Opening from On This Site - Native Long Island

Patchummuck (Tom's Creek)

Patchummuck is connected with a boundary point at the head of Tom's Creek on Hashamomuk Neck in Southold. The placename belongs to the Hashamomuk Neck boundary landscape, where creek, pond, and neck names intersect. Boundary details appear in the historic moments below. The name is interpreted as a turning aside place or place where it turns aside, referring to a boundary line changing direction at the head of the creek. A recorded variant is Pashimamsk. Why Place Names Matter “Places are named for all kinds of reasons; reminders of home, a link to a homeland, to erase what was there before, and many more.” — Dan David, Traditional Land Use (2018), Opening paragraph