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Welcome to West Gilgo Beach ...

West Gilgo Beach is located in Suffolk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Gilgo Beach, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1941.

A typical abbreviation for West Gilgo Beach: W. Gilgo Bch.

West Gilgo Beach is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: West Gilgo Beach lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for West Gilgo Beach: 631 & 934<3>

Communities near West Gilgo Beach ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Gilgo Beach.

  • Hempstead
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Freeport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Valley Stream
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Long Beach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lindenhurst
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockville Centre
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Garden City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mineola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynbrook
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Massapequa Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massapequa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massapequa Park
    • Massapequa Park is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,034 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massapequa Park <4>

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 West Gilgo Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Gilgo Beach.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Gilgo Beach. 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 West Gilgo Beach.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Gilgo Beach ...

Looking for more information about West Gilgo Beach? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to West Gilgo Beach, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for West Gilgo Beach.

Adding West Gilgo Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Gilgo Beach 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 for West Gilgo Beach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the West Gilgo Beach post office opened in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Gilgo Beach.

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 West Gilgo Beach - 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 West Gilgo Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 631 or 934. As a result, placing a call in the West Gilgo Beach 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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