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Babylon is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Located on Long Island, the town population was 214,191 as of the 2014 census. Parts of Jones Beach Island, Captree Island and Fire Island are in the southernmost part of the town. It borders Nassau County to the West, and the Atlantic Ocean to the South. At its westernmost point, its location is approximately 20 miles (32 km) from New York City at the Queens border, and approximately 30 miles (48 km) from Manhattan. There is also a village of Babylon located within the town.

History

The region was once called South Huntington. Nathaniel Conklin moved his family to the area, eventually calling it "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

• 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

• Copiague
• Deer Park
• East Farmingdale
• Gilgo, includes communities of West Gilgo Beach, Gilgo Beach, and Cedar Beach
• North Amityville
• North Babylon
• North Lindenhurst
• Oak Beach–Captree, includes communities of Oak Island, Oak Beach, and Captree Island
• West Babylon
• Wheatley Heights
• Wyandanch

Other communities

• Amity Harbor, located in the hamlet of Copiague
• Copiague Harbor, located in the hamlet of Copiague

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.
• Oak Island, an island in the Great South Bay.

Beaches

• Cedar Beach
• Gilgo Beach
• Oak Beach
• Overlook Beach

State parks

• Belmont Lake State Park, a state park in the northeast part of the town.
• Captree State Park, a state park partly in the southeast part of the town and adjacent to the Fire Island Inlet.
• Gilgo State Park, an undeveloped preserve on a barrier island on the southern side of the town.
• Robert Moses State Park, a state park on Fire Island is partly in the town.

Other

• Fire Island Inlet, a passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great South Bay.
• The town was featured in the American version of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.