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Westhampton Beach is an incorporated village in the Town of Southampton, in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,721.

Westhampton Beach village overview:
Name:	Westhampton Beach village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	New York
County:	Suffolk County
Incorporated:	1928
Elevation:	7 ft (2 m)
Total Area:	3.01 sq mi (7.79 km²)
Land Area:	2.94 sq mi (7.62 km²)
Water Area:	0.07 sq mi (0.17 km²)
Total Population:	2,150
Population Density:	731.29/sq mi (282.31/km²)
ZIP code:	11978
Area code:	631
FIPS code:	3680181
GNISfeature ID:	0970921
Website:	westhamptonbeach.org

Online Interactive Map

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History

Westhampton Beach Village 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 Corps of Engineers in 1966, but was only partially completed because of the failure to secure funds from the state and local government. In addition the project design was seriously flawed. As a result, there was increased erosion at the beaches in Westhampton Beach while, up current, the beaches actually grew. During the late 1970s and through the 1980s, beach homes were washed away with every severe storm (nor’easter) that hit the coast. It was only after the nor’easter of November 1992 destroyed over eighty homes, that the Army Corps of Engineers began renewed repair efforts. In the mid-1990s, fifteen historic houses were relocated by the Army Corps of Engineers. The homes were moved off the beach and out of harm’s way, at least for a while, but the beach is still eroding and addition damage is incurred with every storm. Additional work was required after Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km), of which 2.9 square miles (7.5 km) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km), or 2.35%, is water.