Town of Oyster Bay, New York

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The Town of Oyster Bay is located in Nassau County.

Oyster Bay is 50 feet [15.24 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Oyster Bay lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Oyster Bay, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, the Town of Oyster Bay had a population of 293,925 people^<2> (or 22% of the total population of Nassau County). The population of Oyster Bay represented 1.55% of the total of New York, making it the state's 5th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Oyster Bay had a population of 301,474 people. This is an increase of 2.57% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Oyster Bay.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Greenwich (CT)	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	61,937	1.37% increase
	Babylon	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	219,761	3.76% increase
	Hempstead	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	761,101	0.68% increase
	Hempstead	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	53,915	4.67% decrease
	Huntington	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	201,594	3.23% increase
	Islip	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	336,292	4.24% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Oyster Bay.

The Commemorative Quarter for New York<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Oyster Bay. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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