Jackie Kennedy (Jacqueline Bouvier) was born in Southampton, New York, and grew up between New York City and the Hamptons, later spending much of her girlhood at the Merrywood estate in McLean, Virginia.

Quick Scoop: Where She Grew Up

  • Early years: Born in Southampton Hospital in Southampton, New York, in 1929, she spent her first years at Wildmoor and then Lasata , her Bouvier family’s homes in East Hampton on Long Island.
  • City life: During the 1930s she lived part of the year in Manhattan, including at 740 Park Avenue, an elite apartment building developed by her maternal grandfather.
  • Summer “place of peace”: She spent many childhood summers at Lasata in East Hampton, where she learned to ride horses and enjoyed country life.
  • Teen years in Virginia: After her mother married Hugh D. Auchincloss Jr. in the 1940s, Jackie and her sister made the Merrywood estate in McLean, Virginia, their primary home, while still dividing time between New York and family properties in Rhode Island and Long Island.

So, instead of one single hometown, Jackie Kennedy essentially grew up in three key places: Southampton/East Hampton on Long Island, Manhattan (especially Park Avenue), and later the Merrywood estate in suburban Virginia.

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