Farmingville is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 15,481 at the 2010 census.
Farmingville is in the Town of Brookhaven. The Brookhaven Town Hall is on the east side of Bald Hill in the community.
Sachem High School East is located in Farmingville.
The first settlement in what is now called Farmingville occurred in the late 18th century, and was called Bald Hills and Mooney Ponds,...
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Farmingville is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 15,481 at the 2010 census.
Farmingville is in the Town of Brookhaven. The Brookhaven Town Hall is on the east side of Bald Hill in the community.
Sachem High School East is located in Farmingville.
The first settlement in what is now called Farmingville occurred in the late 18th century, and was called Bald Hills and Mooney Ponds, before it eventually was called Farmingville (though the soil and hills are not good for agriculture). It did not have its own post office until 1950.
The home of Elijah Terry, the first teacher in the local school, was built in 1823 and sits next to the Bald Hills Schoolhouse, built in 1850. The schoolhouse is in the National Register of Historic Places.
"Bald Hill" is one of the highest points on Long Island, and is located on the Ronkonkoma Moraine, where the glacier which formed Long Island stopped its advance. At the top of Bald Hill is...
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