Wading River, New York

Wading River, New York
Hamlet and census-designated place
The c.1820 Tuthill-Lapham House
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Coordinates: 40°57′9″N 72°49′48″W / 40.95250°N 72.83000°W / 40.95250; -72.83000
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Suffolk
Town	Brookhaven and Riverhead
Area [1]
• Total	12.52 sq mi (32.41 km2)
• Land	9.78 sq mi (25.33 km2)
• Water	2.73 sq mi (7.08 km2)
Elevation	92 ft (28 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	7,731
• Density	790.41/sq mi (305.19/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	11792
Area code(s)	631, 934
FIPS code	36-77772
GNIS feature ID	0968624
Website	www.brookhavenny.gov

Wading River is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 7,719.^[2] It is adjacent to Shoreham and shares a school district.

Most of Wading River lies within the Town of Riverhead, but a small portion is in the Town of Brookhaven. The name of the hamlet comes from the original Algonquian name for the area, Pauquaconsuk, meaning "the place where we wade for thick, round-shelled clams". It was also previously known as “Lonsefekwa”. "Wading in the River" or Wading River was adopted by the first English colonists.