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Wyandanch (/ ˈ w aɪ ə n ˌ d æ n tʃ /, WY-ən-danch) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, United States.The population was 12,990 at the time of 2020 census.
The Wyandanch Union Free School District (also known as Union Free School District No. 9 and often abbreviated as WUFSD) is a public school district headquartered in and serving the community of Wyandanch, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States.
Wyandanch (c. 1571 – 1659 [1]) was a sachem of the Montaukett Indians in the mid-17th century on eastern Long Island. [2] Initially he was a minor chief among the Montaukett, [3] but due to his skillful manipulation of various alliances and his accommodating stance towards the European colonists who gave him substantial military and economic support, he eventually became an influential ...
Wyandanch station was originally built in May 1875 as "West Deer Park". The station and tracks have always been at ground level. During the 1920s and 1930s, the vicinity of the station became the site of numerous horrific accidents involving crashes with trains at the unguarded grade-level rail crossings at Straight Path, 18th Street and Little East Neck Road.
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Chief Wyandanch granted the first deed to land in Amityville in 1658. [2] The area was originally called Huntington West Neck South (it is on the Great South Bay and Suffolk County, New York border in the southwest corner of what once called Huntington South), but is now the Town of Babylon. According to village lore, the name was changed in ...
Poggatacut (c. 1568 – 1651) also known as Youghco or Poggatticut, was sachem of the Manhasset Indian people of Shelter Island, New York and elder brother to Montaukett Sachem Wyandanch. Sachem Poggatacut and his wife Aswaw granted possession to Lion Gardiner for Gardiners Island in 1639.