Smithtown NY Homes
Smithtown is a town in Suffolk County, and the hamlet of Smithtown sits inside it. The town also contains three incorporated villages — Head of the Harbor, Nissequogue, and the Village of the Branch — so the name can mean different things depending on the address.
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Common questions about Smithtown
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Town, hamlet or village?
All three names exist here. The town contains the hamlet of Smithtown and three villages. What that means for an address.
Which schools serve it?
Most of the hamlet is Smithtown Central; the wider town also touches five other districts. Schools in Smithtown.
What ZIP code is it?
11787, with part of the hamlet covered by the Hauppauge mailing zone, 11788.
What is the bull statue?
A landmark at the fork of Jericho Turnpike and St. Johnland Road, tied to the town's founding legend. Local landmarks.
Where Smithtown sits
A North Shore town with more water than land area suggests.
The Town of Smithtown is bounded by Long Island Sound to the north, the Town of Islip to the south, the Town of Brookhaven to the east, and the Town of Huntington to the west. The town's total area includes a large share of water in the Sound, while the hamlet itself is mostly land with a small water area.
Major roads include the Long Island Expressway in the southwest corner, the Northern State, Sagtikos and Sunken Meadow parkways, Jericho Turnpike (Route 25), Route 25A, Route 111, Route 347 and Veterans Memorial Highway (Route 454).
Schools in Smithtown
The district is large, and the town also overlaps with five others.
Most of the hamlet is served by the Smithtown Central School District, which operates seven elementary schools, three middle schools, and a high school with Eastern and Western campuses. Parts of the wider town fall within the Kings Park Central, Commack, Hauppauge, Sachem Central, and Three Village Central districts.
School attendance zones do not always follow a street or a ZIP code. Confirm the assigned schools for a specific address directly with the district before you rely on it.
Around Smithtown
Landmarks and open space that come up in conversation.
Smithtown Bull
The statue at the fork of Jericho Turnpike and St. Johnland Road, marking the west end of the Route 25 and 25A overlap.
Smithtown Performing Arts Center
A 1933 movie theater on East Main Street, renovated for live performances and now run by a nonprofit.
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
A state park preserve southwest of Smithtown village.
Sunken Meadow & Nissequogue River state parks
Two more state parks within the town, alongside the Blydenburgh Park Historic District.
Smithtown questions, answered
General information about the place, not advice about a specific property.
Is Smithtown a town or a village?
Smithtown is a town in Suffolk County, and the hamlet and census-designated place of Smithtown lies inside it. The town also contains the incorporated villages of Head of the Harbor, Nissequogue, and the Village of the Branch.
What ZIP code is Smithtown?
The Smithtown post office ZIP code is 11787. Part of the hamlet is also covered by the Hauppauge mailing zone, 11788.
What school district is Smithtown in?
Most of the hamlet is in the Smithtown Central School District. Parts of the wider town fall in the Kings Park, Commack, Hauppauge, Sachem and Three Village districts, so confirm the assignment for a specific address.
Where is Smithtown located?
The Town of Smithtown is on Long Island's North Shore. It is bounded by Long Island Sound to the north, the Town of Islip to the south, the Town of Brookhaven to the east, and the Town of Huntington to the west.
What is the Smithtown bull?
A large statue of a bull stands at the fork of Jericho Turnpike and St. Johnland Road. It commemorates the oft-repeated but apocryphal story that Richard Smith was granted all the land he could encircle in a day on a bull.
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