BABYLON (TOWN), NEW YORK

The Town of 'Babylon' is located in southwestern Suffolk County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 211,792. There is also a Village of Babylon located within the town. The west town line is the border of Nassau County, New York, and the south town line is the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Great South Bay, Jones Beach Island, and Fire Island are in the southern part of the town.

Contents

History

Communities and locations

Other communities

Islands

Beaches

State Parks

Other

Local Media

External links

History

The region was once called Huntington South. Nathaniel Conklin moved his family to the area, eventually calling it a "new Babylon", naming it after the ancient town of Babylon around 1803. The town was officially formed in 1872 by a partition of the Town of Huntington.

Communities and locations

=== Villages (incorporated) ===

★ Amityville, in the southwest part of the town.

★ Babylon, in the southeast part of the town.

★ Lindenhurst, in the south part of the town, between villages of Babylon and Amityville.
=== Hamlets (unincorporated) ===

★ Copiague

★ Deer Park

★ East Farmingdale

★ Gilgo, Oak Beach & Captree, includes communities of West Gilgo Beach, Gilgo Beach, Cedar Beach, Oak Beach Island, Oak Beach, and Captree Island.

★ North Amityville

★ North Babylon

★ North Lindenhurst

★ West Babylon

★ Wheatley Heights

★ Wyandanch

Other communities

★ Amity Harbor, located in the hamlet of Copiague

★ Copiague Harbor, located in the hamlet of Copiague

Islands

★ ''Captree Island'', an island partly in the southeast part of the town and containing part of Captree State Park.

★ ''Cedar Island'', an island in the Great South Bay.

★ ''Gilgo Island'', an island in the west end of the Great South Bay.

★ ''Grass Island'', an island in the Great South Bay.

★ ''Thatch Island'', an island in the Great South Bay.

Beaches

★ Cedar Beach

★ Gilgo Beach

★ Oak Beach

★ Overlook Beach

State Parks

★ Belmont Lake State Park, a state park in the northwest part of the town.

★ Captree State Park, a state park partly in the southeast part of the town and adjacent to the Fire Island Inlet.

★ ''Gilgo State Park''

★ Robert Moses State Park, a state park on Fire Island is partly in the town.

Other

★ ''Fire Island Inlet'', a passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great South Bay.

★ Republic Airport, an airport.

Local Media

WBAB an FM radio station at 102.3 is licensed to Babylon.

External links

★ Town of Babylon

★ History of Babylon

★ Babylon Beacon (local newspaper)

★ Incorporated Village of Babylon

★ BabylonVillage.com

★ Around Babylon Village

★ Babylon Village Real Estate

★ Babylon Little League

★ Babylon Village Chamber of Commerce