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Babylon (town), New York
The Town of Babylon is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Its population was 218,223 as of the 2020 census. Parts of Jones Beach Island, Captree Island and Fire Island are in the southernmost part of the town. It borders Nassau County to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. At its westernmost point, it is about from New York City at the Queens border, and about from Manhattan. The village of Babylon is also within the town. History The region was once called Huntington South. Nathaniel Conklin moved his family to the area, and around 1803 named it New Babylon, after the ancient city of Babylon. The town was officially formed in 1872 by a partition of the Town of Huntington. Communities and locations The following communities and locations are within the Town of Babylon: Villages *Amityville, in the southwestern part of the town. *Babylon, in the southeastern section of the town. * Lindenhurst, in the southern part of the town, between the ...
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Administrative Divisions Of New York
The administrative divisions of New York are the various units of government that provide local services in the State of New York. The state is divided into boroughs, counties, cities, townships called "towns", and villages. (The only boroughs, the five boroughs of New York City, have the same boundaries as their respective counties.) They are municipal corporations, chartered (created) by the New York State Legislature, as under the New York Constitution the only body that can create governmental units is the state. All of them have their own governments, sometimes with no paid employees, that provide local services. Centers of population that are not incorporated and have no government or local services are designated hamlets. Whether a municipality is defined as a borough, city, town, or village is determined not by population or land area, but rather on the form of government selected by the residents and approved by the New York Legislature. Each type of local government ...
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Huntington, New York
The Town of Huntington is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York. Founded in 1653, it is located on the north shore of Long Island in northwestern Suffolk County, with Long Island Sound to its north and Nassau County adjacent to the west. Huntington is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 204,127. Huntington is the only township in the United States to ban self-service gas stations at the township level and among the few places in the U.S. where full-service gas stations are compulsory and no self-service is allowed; the entire state of New Jersey and the western-Mid Valley portion of Oregon are the only other places in the country with similar laws. History In 1653, three men from Oyster Bay, Richard Holbrook, Robert Williams and Daniel Whitehead, purchased a parcel of land from the Matinecock tribe. This parcel has since come to be known as the "First Purchase" and included land bordered by Cold Spring Harbor on t ...
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North Lindenhurst, New York
North Lindenhurst is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 11,652 at the 2010 census. It is a community in the Town of Babylon. Most of North Lindenhurst is served by the Lindenhurst Post Office and School District, so it is usually considered a part of the Lindenhurst community. Geography North Lindenhurst is bordered by North Amityville to the west, East Farmingdale to the northwest, West Babylon to the northeast, and the Village of Lindenhurst to the south. Its coordinates are (40.706966, -73.385011). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 11,652 people and 3,787 households, with 3.09 persons per household in the CDP. The population density was 6,068.8 per square mile (2,391.2/km2). There were 3,898 housing units, of which 23.8% were in multi-unit structures. The homeownership rate was 76.2%. The median value of ...
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North Babylon, New York
North Babylon is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 17,509 at the 2010 census. Overview North Babylon has a number of recreational areas such as Belmont Lake State Park where walking, cycling, picnicking and boating are enjoyed. Phelps Lane pool is also a popular recreation area for swimming, tennis and relaxation. The main commercial thoroughfare in North Babylon is Deer Park Avenue, featuring a wide array of strip malls, shopping centers, restaurants, recreational activities, homes and schools. A portion of this road is known as New York State Route 231 from Montauk Highway to Sylvan Road. The remainder of the road extends north to the Northern State Parkway in Dix Hills. NY 231 gained notoriety as a very popular "cruise strip" where hundreds of people would congregate in the shopping centers on the weekends to show off their classic ...
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North Amityville, New York
North Amityville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York. The population was 18,643 at the 2020 Census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. North Amityville is bordered by the hamlet of East Massapequa (in Nassau County) to the west, the hamlet of East Farmingdale to the north, the hamlet of North Lindenhurst to the southeast, the Village of Lindenhurst to the southeast, and the Village of Amityville and the hamlet of Copiague to the south. Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' 2010 Census As of the census of 2010, there were 17,862 people, and 5,289 households with an average of 3.26 persons per household residing in the hamlet. ...
