Town of Oyster Bay
| Oyster Bay, New York | |
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| Town | |
| Town of Oyster Bay | |
Sagamore Hill
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_highlighted.svg) Location in Nassau County and the state of New York. |
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 Oyster Bay, New York
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| Coordinates: 40°45′34″N 73°30′10″W / 40.75944°N 73.50278°WCoordinates: 40°45′34″N 73°30′10″W / 40.75944°N 73.50278°W | |
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 United States
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| State |
 New York
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| County | Nassau |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Joseph Saladino |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 169.5 sq mi (439.0 km2) |
| • Land | 104.4 sq mi (270.3 km2) |
| • Water | 65.1 sq mi (168.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 293,214 |
| • Density | 2,826.2/sq mi (1,091.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 11771 |
| Area code(s) | 516 |
| FIPS code | 36-56000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979336 |
| Website | www |
The Town of Oyster Bay is easternmost of the three towns in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County that extends from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island. 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 codes served by 20 different post offices. Each post office has the same name as a hamlet or village, but their boundaries seldom correlate.
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, is Sagamore Hill, the former residence and summer White House of Theodore Roosevelt and now a museum. At least six of the 36 villages and hamlets of the town have shores on Oyster Bay Harbor, an inlet of Long Island Sound, and many of these at one time or another have also been referred to as being part of the hamlet of Oyster Bay.
Succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples had lived in the area for thousands of years. At the time of European contact, the Lenape (Delaware) nation inhabited western Long Island. By 1600 the band inhabiting the local area was called the Matinecock after their location, but they were Lenape people.
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