Wading River

census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q3476417
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Wading River

Summary

Wading River is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wading River is located in Suffolk County[3].
  • Wading River is in the country of United States[4].
  • Wading River's image is recorded as Tuthill-Lapham House.JPG[5].
  • Wading River's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[6].
  • Wading River's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[7].
  • Wading River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 149031748[8].
  • Wading River's locator map image is recorded as Wading-river-map.gif[9].
  • Wading River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88155876[10].
  • Wading River's postal code is recorded as 11792[11].
  • Wading River's Commons category is recorded as Wading River, New York[12].
  • Wading River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 175745[13].
  • Wading River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 968624[14].
  • Wading River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2390442[15].
  • Wading River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.9525, 'lon': -72.83}[16].
  • Wading River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0y9f_[17].
  • Wading River's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 36-77772[18].
  • Wading River's official website is recorded as http://www.townofriverheadny.gov/[19].
  • Wading River's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7719'}[20].
  • Wading River's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7731'}[21].
  • Wading River's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wading River'}[22].
  • Wading River's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+3031'}[23].
  • Wading River's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5143022[24].
  • Wading River's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 2072925[25].
  • Wading River's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+28'}[26].
  • Wading River's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+25.447261'}[27].

Body

Geography

Wading River is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Suffolk County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+25.447261'}[27] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+25.492052'}[28]. Wading River's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+28'}[26]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7719'}[20] and {'amount': '+7731'}[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[6] and unincorporated community[7].

Why It Matters

Wading River ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Wading River. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wading-river
MLA “Wading River.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wading-river.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wading-river_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Wading River}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wading-river}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Wading River — https://4ort.xyz/entity/wading-river (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/wading-river · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households {'amount': '+3031'}
    Elevation above sea level {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+28'}
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+25.447261'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+25.492052'}
    Instance of
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P774]]: 36-77772, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.