Oyster Bay (town), New York - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Town of Oyster Bay is easternmost of the three towns in Nassau County

Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...

, New York

New York

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, in the United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area

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, it is the only town in Nassau County that extends from the North Shore

North Shore (Long Island)

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to the South Shore

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of Long Island

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. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 293,214.

There are 18 villages and 18 hamlets within the town of Oyster Bay. The U.S. Postal Service has organized these 36 places into 30 different 5-digit ZIP code

ZIP Code

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s.

Oyster Bay is also the name of a hamlet on the north shore, within the town of Oyster Bay. Near this hamlet, in the village of Cove Neck

Cove Neck, New York

The Village of Cove Neck is a village located within the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 286 at the 2010 census.-History:...

, is Sagamore Hill, the former residence and summer White House of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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and now a museum. At least six of the 36 villages and hamlets of the town have shores on Oyster Bay Harbor

Oyster Bay (inlet), New York

Oyster Bay, also known as Oyster Bay Harbor, is an inlet of Long Island Sound on the north shore of Long Island in New York in the United States.The bay lies in Nassau County...

, an inlet of Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean, located in the United States between Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south. The mouth of the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook, Connecticut, empties into the sound. On its western end the sound is bounded by the Bronx...

, and many of these at one time or another have also been referred to as being part of the hamlet of Oyster Bay.http://www.rootsweb.com/~nynassa2/oysterbay.htm

History

The area was originally part of the colony of New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that served as the capital of New Netherland. It later became New York City....

and settled by some Dutch in 1632. In 1639, the Dutch West India Company

Dutch West India Company

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made its first purchase of land on Long Island from the local Indians. The Dutch did not dispute English claims to what is now Suffolk County, but when settlers from New England

New England

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arrived in (present-day) Oyster Bay in 1640, they were soon arrested as part of a boundary dispute. In 1643, Englishmen purchased land in the present-day town of Hempstead from the Indians that included land purchased by the Dutch in 1639. Nevertheless, in 1644, the Dutch director granted a patent for Hempstead to the English. The Dutch also granted other English settlements in Flushing

Flushing, Queens

Flushing, founded in 1645, is a neighborhood in the north central part of the City of New York borough of Queens, east of Manhattan.Flushing was one of the first Dutch settlements on Long Island. Today, it is one of the largest and most diverse neighborhoods in New York City...

, Newtown

Elmhurst, Queens

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, and Jamaica

Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. It was settled under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland as Rustdorp. Under British rule, the Village of Jamaica became the center of the "Town of Jamaica"...

. In 1650, the Treaty of Hartford

Treaty of Hartford

The term Treaty of Hartford applies to three historic agreements negotiated at Hartford, Connecticut. The 1638 treaty divided the spoils of the Pequot War. The 1650 treaty defined a border between the Dutch Nieuw Amsterdam and English settlers in Connecticut...

established a boundary between Dutch and English claims at "Oysterbay", by which the Dutch meant present-day Cold Spring Harbor

Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Cold Spring Harbor is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 4,975.Cold Spring Harbor is in the Town of Huntington.-History:...

(to the east) and the English meant all of the water connected to present-day Oyster Bay Harbor. Meanwhile, the government of England came under the control of Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....

as a republic, and smugglers

Smuggling

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took advantage of the unresolved border dispute. In 1653, English settlers made their first purchase of land in Oyster Bay from the local Matinecock tribe

Lenape

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, though there were already some rogue English settlements there. The monarchy was restored in England in 1660, and in 1644 King Charles gave Long Island (and much else) to his brother James, leading to the Dutch relinquishing control of all of New Amsterdam. In 1667 the settlement at Oyster Bay received its charter from the new English colony of New York

Province of New York

The Province of New York was an English and later British crown territory that originally included all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine, as well as eastern Pennsylvania...

, becoming the Township of Oyster Bay. By 1687, the last piece of land was sold by the Indians, and few remained by 1709.

