Northampton New York Map

About Northampton, New York

Northampton is a locality in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 763. The population density is 25.9 people per km². Northampton is located at 40.8752°N, 72.6841°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 11901, 11972.

Northampton presents a landscape defined by the quiet interplay of earth and water, where the flat, sandy soil of the coastal plain gives way to dense pockets of greenery. It lies 2.4 miles southwest of Riverhead, NY (from Riverhead, NY: bearing 216°T), and is situated 9.9 miles northeast of Mastic. The proximity of SUFFOLK COUNTY Land provides an expansive, protected buffer of natural space, allowing the local ecology to remain undisturbed by the frenetic pace of larger centers. Only a mile away, the surface of Wildwood Lake catches the pale, morning light, reflecting the sky in a mirror of silver, while the nearby Little River meanders through the landscape with a persistent, fluid grace. Though the Appalachian Mountains remain a distant, hazy memory on the horizon, the immediate terrain feels intimate, grounded in the quiet pulse of the Atlantic’s influence, which drifts inland from Moneyboque Bay only six miles to the south.

Northampton carries the weight of a long-standing relationship with the land, where the economy has historically shifted between the rhythms of the soil and the seasonal ebb of the maritime trade. The shadow of Colonels Island lingers off the coast, a silent sentinel of the area’s maritime heritage, while the deeper inland depressions like Henrys Hollow offer a contrast to the level ground that characterizes the rest of the region. Daily life in Northampton moves with a deliberate, steady cadence, unbothered by the clamor of the modern world. Here, the air holds a distinct salinity, a reminder that the sea is never far, and the residents maintain a connection to the environment that is as enduring as the tides themselves, finding beauty in the way the horizon seems to stretch endlessly across the flat, open fields.

About This Northampton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Northampton, New York. Coordinates: 40.875159, -72.684077. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Northampton includes the ZIP code (11901, 11972), telephone area code (914, 845), county seat of Suffolk County (Riverhead), and school district assignment (Riverhead Central School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.