[2] The Incorporated Village of Bayville is located on the Long Island Sound facing Greenwich, Connecticut.

In 1658, Oyster Bay resident Daniel Whitehead purchased the land from the tribes.

In 1859, Oak Neck was renamed Bayville and the first Methodist church was constructed west of what is now Merritt Lane.

Bayville was put on the front page of many newspapers in 1927 when the rum rummer William T. Bell ran ashore at the Oak Point estate.

Things were a little slow for a while, but after World War II, the community began to boom.

A new church, post office, and school were built in the span of three years, and from 1950 to 1960, the population doubled.

As of October 2022, the Mayor of Bayville is longtime resident Steve Minicozzi and the Village Trustees are Valerie M. Belcher, Patricia Farnell, Robert M. Nigro, Elisa Santoro, and Peter B.