During most of the American Revolution

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the town was under the control of English forces.

The town was originally part of Queens County

Queens

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, until the western portion of that county was amalgamated into New York City

New York City

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in 1898 and Nassau County was created in 1899. In 1918 Glen Cove

Glen Cove, New York

Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 26,964....

incorporated as a city and formed a governing system separate from the town. Following World War II

World War II

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, housing replaced farmland as the population grew from about 40,000 in 1950 to more than 290,000 in 1990. There are 40 buildings and sites presently named Town of Oyster Bay Landmarks.

Geography

The town of Oyster Bay extends from Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound

in the north, south to the waters of South Oyster Bay

South Oyster Bay

South Oyster Bay is a natural harbor along the western portion of the south shore of Long Island in New York in the United States. The harbor is formed by Jones Beach Island, a barrier island on the southern side of Long Island. It is approximately 3 mi wide between the two islands, and...

and the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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. It is bordered by the town of North Hempstead on the northwest and the town of Hempstead on the southwest. It is the easternmost of the three towns of Nassau County, with Suffolk County

Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...

immediately to the east.

According to the United States Census Bureau

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, the town has a total area of 169.5 square miles (439 km²), of which 104.4 square miles (270.4 km²) is land and 65.1 square miles (168.6 km²), or 38.42%, is water. As with most of Long Island, the north shore is hilly, the south shore has sandy beaches, and the area between is a plain

Plain

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.

Between the 1990 Census and the 2000 census, the town exchanged territory with the towns of Hempstead {Nassau County) and Babylon

Babylon (town), New York

The Town of Babylon is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York . Located on Long Island, the town population was 211,792 as of the 2000 census. There is also a Village of Babylon located within the town. It borders Nassau County to the West, and the Atlantic Ocean to the South...

(Suffolk County). It also gained territory from the town of Huntington

Huntington, New York

The Town of Huntington is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, USA. 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...

in Suffolk County.

Government and politics

The Town of Oyster Bay has a government made up of a town supervisor (John Venditto) and a town council of six members (Joseph D. Muscarella, Anthony D. Macagnone, Chris J. Coschignano, Rebecca Alesia, Elizabeth Faughnan, and Joseph G. Pinto). Council members are elected on a town-wide basis, as there are no election districts within the town. Two other elected positions are Town Clerk (Steven L. Labriola) and Receiver of Taxes (James J. Stefanich). All elected positions are held by Republicans.

Oyster Bay contains the following 18 incorporated villages, all but two of which are in the more northern part:

Bayville
Bayville, New York
The Village of Bayville, often referred to as Pine Island, is a village located on Long Island Sound facing Greenwich, Connecticut, and within the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 6,669 at the 2010 census...

(1919)
Brookville
Brookville, New York
The Village of Brookville is a village located within the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village population was 3,465....

(1931)
Centre Island
Centre Island, New York
The Village of Centre Island is a village located within the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. Its population was 410 as of the 2010 census....

(1926)
Cove Neck
Cove Neck, New York
The Village of Cove Neck is a village located within the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 286 at the 2010 census.-History:...

(1927)
East Hills
East Hills, New York
East Hills is a village in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Village of Roslyn...

(1931) (This village is shared with the town of North Hempstead.)
Farmingdale
Farmingdale, New York
The Village of Farmingdale is an incorporated village on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York in the United States...

(1904)
Lattingtown
Lattingtown, New York
The Village of Lattingtown is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 1,739 at the 2010 census. Initially, Lattingtown was a marsh, populated by Matinecock Indians who lived nearby. The Matinecocks sold the area in 1660 to...

(1913)
Laurel Hollow
Laurel Hollow, New York
Laurel Hollow is a village in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 1,952 at the 2010 census.- History :The settlement began around 1653 with purchase of land from the local natives...

