Back إيست موريشيس (نيويورك) Arabic ایست موریچز، نیویورک AZB East Moriches Catalan East Moriches CEB East Moriches Spanish East Moriches (New York) Basque ایست موریچز، نیویورک Persian East Moriches French East Moriches Italian East Moriches (New York) LLD
East Moriches, New York | |
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| Motto: Long Island's Best Kept Secret | |
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| Coordinates: 40°48′23″N 72°45′24″W / 40.80639°N 72.75667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Suffolk |
| Town | Brookhaven |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.01 sq mi (15.57 km2) |
| • Land | 5.43 sq mi (14.06 km2) |
| • Water | 0.58 sq mi (1.51 km2) |
| Elevation | 30 ft (9 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 5,946 |
| • Density | 1,095.43/sq mi (422.93/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 |
| ZIP Code | 11940 |
| Area code(s) | 631, 934 |
| FIPS code | 36-22546 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0970099 |
East Moriches (/moʊˈrɪtʃɪz/ moh-RITCH-iz)[2] is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States near the south coast of Long Island. The population was 5,249 at the 2010 census.[3]
The name Moriches comes from Meritces, a Native American who owned land on Moriches Neck.[4]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma. p. 298. ISBN 0806135980. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): East Moriches CDP, New York". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- ^ The Indian Place-Names on Long Island and Islands Adjacent, with Their Probably Significations. Tooker, William Wallace. pp 144-145 [1] Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine