Fort Salonga is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Towns of Huntington and Smithtown in Suffolk County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.

[3] In the post-Civil War era the rich red clay deposits gave birth to a successful brickworks as well as other trade.

The emptied barges were then loaded with bricks for the trip back to the city.

[5] Fort Solonga now shares the Northport 11768 zip code and is still recognized as acceptable mailing address alternative by the USA post office.

Born in Newington, Connecticut, he served as a sergeant in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

For his valor in this and other actions, he became one of the first recipients of the Badge of Military Merit, the predecessor to the modern Purple Heart.

[11] Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) was an influential African-American educator, author, and advisor to multiple U.S. presidents, including Theodore Roosevelt.

He was the founding principal of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and a leading advocate for African-American economic self-sufficiency and education during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Washington maintained a residence in Fort Salonga, New York, where he spent time away from his duties at Tuskegee during the summer.