Oyster Bay, New York

Oyster Bay, New York
Town
Town of Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay Town Hall in 2016.
Flag Seal
Nickname:  TOBAY
Location in the state of New York and Nassau County.
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Coordinates: 40°45′34″N 73°30′10″W / 40.75944°N 73.50278°W / 40.75944; -73.50278
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Nassau
First settled	1653; 371 years ago (1653)
Incorporated as a town	1687; 337 years ago (1687)
Government
• Type	Town Council
• Town Supervisor	Joseph S. Saladino (R)
• Town Council	Members' List • Michele M. Johnson (R) • Louis B. Imbroto (R) • Thomas Hand (R) • Steve Labriola (R) • Laura Maier (R) • Vicki Walsh (R)
Area [1]
• Total	169.40 sq mi (438.73 km2)
• Land	103.74 sq mi (268.69 km2)
• Water	65.65 sq mi (170.04 km2)  38.75%
Elevation	180 ft (55 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	301,332
• Density	1,800/sq mi (690/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	516, 363
FIPS code	36-56000
GNIS feature ID	0979336
Website	www.oysterbaytown.com

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 U.S. Postal Service has organized these 36 places into 30 five-digit ZIP Codes, served by 20 post offices.^[2] Each post office shares the name of one of the hamlets or villages, but their boundaries are usually not coterminous.

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.^[3]