation: 23′
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