Long Island Towns
Long Island New York is
comprised of two counties (Nassau County and Suffolk County), two
cities (Long Beach and Glen Cove), numerous local towns, villages,
hamlets, postal zones and designated places.
- County:
A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state,
created to perform state functions; a "regional government. All
counties are divided into cities, towns and Indian reservations.
- City:
A city is a unique government entity with its own special charter.
Cities are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods which are
informal geographic areas.
- Town: A town is a
municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the state
except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be
sub-divided into villages and hamlets.
- Village: A
village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily
by the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves
with municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar
to those of a city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are
informal geographic areas.
- Hamlet: A hamlet is an
unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed at-large by
the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which are
informal geographic areas.
- Postal Zone: A postal zone
"City and "Town" is an administrative district established by the U.S.
Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town" may
or may not conform to municipal or community border. Thus, postal zone
location does not always determine city, village or hamlet location.
- Designated Place:
A designated place is a term derived from the term "Census Designated
Place" or CDP in censuses beginning with 1980. It replaced the
designation (U) or unincorporated. A designated place is similar to
that of a hamlet.
Long Island has more towns and villages than Hollywood has movie stars,
and it can get a little confusing even to those of us who are born and
raised here. In Nassau County we have three towns: (Oyster Bay,
Hempstead, North Hempstead) and two cities (Long Beach and Glen Cove).
In Suffolk there are ten towns: Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton,
Huntington, Islip, Riverhead, Smithtown, Shelter Island, Southampton
and Southold. as well as two Indian reservations (Poospatuck and
Shinnecock). In addition there are local hamlets and villages within
these towns that are too numerous to mention here.
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- Baldwin
- Bellmore Chamber of Commerce
- Elmont
- Franklin Square
- Freeport
- Freeport Village
- Garden City
- Levittown
- Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce
- Merrrick Chamber of Commerce
- New Hyde Park Village
- Rockville Centre
- Uniondale
- Valley Stream
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- Great Neck Village
- Great Neck Chamber of Commerce
- Manhasset
- New Hyde Park
- Port Washington
- Saddle Rock
- Sands Point
- Bayville
- Bethpage
- Hicksville Chamber
- Massapequa Park
- Plainview-Old Bethpage Chamber
- Syosset
- Syosset/Woodbury
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- Amityville
- >Babylon Village
- Lindenhurst
- East Northport Chamber of Commerce
- Huntington Chamber of Commerce
- Huntington Life
- Northport Village
- Northport Chamber of Commerce
- Bellport
- Blue Point
- Brookhaven
- Mastic, Mastic Beach & Shirley
- Port Jefferson
- Patchogue - Medford
- Stony Brook
- East Hampton Chamber of Commerce
- East Hampton
- Montauk Chamber of Commerce
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- Bay Port-Blue Point Chamber
- Bay Shore LI
- East Islip Historical Society
- Oakdale
- Ocean Beach
- Sayville
West Islip
- Riverhead Chamber of Commerce
- St. James
- Smithtown Chamber
- East Quogue
- Hampton Bays
- Sag Harbor
- Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce
- Greenport
- Mattituck Chamber
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