(1926)
Massapequa Park
Massapequa Park, New York
The Village of Massapequa Park is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 17,008 at the 2010 census.-History:...

(1931)
Matinecock
Matinecock, New York
The Village of Matinecock is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 810 at the 2010 census.- History :The village was incorporated in 1928...

(1928)
Mill Neck
Mill Neck, New York
Mill Neck is a village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 997 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Mill Neck is located at .The highest point of Mill Neck is Mill Hill....

(1925)
Muttontown
Muttontown, New York
The Village of Muttontown is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 3,497 at the 2010 census...

(1931)
Old Brookville
Old Brookville, New York
The Village of Old Brookville is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. As of the United States 2010 Census, the village population was 2,134.The village is part of the North Shore School District.-Geography:...

(1929)
Old Westbury
Old Westbury, New York
Old Westbury is a village in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village population was 4,671....

(1924) (This village is shared with the town of North Hempstead.)
Oyster Bay Cove
Oyster Bay Cove, New York
The Village of Oyster Bay Cove is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 2,197 at the 2010 census...

(1931)
Roslyn Harbor
Roslyn Harbor, New York
Roslyn Harbor is a village in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 1,051 at the 2010 census. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the village of Roslyn....

(1931) (This village is shared with the town of North Hempstead.)
Sea Cliff
Sea Cliff, New York
The Village of Sea Cliff is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. As of the United States 2010 Census, the village population was 4,995...

(1883)
Upper Brookville
Upper Brookville, New York
The Village of Upper Brookville is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 1,698 at the 2010 census.The village is named for the brook that one time ran along its main road, Wolver Hollow...

(1932)

Hamlets in New York state are named places within towns that are not incorporated as villages or cities. They are governed and administered by the town council. The town of Oyster Bay contains the following 18 unincorporated hamlets:

Bethpage
Bethpage, New York
Bethpage is a hamlet located on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States, as well as a census-designated place with borders slightly different from those of the hamlet...
East Massapequa
East Massapequa, New York
East Massapequa is a hamlet located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 19,069 at the 2010 census.The hamlet lies in New York's 3rd congressional district...
East Norwich
East Norwich, New York
East Norwich is a hamlet located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 2,709 at the 2010 census...
Glen Head
Glen Head, New York
Glen Head is a hamlet located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population of Glen Head was 4,697....
Glenwood Landing
Glenwood Landing, New York
Glenwood Landing is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 3,779 at the 2010 census.Glenwood Landing overlaps the Town of Oyster Bay and the Town of North Hempstead...

(part)
Greenvale
Greenvale, New York
Greenvale is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the CDP population was 1,094. It is part of both the Roslyn and North Shore School Districts....

(part)
Hicksville
Hicksville, New York
Hicksville is a hamlet and census-designated place located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 41,547 at the 2010 census...
Jericho
Jericho, New York
Jericho is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the CDP population was 13,567. The area is served by the Jericho Union Free School District, the boundaries of which differ somewhat from those of the hamlet...
Locust Valley
Locust Valley, New York
Locust Valley is a hamlet located in Nassau County, New York. Locust Valley is an unincorporated area of the Town of Oyster Bay...
Massapequa
Massapequa, New York
Massapequa is a hamlet located in the suburban Nassau County, New York. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 21,685.Massapequa is located on the South Shore of Long Island....
North Massapequa
North Massapequa, New York
North Massapequa is a hamlet located on Long Island within the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 17,886 at the 2010 census...
Old Bethpage
Old Bethpage, New York
Old Bethpage is a hamlet located on Long Island in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA. The population of the CDP was 5,523 at the 2010 census.It is served by the Old Bethpage Post Office, ZIP code 11804....
Oyster Bay
Plainedge
Plainedge, New York
Plainedge is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 8,817 at the 2010 census.Plainedge is a census-designated place located in the Town of Oyster Bay, residents are served by the Bethpage , Massapequa , and Seaford Post Offices, with a small number of residents...
Plainview
Plainview, New York
Plainview is a hamlet located on Long Island in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA. The population of the CDP as of 2010 was 26,217. The Plainview post office has the ZIP code 11803....
South Farmingdale
South Farmingdale, New York
South Farmingdale is a hamlet and census-designated place, located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 14,486 at the 2010 census....
Syosset
Syosset, New York
Syosset is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, in the northeastern section of Town of Oyster Bay near the North Shore of Long Island. The population was 18,829 at the 2010 census...
Woodbury
Woodbury, Nassau County, New York
Woodbury is a hamlet located within the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 8,907 at the 2010 census...

