Since 1925
A short history of Asharoken
The location of Asharoken was originally inhabited by Native Americans. In 1656, European colonists began to settle the area.
Asharoken incorporated as a village in 1925, so to have a greater ability to control local beaches and roadways through home rule, and to limit the local sand and gravel mining activities and their impacts on the community and its environment – operations that were widespread at the time along the shoreline in the vicinity of Asharoken, Eatons Neck, and Northport.
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Etymology
The Village of Asharoken is named after Chief Asharoken, head of the Matinecock Native American tribe which inhabited the area prior to English settlements. Chief Asharoken sold the land that is now Asharoken, Eatons Neck, and Northport to European settlers in 1656.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Asharoken, New York, revision 1384315594 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.