Nassau County (New York)

administration
The Old Nassau County Courthouse in Garden City near Mineola, listed on the NRHP since 1978
US state :	new York
Administrative headquarters :	Mineola
Foundation :	1898
Made up from:	Queens County
Area code :	001 516
Demographics
Residents :	1,361,350 (2015)
Population density :	1,834.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1173 km²
Water surface :	431 km²
map

Website : www.co.nassau.ny.us

The Nassau County is a county in the state of New York of the United States . At the 2010 census , the county had 1,339,532 residents and a population density of 1,805.3 people per square kilometer. For 2015, the United States Census Bureau estimated the population at 1,361,350. The county seat is Mineola . Nassau County is on the island of Long Island and was formed from the eastern part of Queens County in 1898 because the residents voted against incorporation into New York City.

history

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (2007)

John Philip Sousa House (2008)

It was named after Wilhelm III. of Orange-Nassau , King of England.

There is a National Historic Site in the county , the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site . Three locations have National Historic Landmark status , the Sloop Christeen , Fort Massapeag Archeological Site, and the John Philip Sousa House . A total of 139 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 17, 2018).

geography

The county covers an area of 1,173 square kilometers, of which 431 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by the New York borough of Queens to the west and Suffolk County to the east . Together with Suffolk County, it is not quite correctly referred to by the residents as Long Island - in contrast to the districts of Queens and Brooklyn, which are also located on the island but belong to New York City . The county is densely populated and almost continuously built up. It is one of the highest earning and safest counties in the United States.

Long Island (states colored)
Nassau County (red) and Suffolk County (blue and light blue) and Brooklyn and Queens ( NY City , orange) to the west

Localities

Nassau County is made up of two towns called cities , Glen Cove and Long Beach , and three territorial units called towns :

In the towns there are numerous localities that are either called villages or hamlets :


Albertson Atlantic Beach Baldwin Baldwin Harbor Barnum Island Baxter Estates Bay Park Bayville Bellerose Bellerose Terrace Bellmore Bethpage Brookville Carle Place Cedarhurst Center Island Coburg Cove Neck East Atlantic Beach East Garden City East Hills East Massapequa East Meadow East Norwich East Rockaway East Williston Elmont Farmingdale	Floral park Flower Hill Franklin Square (New York) Freeport Garden City Garden City Park Garden City South Glen Head Glenwood Landing Great Neck Great Neck Estates Great Neck Gardens Great Neck Plaza Greenvale Harbor Hills Harbor Isle Hempstead Herricks Hewlett Hewlett Bay Park Hewlett Harbor Hewlett Neck Hicksville Inwood Island Park Jericho Kensington Kings Point	Lake Success Lakeview Lattingtown Laurel Hollow Lawrence Levittown Lido Beach Locust Valley Lynbrook Malverne Malverne Park Oaks Manhasset Manhasset Hills Manorhaven Massapequa Massapequa Park Matinecock Merrick Mill Neck Mineola Munsey Park Muttontown New Cassel New Hyde Park North Bellmore North Hills North Lynbrook North Massapequa	North Merrick North New Hyde Park North Merrick North New Hyde Park North Valley Stream North Wantagh Oceanside Old Bethpage Old Brookville Old Westbury Oyster Bay Oyster Bay Cove Plainedge Plainview Planomas Plandome Heights Plandome Manor Point lookout Port Washington Port Washington North Rockville Center Roosevelt Roslyn Roslyn Estates Roslyn Harbor Roslyn Heights	Russell Gardens Saddle rock Saddle Rock Estates Salisbury Sands Point Sea cliff Seaford Searingtown South Farmingdale South Floral Park South Hempstead South Valley Stream Stewart Manor Syosset Thomaston Uniondale University Gardens Upper Brookville Valley Stream Wantagh West Hempstead Westbury Williston Park Woodbury Woodmere Woodsburgh

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78001863.Retrieved June 8, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 974128. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Quickfacts: Nassau County, New York (English)
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York . National Park Service , accessed February 17, 2018.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 17, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Nassau County, New York - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

40.73 -73.59Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ′ N , 73 ° 35 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78001863.Retrieved June 8, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 974128. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Quickfacts: Nassau County, New York (English)

[4] Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York . National Park Service , accessed February 17, 2018.

[5] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 17, 2018.