Hicks Island (New York)

Hicks Island is an island in Napeague Bay, Suffolk County, New York, in the United States.[1] The small island is located north of Napeague on the eastern end of Long Island.

Hicks Island, Napeague Harbor, Napeague Bay, on the south-east tip of Long Island.

Hicks Island was named for an early owner.[2] It has also been known as Goffe Island.[1]

In September 1971 Otis G. Pike put forward a bill that the US Federal government expropriate Hicks Island, historic Gardiners Island, Cartwright Island, Gardiners Point Island and 1000 acres of the nearby shore of Long Island, and turn them into a national monument.[3]

References
  1. "Hicks Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  2. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. pp. 156.
  3. Richard L. Madden (1971-09-11). "Gardiner Fights Move To Make Island Public". The New York Times. Washington DC. p. A3. Retrieved 2020-09-18. In addition to Gardiners Island, Mr. Pike's bill would authorize the Federal Government to acquire as part of the national monument three small islands nearby known as 'The Old Fort,' Cartwright Island and Hicks Island, as well as about 1,000 acres of the south shore of Long Island, running from Napeague Harbor to the Atlantic Ocean.


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