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Town of Babylon, New York
Nickname: 
Babylon
Argyle Lake in the Town of Babylon
Argyle Lake in the Town of Babylon
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountySuffolk
Government
 • SupervisorSteve Bellone
Area
 • Land53 sq mi (140 km2)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total211,792
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Websitehttp://www.townofbabylon.com/

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.

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)

Other communities

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

State Parks

Other

  • Fire Island Inlet, a passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great South Bay.
  • Republic Airport, an airport.
  • The town was featured in the show American version of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Ramsay spent a week at Peter's a local Italian eatery.

Local Media

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

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