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3 unusual facts about Oyster Bay


Mkhuseli Jack

At the age of six, Jack and his family moved to a farm in Klipdrift near Oyster Bay.

Ralph Wickiser

He was awarded a residency at the Tiffany Foundation in Oyster Bay, where he stayed to paint for the summer.

Robert Feke

Robert Feke (c. 1705 or 1707 – c. 1752) was an American portrait painter born in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.


East Woods School

The school serves students from many local communities, including Oyster Bay, East Norwich, Centerport, Cold Spring Harbor, Locust Valley, Huntington, Glen Cove, Syosset and Muttontown.

Johannes Roosevelt

Johannes Roosevelt (bap. February 27, 1689 – 1750), known as John Roosevelt, was a New York City businessman and alderman and the progenitor of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts, including Theodore and Eleanor Roosevelt.

New York State Route 107

The route begins at an intersection with Merrick Road (unsigned County Route 27 or CR 27) in Massapequa, serving several communities in the town of Oyster Bay before entering the city of Glen Cove and terminating at an intersection with Pulaski Street.

State University of New York at Old Westbury

It began in 1968 at Planting Fields, the former Coe Estate and arboretum in Oyster Bay, New York.


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Aboriginal Tasmanian

Little is known of their seasonal movements although it is believed that four of the five bands moved through Oyster Bay territory along the Derwent River to reach their coastal camps near Pitt Water.

John Sammis

John Merritt Sammis (1820-1909), business figure in Oyster Bay, New York and a friend of Theodore Roosevelt

Raynham Hall Museum

Home of the Townsend family, one of the founding families of Oyster Bay, on Long Island, New York, and a member of George Washington's Culper Ring of spies, the house was renamed Raynham Hall after the Townsend seat in Norfolk, England, in 1850 by a grandson of the original owner.

Stansbury, South Australia

The town was originally known as Oyster Bay, although it was officially proclaimed Stansbury in 1873 by Governor Anthony Musgrave, in honour of a friend.

Stirling Iron Works

The chain was instrumental in the discovery of Benedict Arnold, when Peter Townsend's cousin, Sally Townsend, whose brother Robert was a member of Gen George Washington's Culper Ring of spies, allegedly intercepted information at the family home in Oyster Bay, Long Island which occupied by British officers.