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(January 2011)| The Hamptons are a group of villages and hamlets
in the townships of Southampton and East Hampton, which form the
South Fork of Long Island, New York. The Hamptons form a popular
seaside resort, one of the historical summer colonies of the
American Northeast. They have some of the most expensive
residential properties in the U.S. The Montauk Branch of the
Long Island Rail Road, the Montauk Highway, and the Hampton
Jitney connect the Hamptons to the rest of Long Island and to
New York City, while ferries provide connections to Shelter
Island, New York and Connecticut. West to East  |This section
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Westhampton Beach (village) - West Hampton Dunes (village) -
Westhampton (hamlet) - Quogue (village) - East Quogue (hamlet) -
Riverside (hamlet) - Flanders (hamlet) - Hampton Bays (hamlet) -
Shinnecock Hills (hamlet) - North Sea - Southampton (village) -
Water Mill - Sagaponack (village