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Cod. postale. 11549, 11550 e 11551. Fuso orario. UTC-5. Cartografia. Hempstead. Sito istituzionale. Modifica dati su Wikidata · Manuale. Hempstead è un villaggio all'interno dell' omonima città degli Stati Uniti, nella contea di Nassau dello Stato di New York .
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Hempstead may have been named after Hemel Hempstead in the English county of Hertfordshire, where village founder John Carman was born. Another theory regarding the origin of the village's name is that it is derived from the town of Heemstede in the Netherlands, as this was an area from which many Dutch settlers of New Netherland originated. In 166...
Foundation
The land on which the Village of Hempstead stands was under Dutch control from the early 1620s. In the fall of 1643, two followers of the Presbyterian minister Richard Denton, Robert Fordham and John Carman, crossed Long Island Sound by rowboat to negotiate with the local Native Americans for a tract of land upon which to establish a new community. Representatives of the Marsapeague (Massapequa), Mericock (Merrick), Matinecock and Rekowake (Rockaway) tribes met with the two men at a site slig...
Rise
As the years passed, the population of Hempstead increased, as did its importance and prestige. Between 1703 and 1705, the newly formed St. George's Church received a silver communion service from England's Queen Anne. During the American Revolution, Hempstead was a center of British sympathizers. The British attempted to occupy Hempstead after the Battle of Long Island, and used St. George's as a headquarters as well as a place to worship. Judge Thomas Jones faulted a lax peace treaty for fo...
Recent years
In the course of the 1990s the village saw redevelopment as a government center as well as business center. There are more government employees from all levels of government in the village than there are in Mineola, the county seat. According to James York, the municipal historian, writing in 1998, the population during the day might rise to nearly 200,000, from a normal census of 50,000. Retailers' interest in the village was rekindled, due to the aggressive revitalization efforts of former...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.5 km2), all land. The Village of Hempstead differs from the majority of Nassau County as its population density is about 15,000 people per square mile—almost four times that of its neighbor on its northern border, Garden City.
2020 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 53,891 people, 15,234 households, and 10,945 families residing in the village. The racial makeup of the village was 21.9% White, 44.2% Hispanic, 48.3% Black or African American, 0.6% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 22.8% from other races, and 5.0% from two or more races. There were 16,034 households, out of which 38.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% were married couplesliving together, 27.0% had a female househ...
As of August 2022, the Mayor of Hempstead is Waylyn Hobbs, Jr, the Deputy Mayor is Jeffery Daniels, and the Village Trustees are Kevin Boone, Noah Burroughs, Jeffery Daniels, and Clariona D. Griffith. In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the majority of Hempstead voters voted for Joseph Biden(D).
Primary and secondary education
The community is served by the Hempstead Union Free School District. Students attend Alverta B. Gray-Schultz Middle School and Hempstead High Schoolfor their secondary years of K-12 education. There is one private high school in Hempstead: Sacred Heart Academy, a private all-girls Catholic school. There is one charter school located within the village: the Academy Charter School of Hempstead.
Higher education
Hofstra University's campus is partially located within the Village of Hempstead and is split between the village and its unincorporated neighbor, Uniondale.
The Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center is one of the largest hubs in Nassau County. It serves as the terminus of the Long Island Rail Road's Hempstead Branch, and is served by a number of Nassau Inter-County Expressroutes.
Residents (native or lived) about whom an article exists, by date of birth: 1. Samuel L. Mitchill(1764–1831), physician, naturalist, and politic; born in Hempstead 2. Walt Whitman(1819–1892; resident 1836–1838), poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist 3. William S. Hofstra(1861–1932), entrepreneur 4. Christopher Morley(1890–1957; resident during t...
Media related to Hempstead (village), New Yorkat Wikimedia Commons 1. Official website 2. Village Code
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FIPS code. 36-059-34000. Website. hempsteadny.gov. The Town of Hempstead (historically known as South Hempstead) is the largest of the three towns in Nassau County (alongside North Hempstead and Oyster Bay) on Long Island, in New York, United States.
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New Hempstead è un villaggio degli Stati Uniti d'America, situato nello stato di New York, nella contea di Rockland. Collegamenti esterni. EN) Sito web ufficiale dello stato di New York, su ny.gov
