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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.
Throughout the 19th century, the original house was expanded considerably. By 1888 it was bought by the Brooklyn Gun Club, and converted into a sportsman's hunting and fishing preserve. The property was named the "Wyandanch Club" in 1893. In 1963, it was acquired by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
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.
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 ...
Grand Sachem Chief Wyandanch (c. 1620 – 1659), Wyandanch, New York is named after him. Samson Occom (1723 – July 14, 1792), co-created the Brotherton Plan David Fowler (c. 1735-1807), co-created the Brotherton Plan
By 1663 East Hampton had passed laws prohibiting Indians from the town due to the smallpox plague that ravished the Montauketts. Grand sachem Wyandanch had united 13 tribes and moved the tribe off the Indian fields to gain the safety that being closer to the whites entailed. By the end of the 1800's barely 10-15 families were left on the east end.
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Wyandance, an alternative spelling of Wyandanch (sachem) (ca. 1620-1660), a sachem of the Montaukett Indians Wyandance, the former name of the town of Wyandanch, New York USS Wyandance (SP-359) , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918