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.
Nassau County Towns NY | Suffolk County Towns NY
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PLEASE NOTE: The list of Long Island towns below in not a complete list, but are those towns that have Web sites, official sites, chambers of commerce and/or local community sites on Long Island.

Nassau County NY Town of Hempstead 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 City of Glen Cove City of Long Beach Town of North Hempstead Great Neck Village Great Neck Chamber of Commerce Manhasset New Hyde Park Port Washington Saddle Rock Sands Point Town of Oyster Bay Bayville Bethpage Hicksville Chamber Massapequa Park Plainview-Old Bethpage Chamber Syosset Syosset/Woodbury

Suffolk County NY Town of Babylon Amityville Babylon Village Lindenhurst Town of Huntington East Northport Chamber of Commerce Huntington Chamber of Commerce Huntington Life Northport Village Northport Chamber of Commerce Town of Brookhaven Bellport Blue Point Brookhaven Mastic, Mastic Beach & Shirley Port Jefferson Patchogue - Medford Stony Brook Town of East Hampton East Hampton Chamber of Commerce East Hampton Montauk Chamber of Commerce Town of Islip Bay Port-Blue Point Chamber Bay Shore LI East Islip Historical Society Oakdale Ocean Beach Sayville West Islip Town of Riverhead Riverhead Chamber of Commerce Town of Smithtown St. James Smithtown Chamber Town of Southampton East Quogue Hampton Bays Sag Harbor Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce Town of Southold Greenport Mattituck Chamber Three Village Area

Town Resources:

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