The Incorporated Village of Westhampton Beach is an incorporated village on the southeast coast of Long Island. Administratively it is in the town of Southampton, Suffolk County, New York. The village of Westhampton Beach was incorporated in 1928. In 1938, almost all summer homes on its barrier beach were obliterated by a hurricane resulting in twenty-nine local deaths. Like most of the shoreline of southern Long Island, the beach at Westhampton Beach was eroding shoreward. This became a political issue in the 1960s. The project to protect the beaches in the area from further erosion was started by the Army Corp of Engineers in 1966, but was only partially completed because of the failure to secure funds from the state and local government. The Army Corp of Engineers did work on homes after the nor’easter in November of 1992, and after Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Population: 1,721
Zip Code: 11978
Area Code: 631
Elevation: 7′
Westhampton Beach Public Library
Westhampton Beach School District
Westhampton Beach Chamber of Commerce
