The Town of Southampton is one of ten townships located in Suffolk County. It is located approximately eighty miles from New York City on the South Fork of Long Island. Encompassing an area of 128 square miles or 81,947.9 acres. Southampton is the largest and most populous of the five East End Towns of Suffolk County. Southampton is bordered by the Town of Brookhaven on its west and the Town of East Hampton on the east. To the north are the Great and Little Peconic Bays and the Town of Riverhead. To the south are the great bays of Moriches, Shinnecock, and Mecox, the barrier beach island, and the Atlantic Ocean.