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The Belle Terre Club was destroyed in a fire in 1934, the same year as the pergolas were deconstructed due to the financial burden of their upkeep. Due to a lapse in insurance coverage, the clubhouse was never rebuilt although a new country club opened in the Port
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16:"Belle Terre" redirects here. For the 2000 novel, see
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946:January 31,
921:October 20,
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703:other races
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377:Belle Terre
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1278:Ronkonkoma
1198:Holtsville
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1103:Blue Point
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774:References
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351:feature ID
327:Area codes
260:Population
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121:40°57′37″N
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1070:Patchogue
1065:Old Field
846:August 7,
495:Geography
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391:, on the
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1188:Hagerman
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1055:Bellport
1042:Villages
1016:New York
707:Hispanic
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332:631, 934
315:ZIP Code
183:New York
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1095:Hamlets
1075:Poquott
1032:Suffolk
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697:, 3.3%
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359:Website
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