North Hempstead
| North Hempstead | |
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 Old Nassau County Courthouse, Mineola |
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| Location in Nassau County (New York) | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | new York |
| County : | Nassau County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 48 ′ N , 73 ° 41 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 226,322 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,632.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 179.0 km 2 (approx. 69 mi 2 ) of which 138.6 km 2 (approx. 54 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 51 m |
| Postcodes : | 11500-11599 |
| Area code : | +1 516 |
| FIPS : | 36-53000 |
| GNIS ID : | 979289 |
| Website : | www.northhempstead.com |
 Lake Success |
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The Town of North Hempstead is one of three towns in Nassau County, New York . It is located between Hempstead and Oyster Bay on Long Island .
It was here on July 6, 1919, that the first Atlantic non-stop flight , an R34 , landed at Roosevelt Field in Mineola. Seven years later, the first flight of a Sikorsky S-35 also took off from here .
In 1936 the US Post Office Mineola was built by the architect Julian Peabody .
After 1950, the dentist DB Ast demonstrated the positive effect of fluoridation in drinking water.
Today the headquarters of the sports equipment supplier Maverik Lacrosse is located here .
Villages and hamlets
North Hempstead includes:
- Floral park
- Lake Success
- Mineola (seat of Nassau County)
- Port Washington
- Roslyn
- Roslyn Harbor (partially located in Oyster Bay )
- Westbury
Personalities
- Martin Bäumer (* 1967), politician
- William Cobbett (1763-1835), writer
- Louis Gerstner, Jr. (born 1942), manager
- Kevin James (born 1965), actor
- Carlos Mendes (* 1980), football player
- Matilde Moisant (1878–1964), pilot
- John A. Searing (1805–1876), politician
- Gerry Studds (1937-2006), politician
- Sonny Terry (1911-1986), blues singer
- Alexa Vojvodić (* 1992), soccer player
Web links
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