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Babylon

boundaries: borders Nassau Cnty to West; and Atlantic Ocean to the South

 

Babylon has a colorful history from 1710. The first home was built by Captain Jacob Conklin, who happened to be a pirate. He was part of the Captain Kidd crew. His son, Colonel Platt Conklin fought in the American Revolution with the patriots. He had a son, Nathaniel, who moved his family to a southern section of Huntington, but it was next to a tavern. His mother said that the area was another Babylon. His son named it "New Babylon" in 1803. In 1830 the Federal Gov't changed the post office name to Babylon from Huntington South.

 

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Established in 1639 by English settlers, it was their first colonization of New York. The land was bought from the Montaukett Indians and in 1648 the British charter recognized the island as an independent colony until after the American Revolution when it was put under New York.

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Brookhaven

boundaries: E: Riverhead & Southampton; W: Smithtown & Islip; from the Atlantic Ocean to Long Island Sound

 

English settlers arrived in 1655 and bought the land from the Native Americans living in the area. In 1666 Governor Richard Nicholl granted a patent to the community with the name of Brookhaven, which is the English version of Setauket.

BELLPORT (village)

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MILLER PLACE (hamlet)

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SETAUKET-EAST SETAUKET (hamlets)

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RIDGE (hamlet)

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STONY BROOK (hamlet)

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SHIRLEY (hamlet)

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PORT JEFFERSON (village)

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MASTIC (hamlet)

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  • OLD MASTIC HOUSE, home of William Floyd, around Washington Avenue and Wavecrest Drive  

 

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Brookhaven
Miller Place
East Hampton
Setauket
Ridge
Stony Brook
Shirley
Port Jefferson
Mastic

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Huntington

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Similar to other Long Island communities, Huntington came about with three Englishmen moving from Oyster Bay and buying land from the Indian tribes that inhabited the area. When the Long Island Railroad built a depot in 1867, tourism became a primary means of revenue and also a number of people built summer homes there. After World War II, the returning veterans started to move into Long Island thad this community thived.

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EAST HAMPTON (town)

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  • KENNEDY PLAZA,  1 W. Chester Street

    • ​John F. Kennedy Memorial

    • World War II Memorial

    • Holocaust Memorial

 

SAG HARBOR

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MONTAUK (hamlet)

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Huntington
Sag Harbor
Montauk

HUNTINGTON (town)

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LLOYD HARBOR (village)

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COLD SPRING HARBOR (hamlet)

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COMMACK (hamlet)

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NORTHPORT (village)

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Cold Spring Harbor
Northport
Commack
Lloyd Harbor
Islip

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Islip

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William Nicoli was an early patentee of the east end and bought the land from the Connetquot Indians in 1683. By the 1870's the Long Island Railroad had a depot built there and the tourist trade flourished. After World War II, Islip soon became a suburb.

ISLIP (town)

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EAST ISLIP

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OAKDALE (hamlet)

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  • ​Willets House (1735)

  • Thomas Dodge Homestead (1721)

 

 

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SAYVILLE (hamlet)

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WEST SAYVILLE (hamlet)

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BAY SHORE

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East Islip
Bay Shore
Oakdale
Sayville
West Sayville

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Riverhead

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Originally, it was part of Southold. After the American Revolution, the town of Riverhead was created. This was in 1792. it is the county seat of Suffolk. The Peconic River is 

Riverhead

RIVERHEAD

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Smithtown

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This town has an interesting beginning for the story goes that the chief's daughter was kidnapped. Richard Smith was able to rescue the young woman and the chief said that he would grant title to all the land that he could encircle in one day riding a bull. He selected the longest day of the year as his day to encircle the land he wanted to acquire

Smithtown

SMITHTOWN 

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ST. JAMES 

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KINGS PARK 

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St. James
Kings Park
Southampton

Southampton

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English settlers from Lynn, Massachusetts came to Southampton to buy land from the local Shinnecock Indians in 1640. It was named after an English city of Southampton i Hampshire.

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SOUTHAMPTON (town)

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FLANDERS (hamlet)

 

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  • THE BIG DUCK, 1012 Flandrs Road,Flanders, NY (631)852-3377

 

BRIDGEHAMPTON (hamlet)

 

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Bridgehampton
Flanders
Southold

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Southold

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This was the first English settlement in Long Island. Puritans from New Haven, Ct. settled here in 1640. This was one of the colonies that was established and overseen by Connecticut and they wanted to stay part of Connecticut. They were forced to become part of New York by Governor Sir Edmund Andros who threatened to take all their property away.

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SOUTHOLD (town)

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CUTCHOGUE (hamlet)

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GREENPORT (village)

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Fire Island

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Although it is within Babylon, Islip and Brookhaven, we have set it off on its own. It has changed over the years and it continues to change due to storms and natural occurances. Super Storm Sandy made some changes to the island. The Fire Island Lighthouse was built in 1858. Much of the area is under the National Parks Service organization.

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