Welcome To Historic Northport

Northport is a quaint, thriving, waterfront village settled in the early 1600s. We're located in Suffolk County, part of the famous “Gold Coast” on Long Island’s North Shore. Our borders lie between Huntington and Smithtown along Route 25A (also known as Fort Salonga Road), just east of Centerport. 

Northport’s historic Main Street district, where Main Street meets the water…
Northport’s famous Main Street downtown shopping area offers boutique shopping galore and a magnificent view of our scenic harbor.  You’ll love our numerous Victorian and 18th century homesteads, shops, and storefronts, all carefully preserved by the villagers and present-day shopkeepers who, following a centuries-old tradition, tirelessly work to build and improve commerce in what was once called Great Cow Harbor.  Looking for places of history, a museum, antiques, a hard-to-find book, the perfect outfit or extraordinary restaurants?  We’ve got it all, plus concerts, parades, an annual marathon, holiday celebrations and a relaxed form of holiday shopping that beats the malls hands down!

At our entrance:  Northport’s Uptown Business District

Northport extends far beyond our beautiful harbor and nostalgic Main Street.  Traveling east or west on Route 25A, this historic highway takes you through Northport’s “uptown” business district.  Here we offer residents and tourists alike many services, shops, banks, markets, and restaurants, from gourmet dining to light lunching.

Our History

The first inhabitants of Northport were peaceful Indians known as the Matinecocks, whose camp perched on a lakeshore site is now occupied by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA).  In 1650 the first white men came to the territory from New Amsterdam and reported their discovery to the Dutch government at The Hague.  The report described “good fishing, fine meadowlands and mostly level ground suitable for farms and cattle”.  Six years later, this area, which would be called Great Cow Harbor, was purchased from Chief Asharoken by three Englishmen for seven quarts of liquor, two coats, four shirts and eleven ounces of powder.  Relations between the settlers and the Indians were friendly, and the small colony flourished with farming and shell-fishing.