East Hampton
Details
- Names
East Hampton
Maidstone
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on Long Island on Atlantic Ocean; was settled in 17th cen.; part of Connecticut until 1664; noted as home of John Howard Payne, author of Home Sweet Home; today is an expensive resort center.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Died
Willem de Kooning (American, 1904-1997)
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