Dunehampton is the name of a village that was proposed in 2003 to be incorporated along 5 miles (8 km) of Atlantic Ocean beach between Southampton (village), New York

Southampton (village), New York

Southampton is a village in Suffolk County, New York, USA. The village is named after the Earl of Southampton. The Village of Southampton is in the southeast part of the county in the Town of Southampton...

 and Wainscott, New York

Wainscott, New York

Wainscott is a census-designated place that roughly corresponds to the hamlet with the same name in the town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York on the South Fork of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 628...

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The village would have included 200 houses, 1730 acres (7 km²), taking in Julie and Channel Ponds at the western edge of Southampton Village and much of Sagg Pond to its eastern end at the border with East Hampton (town), New York

East Hampton (town), New York

The Town of East Hampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. It is the easternmost town in the state of New York...

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The proposal met stiff resistance from the communities of Water Mill, New York

Water Mill, New York

Water Mill is a census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, USA, and a hamlet of the Town of Southampton. The population was 1,724 at the 2000 census. Water Mill is the correct name per local government and the United States Postal Service...

, Bridgehampton, New York

Bridgehampton, New York

Bridgehampton is a hamlet in the South Fork of Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 1,381 at the 2000 census....

 and Sagaponack, New York

Sagaponack, New York

Sagaponack is a village in the town of Southampton in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The village incorporated on September 2, 2005, in the wake of the failed attempt by Dunehampton, New York to incorporate. Dunehampton's incorporation would have blocked Sagaponack from Atlantic Ocean...

 because they feared the village would impose strict parking rules on the beaches cutting them off from the ocean.

One of the most prominent residents on the narrow strip are Humvee tycoon Ira Rennert

Ira Rennert

Ira Leon Rennert is a American investor and businessman. Using junk bonds to finance his acquisitions of companies, often in bankruptcy, Rennert has amassed significant holdings in basic, cyclical industries, such as mining and metals, including lead smelters, coal mines, magnesium producers and...

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The petition to form the village was filed with the Southampton Town Supervisor Patrick A. Heaney on July 3, 2003. Residents of Sagaponack filed incorporation papers with the clerk on October 2, 2003. The two villages overlapped on the eastern portion of Dunehampton. Healy ultimately ruled that Dunehampton's application was not valid because it lacked the necessary number of signatures. Sagaponack's incorporation moved forward.

Subsequent court cases have upheld the decisions.