Oyster Bay on Long Island
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The
Town of Oyster Bay is the easternmost of the three
towns that make up
Nassau County ,
New York , United States. Part of the
New York metropolitan area , it is the only town in Nassau County to extend from the
North Shore to the
South Shore of
Long Island . As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 301,332, making it the 5th most populous city or town in the state.
There are 18 villages and 18 hamlets within the town of Oyster Bay. The United States Postal Service has organized these 36 places into 30 five-digit ZIP Codes , served by 20 post offices. Each post office shares the name of one of the hamlets or villages, but their boundaries are usually not coterminous.
Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt's summer house © Marsky01
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
U.S. President 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.
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Town of Oyster Bay ,
NPS – Oyster Bay ,
Wikivoyage Oyster Bay and
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