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History · Copiague

Copiague’s post office opened in 1903

Most of Copiague was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963. Below: 3 old photos and papers from 1915 on and old-book passages.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
6famous people
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From Copiague’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Copiague began

When was Copiague founded?

1903

The Copiague post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 23,429123 years
Founding year: the first Copiague post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Copiague’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Copiague’s homes were built before 1963.
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Start Copiague’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Copiague’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
3 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBrentwood;: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Copiague, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Copiague yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Copiague ( KOH-payg) is a hamlet on Long Island (and census-designated place) in the Town of Babylon, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 23,429 at the time of the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 22,993 in 2010, 23,429 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Copiague in 1882

Passages that mention Copiague, cut from the printed page as they were published.

to the meadow of Copiague; bounded on the south by John Wood's land; so stretching northward to the south path by the single pine, and so bounds on the east side by the south path till it comes to our south bounds laid out by Suammee."
...History of Suffolk county, New York1882Read the page →
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to the meadow of Copiague; bounded on the south by John Wood's land; so stretching northward to the south path by the single pine, and so bounds on the east side by the south path till it comes to our south bounds laid out by Suammee."

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Copiague, 1915 to 1974

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1915In the archiveBrentwood;
  3. 1936In the archiveCelia Cooney's house, Copiague, Long Island,1936
  4. 1949Born hereKene Holliday is born here
  5. 1956In the archive1956-BabylonExteriorofMartins
  6. 1959Born hereDonnie McClurkin is born here
  7. 1966Born hereShelton Jones is born here
  8. 1974Born hereChris Chetti is born here
By decade

Copiague, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1950s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s–1950s3 items
Brentwood;1915Brentwood;Celia Cooney's house, Copiague, Long Island,19361936Celia Cooney's house, Copiague, Long Island,19361956-BabylonExteriorofMartins19561956-BabylonExteriorofMartins
1960s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today3 recent
NY 27A west at CR 472010NY 27A west at CR 47Copiague2009CopiagueCopiague-map2007Copiague-mapMap
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Brentwood;
Retake this viewBrentwood;, 1915

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Copiague’s page.

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Famous people

6 famous people were born in Copiague

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Kene HollidayAmerican actor · b. 1949
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Shelton JonesAmerican basketball player · b. 1966
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Chris ChettiAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1974
Donnie McClurkinAmerican musician · b. 1959
Hank WebbAmerican baseball player · b. 1950
Snot DudleyAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1970
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Amityville1 historic placeB−LindenhurstIts storyCNorth Amityville1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGilgoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Copiague’s history

What year was Copiague founded?

The Copiague post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.