Middletown Township Locust Historic District
Settled circa 1715 by David Burdge of Hempstead, L.I. Significant as an early farming and fishing village, and center of local oyster trade to New York in the 19th c. Steamboats brought visitors as Locust evolved into an important estate area in the late 19th century.
Marker is at the intersection of Locust Point Road and Lakeside Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Locust Point Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