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Cedar Beach (Babylon, New York)
Cedar Beach is a public beach on Jones Beach Island, a barrier island in the Town of Babylon, in Suffolk County, New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' .... There are no residents. Access to the beach is via the Ocean Parkway. Parking is available during the week for residents with parking permits. You may also pay the daily $20 fee ($30 on weekends). Cedar beach features a marina, many children's parks, a trailer park, a fish museum, camps in the summer, children's activities, various entertainment, an annual summer fair, a volleyball league, shuttle service down to the ocean, and a snack shop. External linksCedar Beach (Town of Babylon) {{coord, 40.632527, -73.33874, type:landmark, name=Cedar Beach, display=title Babylon (town), New York Beaches of Suff ...
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West Gilgo Beach, New York
West Gilgo Beach is a small private gated community located in the town of Babylon, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is part of the Gilgo census-designated place. History West Gilgo Beach was founded on Sept 18, 1939 by residents of High Hill Beach, who were displaced by the creation of Jones Beach State Park. About 60 of the original houses were moved by barge or the newly constructed road, from the Zachs Bay section of Jones Beach to the new community. Since then, the West Gilgo Beach Association has grown to approximately 80 houses. Description Originally almost entirely a summer community, over half of the houses are now winterized, and there is a mix of full-time and second home residents. The community hosts a small non-denominational church, a self-service library, an unmanned post office, and small firehouses that have hoses on carts. Residents depend on central well water and individual septic tanks. It also provides the only land access to the Unq ...
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Gilgo, New York
Gilgo is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 131 at the 2010 census. Prior to the 2010 census, the area was part of a larger CDP called Gilgo-Oak Beach-Captree. The Gilgo CDP contains several small beach communities on a barrier island along the southern edge of Long Island. In order from west to east, these include West Gilgo (on the Nassau/Suffolk county border), Gilgo Beach, and Cedar Beach (no residences). To the east along the beach is the CDP of Oak Beach. Geography Gilgo is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 57.31%, is water. Demographics The census numbers are presumably for full-time inhabitants; many of these houses are second homes and not primary residences, although the proportion of seasonal residents is decreasing. The land for these communities is not privately owned, but leased from t ...
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East Farmingdale, New York
East Farmingdale is a hamlet and a census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York. The population of the CDP was 6,484 at the 2010 census. Located in the Town of Babylon, the residents are served by the Farmingdale Post Office. In the past, some or all East Farmingdale was proposed to become part of the never-realized Incorporated Village of Half Hollow Hills. History Around 2001, East Farmingdale and its neighbors Dix Hills, Melville, and Wheatley Heights (all partially or wholly within the Half Hollow Hills Central School District) proposed incorporating as a single village called the Incorporated Village of Half Hollow Hills. These plans failed and each remain unincorporated hamlets to this day. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.35%, is water. East Farmingdale is bordered to the west by South Farmingdale, the village of Farmingdale, to the north Melville, and ...
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Deer Park, New York
Deer Park is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Babylon, in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 27,745 at the 2010 census. History Deer Park is located in the pine barrens in the northeast corner of the town of Babylon. It grew out of Jacob Conklin's 1610 settlement of the Half Way Hollow Hills, later known as Wheatley Heights. Charles Wilson started what is now Deer Park in 1853 about eleven years after the Long Island Rail Road arrived in 1842-when he established a large and productive farm. A post office was opened in 1851, closed in 1872 and re-opened on July 1, 1873. Deer Park had an elementary school in 1874. Prior to 1923, the Deer Park School District took in Deer Park and Wyandanch. Farming was a staple of this small town for most of its history. Known as the "fruit basket" of New York state, the area was also famed for its dahlia cultivation. It was not until the effects of the post-World War II boom r ...
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Copiague, New York
Copiague ( ) is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet on Long Island (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 23,429 at the 2020 census. Copiague is an unincorporated place within Babylon, New York, Babylon. Geography Copiague is located at (40.674700, -73.393235). It is approximately east of Manhattan and west of Montauk, New York, Montauk Point. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.88%, is water. Copiague is bordered by Amityville, New York, Amityville to the west, North Amityville, New York, North Amityville to the north, Lindenhurst, New York, Lindenhurst to the east, and the Great South Bay to the south. South of Montauk Highway, Copiague is divided into three major peninsulas: * The southwestern peninsula is known as Amity Harbor and is served by the Amityville Post Office. * The central peninsula is known as Copia ...
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