Hempstead, New York, USA
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Where is Hempstead, New York, USA? Hempstead, Nassau, New York, USA
Hempstead is one of the three towns in Nassau County, New York, United States, occupying the southwest part of the county. There are twenty-two incorporated villages completely or partially in the town. There is also a village named Hempstead within the town.
Hempstead was first settled around 1644 following the establishment of a treaty between English colonists, John Carman and Robert Fordham, and the Indians in 1643. Although the settlers were from the English colony of Connecticut, a patent was issued by New Amsterdam after the settlers had purchased land from the local natives...
The town of Hempstead contains 22 villages and 37 hamlets:
Villages: Atlantic Beach, Bellerose, Cedarhurst, East Rockaway, Floral Park (part; with North Hempstead), Freeport, Garden City (small part in North Hempstead), Hempstead (village), Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor, Hewlett Neck, Island Park, Lawrence, Lynbrook, Malverne, Mineola (almost all in North Hempstead), New Hyde Park (part; with North Hempstead), Rockville Centre, South Floral Park, Stewart Manor, Valley Stream, and Woodsburgh
Hamlets: Baldwin, Baldwin Harbor, Barnum Island, Bay Park, Bellerose Terrace, Bellmore, Bethpage (part; with Oyster Bay), East Atlantic Beach, East Garden City, East Meadow, Elmont, Franklin Square, Garden City South, Harbor Isle, Hewlett, Inwood, Lakeview, Levittown, Lido Beach, Malverne Park Oaks, Merrick, North Bellmore, North Lynbrook, North Merrick, North Valley Stream, North Wantagh, North Woodmere, Oceanside, Point Lookout, Roosevelt, Salisbury (South Westbury), Seaford, South Hempstead, South Valley Stream, Uniondale, Wantagh, West Hempstead, and WoodmereWikipedia
Hempstead, New York, USA
Fulton Street, Hempstead, L.I.
Hempstead, New York, USA
Central Nassau Building, Hempstead, L.I., N.Y.
Hempstead, New York, USA
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1909 - TRAIN HITS AUTO; TWO MEN KILLEDThey Are Hurled Into the Telegraph Wires Overhead and a Third Seriously Injured.
GAVE NO HEED TO...Read MORE...
1910 - INMATES CAUGHT IN BLAZING POORHOUSE. OLD MAN DEAD, FIVE PERSONS IN HOSPITAL AFTER MIDNIGHT FIRE IN HEMPSTEAD. PANIC ON STEEP STAIRWAYS.HAND GRENADES KEPT THE FLAMES BACK AND SAVED MANY LIVES, BUT SOME OF THE INJURED MAY...Read MORE...
1912 - LONGSTAFF FATALLY INJURED IN CRASH.Hempstead, N.Y., Sept. 28 - JOHN L. LONGSTAFF, a former English army officer, was mortally injured...Read MORE...
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Hempstead, a banking post-village and summer-resort of Nassau co., N.Y., in Hempstead township...Read MORE...
Hempstead, a banking post-village and summer-resort of Nassau co., N.Y., in Hempstead township...Read MORE...
1950 - February 17 - 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center NYFebruary 17, 1950
1969 - September 2 - The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York.historyorb.com
September 2, 1969
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Rosetta BEDELL
(1804, Hempstead, New York, USA - 14 August 1887, Flushing, New York, USA)
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John JACKSON
(1645, Hempstead, New York, USA - 6 December 1725, Hempstead, New York, USA)
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Margret PRIESTLY
(1791, Hempstead, New York, USA - 29 March 1875, Dalton, Massachusetts, USA)
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Elizabeth SEAMAN
(1653, Hempstead, New York, USA - aft. August 1698, Hempstead, New York, USA)
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Stephen C SNEDECKER
(1795, Hempstead, New York, USA - 30 October 1860, Saratoga, New York, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Beatrice Elizabeth ALLEN
(abt. 1915, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) - 28 September 1963, Hempstead, New York, USA)
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Samuel Ethan ALLEN
(10 January 1882, St Joseph, Missouri, USA - 3 September 1950, Hempstead, New York, USA)
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Samuel Ethan ALLEN
(1 July 1926, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) - 7 November 1963, Hempstead, New York, USA)
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John JACKSON
(1645, Hempstead, New York, USA - 6 December 1725, Hempstead, New York, USA)
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Leopold KAUFFMANN
(1832, - 18 August 1894, Hempstead, New York, USA)
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William Henry NORRIS
(28 October 1801, Orono, Maine, USA - 19 October 1878, Hempstead, New York, USA)
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Elizabeth SEAMAN
(1653, Hempstead, New York, USA - aft. August 1698, Hempstead, New York, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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James JACKSON (31 August 1671 - 15 October 1735) &
Rebecca HALLETT (31 August 1675 - 12 April 1730)
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Cemeteries in Hempstead, New York, USA
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