Notes:

Sea Cliff
Sea Cliff, New York
The Village of Sea Cliff is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. As of the United States 2010 Census, the village population was 4,995...

- a small portion within the town of Oyster Bay that is not part of this village has the same ZIP code
ZIP Code
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as the village.
Seaford
Seaford, New York
Seaford is a census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 15,294 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Seaford is located at ....

- a small portion of Massapequa has the same ZIP code as Seaford, which is in the town of Hempstead.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 293,925 people, 99,355 households, and 80,278 families residing in the town. The population density

Population density

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was 2,816.2 people per square mile (1,087.3/km²). There were 101,076 housing units at an average density of 968.4 per square mile (373.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 90.83% White, 1.64% Black or African American

Race (United States Census)

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, 0.07% Native American, 4.85% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.36% from other races

Race (United States Census)

, and 1.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.06% of the population.

There were 99,355 households out of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.9% were married couples

Marriage

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living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the town the population was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the town was $99,873, and the median income for a family was $115,095.http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-context=st&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S1901&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-CONTEXT=st&-tree_id=307&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=06000US3605956000&-format=&-_lang=en Males had a median income of $60,726 versus $39,420 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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for the town was $35,895. About 2.0% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

King Kullen

King Kullen Grocery Co. is an American supermarket chain with 45 stores, on Long Island and Staten Island. The company is headquartered in Bethpage, New York and was founded by Michael J. Cullen in 1930. It is notable for its title of "America's First Supermarket" as recognized by the Smithsonian...

, a supermarket chain, is based in Bethpage

Bethpage, New York

Bethpage is a hamlet located on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States, as well as a census-designated place with borders slightly different from those of the hamlet...

. Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus

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operates its United States office in Oyster Bay, centered on the hamlet of Jericho

Jericho, New York

Jericho is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the CDP population was 13,567. The area is served by the Jericho Union Free School District, the boundaries of which differ somewhat from those of the hamlet...

. Acclaim Entertainment

Acclaim Entertainment

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was originally located in the hamlet of Oyster Bay. It originally occupied a one-room office in Oyster Bay. At a later time it occupied a brick structure with two stories. In 1994 Acclaim bought a headquarters building in Glen Cove

Glen Cove, New York

Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 26,964....

Notable residents

John Barry
John Barry (composer)
John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...

, Academy and Grammy Award-winning film composer (died at his home here on 30 January 2011)
John Gotti Jr., former boss of the Gambino crime family
Bill Guerin
Bill Guerin
William Robert Guerin is an American former professional ice hockey player and current player development coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Guerin played eighteen seasons in the National Hockey League winning two Stanley Cup championships with the New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins teams...

, retired NHL player and U.S. Olympian
Randolph Huntington
Clay Trotting Horses
Clay trotting horses were an American strain of trotting horse during the 19th century that is no longer existent.-Early years:In 1818 Richard B. Jones, the American Consul in Tripoli acquired a stallion named Grand Bashaw. Grand Bashaw was the sire of Young Bashaw, who in turn sired Andrew...

, 19th century horse breeder
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. is an American novelist. For his most praised novel, Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon received the National Book Award, and is regularly cited as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature...

, National Book Award
National Book Award
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-winning novelist
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

, 26th President of the United States
President of the United States
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