1956 Map of Eastport

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Southampton and Brookhaven meet along the shores of this South Shore landscape in the mid-1950s. The region is defined by a series of narrow peninsulas like Tanner Neck and Apacuck Point reaching into Moriches Bay and Moneyboque Bay. Coastal life is centered on the Long Island Railroad corridor, which connects established villages such as Eastport, Speonk, and Westhampton. The map reveals a mix of local industry and early suburbanization, from the Fish Hatchery near Seatuck Creek to the presence of the US Mil Res Suffolk County Air Force Base in the northeast.