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Babylon is a village within the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York. The population was 12,188 at the 2020 census. [3] It is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) from New York City at the Queens border and approximately 33 miles (53 km) from Manhattan. Its official name is The Incorporated Village of Babylon.
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Old Babylon Town Hall. The region was once called Huntington South. Nathaniel Conklin and Nathan Kowitt [4] moved their families to the area, and around 1803 named it New Babylon, after the ancient city of Babylon. [5] The town was officially formed in 1872 by a partition of the Town of Huntington. [5]
A village is a clearly defined municipality that provides the services closest to the residents, such as garbage collection, street and highway maintenance, street lighting and building codes. Some villages provide their own police and other optional services. A hamlet is a populated area within a town that is not part of a village. The term ...
Oak Beach is in southwestern Suffolk County, in the southeast part of the village of Babylon. The census-designated place includes the community of Oak Beach on Jones Beach Island, as well as the community of Oak Island, directly to the north. The CDP is bordered to the east by Captree State Park and to the west by Gilgo State Park.
This hamlet is named after Chief Wyandanch, a leader of the Montaukett Native American tribe during the 17th century. Formerly known as Half Way Hollow Hills, West Deer Park (1875), and Wyandance (1893), the area of scrub oak and pine barrens south of the southern slope of Half Hollow terminal moraine was named Wyandanch in 1903 by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to honor Chief Wyandanch and ...
Name of place Type of place County Zip code Babcock Hill Oneida: 13318 Babcock Lake Rensselaer: 12138 Babylon: Town: Suffolk: 11702 – 11704 Babylon: Village: Suffolk: 11702 – 11704 Backus St. Lawrence Bacon Hill Saratoga: 12871 Bagdad Erie Baggs Corner Jefferson: 13601 Bailey Monroe Baileys Gap Ulster Baileys Settlement Onondaga Baileytown ...
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 recreational area for swimming, tennis and relaxation.