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Lake Ronkonkoma, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
Population (2000): 19701
Housing Units (2000): 6949
Land area (2000): 4.912902 sq. miles (12.724357 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.003031 sq. miles (0.007849 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.915933 sq. miles (12.732206 sq. km)
FIPS code: 40838
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 40.829709 N, 73.113015 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 11779
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Housing Units (2000): 6949
Land area (2000): 4.912902 sq. miles (12.724357 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.003031 sq. miles (0.007849 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.915933 sq. miles (12.732206 sq. km)
FIPS code: 40838
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 40.829709 N, 73.113015 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 11779
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Lake Ronkonkoma (lake)
Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island's largest freshwater lake, is in Suffolk County, New York, United States, and has a circumference of about , and is across on average. A kettle lake formed by retreating glaciers, it is owned by the Town of Islip under the terms of the Nichols Patent. The land around it is controlled by three town governments - Smithtown, Islip and Brookhaven. The separation originated because three different Indian communities claimed lands on different shores, and these claims continued when the tribes gave separate deeds to the land under their control. The name Ronkonkoma comes from an Algonquian expression meaning "boundary fishing-lake", also earlier written as Raconkumake and Raconkamuck.