Sagaponack (/ˌsæɡəˈpɒnək/ SAG-ə-PON-ək) is a village in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, on the East End of Long Island, in New York, United States.
Prior to its incorporation, Sagaponack was a census-designated place, with a population of 582 at the time of the 2000 census, and an area 70% greater than that of the current village.
A common misconception is that the name referred to potatoes, the predominant crop grown by farmers who first settled the area.
[11] In July 2015, according to Business Insider, the 11962 ZIP Code encompassing Sagaponack was listed as the most expensive in the U.S., with a median home sale price of $5,125,000,[12] rising to $8,500,000 in the end of the year.
[13] The village was home to many writers and literary business persons beginning in the 1950s and 1960s, appreciated for its quiet and cheap community living.
[17] The Sagaponack ZIP Code (11962) was listed as the most expensive in the United States in 2009, and several years thereafter including again in 2018; the median home sale price was $4,421,458, according to Zillow.com and $8.5 million according to PropertyShark.
[18] In 2015 and through to 2018, according to Business Insider, Sagaponack's 11962 ZIP Code was listed as the most expensive in the U.S., this time by real estate-listings site Property Shark, with a median home sale price of $5,125,000 in 2015 rising to $8.5 million in 2018, with the most expensive homes and recent sales being in and around Daniels Lane, generally considered Sagaponack’s priciest address and where Ira Rennert has the largest home in America, and side streets off Daniels including Fairfield Pond Lane.
[20] Many homes around the lanes in Sagaponack have become well-featured and instantly recognisable landmarks that define the vistas and landscape of the Hamptons.
The Elizabeth Reese House designed by Andrew Geller is historically significant in architecture.
[21] Small portions of the village are also located within the boundaries of the Bridgehampton and Wainscott school districts.