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==History== The hamlet known today as Holtsville included only a few farmhouses in the late 18th century. In 1843, the [[Long Island Rail Road]] opened its [[Holtsville station|Waverly station]]. Maps from that period label the area as ''Waverly'', and a stagecoach line ran north–south along present day Waverly Avenue. As another post office named [[Waverly, Tioga County, New York|Waverly]] already existed in New York, the name of the hamlet was changed to Holtsville in 1860, in honor of U.S. Postmaster General [[Joseph Holt]]. As of 1874, Holtsville consisted of 15 houses, a school, and a general store.<ref name="newsdayholtsville">{{cite web| url=http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist004g,0,6589762.story| title= Newsday: Holtsville: The Taxman Sets Up a Regional Shop| access-date=August 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050409191047/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist004g,0,6589762.story |archive-date=April 9, 2005}}</ref> The train station retained the name "Waverly" for some time, but was eventually also changed to Holtsville, probably in the 1890s, after farmers complained about their shipments going upstate by mistake.<ref name="bayleshandbook">Bayles, Richard Mather. ''Bayles' Long Island Handbook'' (Budget Steam Print: Babylon, New York, 1885) (1885 guidebook notes that the train station is called Waverly)</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Holtsville History Recalled as a Result of Handbook Story| publisher=Mid-Island Mail | date=November 13, 1935 }} ("According to the Terrys and Mr. Bates the name was changed in 1897, on petition of the residents, mostly farmers, of Selden and Farmingville.")</ref> In 1916, the Suffolk County [[Tuberculosis]] Sanatorium opened on land that was considered Holtsville at the time, but is now part of the hamlet of [[Selden, New York|Selden]].<ref>{{cite news | title=COLLEGE SITE CHOSEN; Suffolk Picks Vacant Building at Holtsville Sanatarium | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=May 24, 1960 }}</ref> The site later became the location of the main campus of [[Suffolk County Community College]]. The [[Internal Revenue Service]] opened a large processing center on a {{convert|67|acre|m2|adj=on}} site in the hamlet in 1972.<ref name="newsdayholtsville"/> The rail era in Holtsville ended in 1998, when a number of LIRR stations closed due to low ridership.<ref name="LIRR">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/15/nyregion/end-of-the-line-for-lirr-s-10-loneliest-stops.html | title=End of the Line for L.I.R.R.'s 10 Loneliest Stops | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=Mar 15, 1998 | access-date=2009-08-06 | first=Somini | last=Sengupta}}</ref> Holtsville commuters were advised to use [[Medford station|Medford]] and [[Ronkonkoma station|Ronkonkoma]] stations; more use Ronkonkoma because, except for a few peak-hour trains terminating in [[Mineola station (LIRR)|Mineola]] or [[Hicksville station|Hicksville]], boarding at Medford would require transfer to an electric train at Ronkonkoma anyway. As of 2016, the Internal Revenue Service in Holtsville has the lowest [[ZIP Code]] (00501) in use in the United States.<ref name="ZIPCode">{{cite web | url=https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-facts/fun-facts.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121071754/https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-facts/fun-facts.htm | archive-date=2016-11-21 | title=USPS Fun Facts | access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>
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