I have run into quite a few websites all over the internet claiming that Door County, Wisconsin has more lighthouses than any other county in the United States - the sites mention 9 or 10 locations. Here is a site showing a map with 9 lighthouse locations in this county. http://dcmm.org/lighthouses.html
The thing is, I live in a county that has at least 15 lighthouses standing right now, and there were closer to 20 total in existence at one time or another. Does Door County have more than this?
Here's a link to a map I made showing the locations of Long Island Lighthouses. Suffolk County is a large county located on the eastern portion of Long Island. http://www.scroope.net/lighthouses/longisland.htm
The list below the map on my website shows that Suffolk County, Long Island, New York has at least 15 standing lighthouses, among others that are no longer standing. Here are the fifteen:
1.Cold Spring Harbor [1890]
2.Huntington Harbor [1912]
3.Eatons Neck [1798]
4.Fire Island [1826-1857,1858]
5.Old Field Point [1824]
6.Horton Point [1857]
7.Long Beach Bar (Bug Light)[1870-1963,1990]
8.Cedar Island (Cedar Point) [1839]
9.Orient Point (Coffee Pot) [1899]
10.Plum Island (Plum Gut) [1827]
11.Little Gull Island [1806]
12.Race Rock [1878]
13.North Dumpling [1849]
14.Latimer Reef [1884]
15.Montauk Point [1796]
Does anyone know the official count of lighthouses in Door County? Is the claim for the most lighthouses based on lights that are still standing just as much as the Suffolk County, Long Island ones are?

[This message has been edited by kscroope (edited 04-24-2001).]