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Welcome to Baiting Hollow ...

Baiting Hollow is located in Suffolk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Baiting Hollow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

A typical abbreviation for Baiting Hollow: Baiting Holw. (or less commonly used: Baiting Hlw. or Baiting Hllw.)

Baiting Hollow is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Baiting Hollow lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Baiting Hollow: 631 & 934<3>

Communities near Baiting Hollow ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Baiting Hollow.

  • Mastic Beach
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Patchogue
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Port Jefferson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Southampton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Southampton is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,313 people
    • Southampton has also been known as:
    • Southampton village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southampton <4>
  • Bellport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Westhampton Beach
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Valley is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
  • Quogue
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Poquott
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Poquott is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
  • Belle Terre
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Belle Terre is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Baiting Hollow. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Baiting Hollow.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Baiting Hollow. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baiting Hollow.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Baiting Hollow. See our Newspapers Page for Baiting Hollow.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Baiting Hollow ...

Looking for more information about Baiting Hollow? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Baiting Hollow, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Baiting Hollow.

Adding Baiting Hollow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Baiting Hollow in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Baiting Hollow was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Baiting Hollow post office opened in 1838. The Baiting Hollow post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Baiting Hollow.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Suffolk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Baiting Hollow - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 631 code has been Overlayed with the 934 area code. New phone numbers in the Baiting Hollow area will be assigned with one of these codes: 631 or 934. As a result, placing a call in the Baiting Hollow area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/