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NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK COMMUNITIES

In New York State, a town is the major subdivision of each county. Towns provide or arrange for most municipal services for residents of hamlets and selected services for residents of villages.

All residents of New York who do not live in a city or on an Indian reservation live in a town. A village is an incorporated area which is usually, but not always, within a single town.

A village is a clearly defined municipality that provides the services closest to the residents, such as garbage collection, street and highway maintenance, street lighting and building codes.

Some villages provide their own police and other optional services.

A hamlet is an informally-defined populated area within a town that is not part of a village.

City of Glen Cove

Glen Cove, New York

City of Long Beach

Long Beach, New York

Town of Hempstead

Hempstead (town), New York

The Town of Hempstead contains 22 villages and 35 hamlets:

Villages: Atlantic Beach, Bellerose, Cedarhurst, East Rockaway, Freeport, Garden City, Hempstead (village), Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor, Hewlett Neck, Island Park, Lawrence, Lynbrook, Malverne, Rockville Centre, South Floral Park, Stewart Manor, Valley Stream, Woodsburgh
Hamlets: Baldwin, Baldwin Harbor, Barnum Island, Bay Park, Bellerose Terrace, Bellmore, 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, Seaford, South Hempstead, South Valley Stream, Uniondale, Wantagh, West Hempstead, Woodmere
Villages located partly in the Town of North Hempstead: Floral Park, Garden City (almost all in Hempstead), Mineola (almost all in North Hempstead), New Hyde Park

Town of North Hempstead

North Hempstead, New York

The Town of North Hempstead contains 31 villages.

Villages: Baxter Estates, East Williston, Flower Hill, Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kensington, Kings Point, Lake Success, Manorhaven, Munsey Park, North Hills, Plandome, Plandome Heights, Plandome Manor, Port Washington North, Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock, Sands Point, Thomaston, Westbury, Williston Park
Hamlets: Albertson, Carle Place, Garden City Park, Glenwood Landing, Great Neck Gardens, Greenvale, Harbor Hills, Herricks, Manhasset, Manhasset Hills, New Cassel, North New Hyde Park, Port Washington, Roslyn Heights, Saddle Rock Estates, Searingtown, University Gardens
Villages located partly in the Town of Hempstead: Floral Park, Garden City (almost all in Hempstead), Mineola (almost all in North Hempstead), New Hyde Park
Villages located partly in the Town of Oyster Bay: East Hills, Old Westbury, Roslyn Harbor Sea Cliff Historic hamlet sea cliff

Town of Oyster Bay

Oyster Bay (town), New York

The Town of Oyster Bay contains 18 villages and 18 hamlets:

Villages: Bayville, Brookville, Centre Island, Cove Neck, Farmingdale, Lattingtown, Laurel Hollow, Massapequa Park, Matinecock, Mill Neck, Muttontown, Old Brookville, Oyster Bay Cove, Sea Cliff, Upper Brookville
Hamlets: Bethpage, East Massapequa, East Norwich, Glen Head, Glenwood Landing (part), Greenvale (part), Hicksville, Jericho, Locust Valley, Massapequa, North Massapequa, Old Bethpage, Oyster Bay, Plainedge, Plainview, South Farmingdale, Syosset, Woodbury, Sea Cliff Historic Hamlet
Villages located partly in the Town of North Hempstead: East Hills, Old Westbury, Roslyn Harbor

The U.S. Postal Service has organized these 36 places into 20 different post offices with a total of 30 different 5-digit ZIP codes.

Some post offices have the same name as a hamlet or village, but the boundaries are seldom the same.

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ABOUT NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

Nassau County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. At the 2010 census, the county’s population was 1,400,000 estimated to have increased to 1,400,514 in 2017. The county seat is Mineola and the largest town is the Town of Hempstead.

Nassau County is situated in western Long Island, bordering New York City’s borough of Queens to the west, and Suffolk County to the east. It is the most densely populated and second-most populous county in New York state outside of New York City, with which it maintains extensive rail and highway connectivity, and is considered one of the central counties within the New York metropolitan area.

Nassau County contains two cities, three towns, 64 incorporated villages, and more than 60 unincorporated hamlets

A 2012 Forbes article based on the American Community Survey reported Nassau County as the most expensive county and one of the highest income counties in the United States, and the most affluent in the state of New York, with four of the nation’s top ten towns by median income located in the county.

The name of the county comes from an old name for Long Island, which was at one time named Nassau, after the Dutch Prince William of Nassau, a member of the House of Nassau, itself named for the German town of Nassau. The county colors (orange and blue) are also the colors of the House of Orange-Nassau.

The area now designated Nassau County was originally the eastern 70% of Queens County, one of the original 12 counties formed in 1683, and was then contained within two towns: Hempstead and Oyster Bay.

In 1784, the Town of North Hempstead, was formed through secession by the northern portions of the Town of Hempstead. Nassau County was formed in 1899 by the division of Queens County, after the western portion of Queens had become a borough of New York City in 1898, as the three easternmost towns seceded from the county.

Population: 1.37 million (2017)

State Community College: Nassau Community College

Point of interest: Jones Beach State Park

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Did you know: Nassau is the third-highest-income New York location by per capita income ($41,387)

City of Glen Cove Glen Cove, New York

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Town of Hempstead

Town of North Hempstead

Town of Oyster Bay

City of Glen Cove

Glen Cove, New York

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