Long Island Village Histories - Nassau County

Nassau County, NY -- Village & City Histories    (a classified list of links to online resources)        

         Note:  For Nassau County's two cities, see below under:
                               -- Glen Cove, NY
                               -- Long Beach, NY 
         Note:   CDP = Census-designated place  (below)     

-- General 

-- Albertson, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Alden Manor, NY (Unincorporated Village)
              See  Elmont, NY

-- Atlantic Beach, NY (Incorporated Village) 
              See also  East Atlantic Beach, NY

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-- Baldwin, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

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-- Baldwin Harbor, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Barnum Island, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Bay Park, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Bayville, NY (Incorporated Village; formerly  Oak Neck, NY)

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-- Baxter Estates, NY (Incorporated Village)

-- Bellerose, NY (Incorporated Village)

  • Village of Bellerose (The Village) - note: village history is in the Village Handbook (click tab at top), and is not reprinted in the Historian's Corner

-- Bellerose Terrace, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Bellmore, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
             See also  North Bellmore, N.Y.

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-- Bethpage, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP; formerly Central Park, NY)
              See also   Old Bethpage, NY

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--Brookville, NY (Incorporated Village)
             See also  Old Brookville, NY
             See also  Upper Brookville, NY

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-- Carle Place, NY (Inincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Cedarhurst, NY (Incorporated Village)

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-- East Atlantic Beach, NY   (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
            See also  Atlantic Beach, NY

-- East Garden City, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
            See also  Garden City. NY

-- East Massapequa, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
            See also  Massapequa, NY
            See also  Massapequa Park, NY

           Note:  Annie Oakley's L.I. roots are in this Wild East village

-- East Meadow, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

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-- East Norwich, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

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-- East Rockaway, NY (Incorporated Village)

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-- East Williston, NY (Incorporated Village)
             See also  Williston Park, NY

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-- Elmont, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

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-- Farmingdale, NY (Incorporated Village; formerly Hardscabble, NY)

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-- Floral Park, NY  (Incorporated Village)

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-- Flower Hill, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Franklin Square, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Freeport, NY  (Incorporated Village)
              Note:   Home of Eleanor Smith, pioneer woman aviator
                           Home of Velvet Underground singer, Lou Reed

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-- Garden City, NY  (Incorporated Village)
               See also  Garden City Park, NY
               See also  Garden City South, NY

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-- Garden City Park, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
               See also  Garden City, NY
               See also  Garden City South, NY

-- Garden City South (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
               See also  Garden City, NY
               See also  Garden City Park, NY

-- Glen Cove, NY, City of    (formerly Mosquito Cove)

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-- Glen Head, NY  (Inincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Glenwood Landing, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Great Neck, NY  (Incorporated Village; formerly  Horse's Neck)
              See also  Great Neck Estates, NY
              See also  Great Neck Gardens, NY
              See also  Great Neck Plaza, NY

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-- Great Neck Estates, NY (Incorporated Village and CDP)
              See also  Great Neck, NY
              See also  Great Neck Gardens, NY
              See also  Great neck Plaza, NY 

-- Great Neck Gardens, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
             See also  Great Neck, NY
             See also  Great Neck Estates, NY
             See also  Great neck Plaza, NY

-- Great Neck Plaza, NY (Incorporated Village)
              See also  Great Neck, NY
              See also  Great Neck Estates, NY
              See also  Great Neck Gardens

-- Greenvale, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Harbor Hills, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Hempstead, NY (Incorporated Village; formerly Heemstede)
                See also  West Hempstead, NY

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-- Herricks, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Hewlett, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
               See also  Woodmere, NY

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-- Hicksville, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
              Village in which singer Billy Joel was raised

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-- Inwood, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

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-- Island Park, NY  (Incorporated Village)

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-- Jericho, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

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-- Jones Beach, NY

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               See also   "L.I. - Beaches - Jones Beach State Park"   vertical file

-- Kensington, NY (Incorporated Village)

-- Kings Point, NY (Incorporated Village)

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-- Lake Success, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Lakeview, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Lattingtown, NY (Incorporated Village)

-- Lawrence, NY  (Incorporated Village)

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-- Levittown, NY  (Unincorporated Village)

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-- Lido Beach, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Locust Valley, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Long Beach, NY, City of
               Note:  Sadly, arguably Hurricane Sandy's worst victim on L.I., and still recovering

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  • Long Beach / Roberta Fiore, Carol Shahada Geraci, and Dave Roochvarg, for the Long Beach Historical and Preservation Society

-- Lynbrook, NY (Incorporated Village; formerly Pearsalls, Lusum; the current name is an   
               anagram of Brooklyn)

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  • Fiore, Roberta, Carole Shahada Geraci, and Dave Roochvarg, for the Long Beach Historical and Preservation Society.  Lynbrook, New York.  Charleston. SC:  Arcadia Press, 2010.
  • Mattson, Arthur S.  The History of Lynbrook.  Lynbrook, NY:  Lynbrook Historical Books, 2005. 

-- Malverne, NY  (Incorporated Village; formerly Skunk's Misery)

-- Manhasset, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP; formerly Success, NY)

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-- Manhasset Hills, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Manorhaven, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Massapequa, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
               See also  East Massapequa, NY
               See also  Massapequa Park, NY

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-- Massapequa Park, NY  (Incorporated Village) 
              See also  East Massapequa, NY
              See also  Massapequa, NY

-- Matinecock, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Meadow Island, NY (Island)

-- Merrick, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

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-- Mill Brook, NY

-- Mill Neck, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Mineola, NY  (Incorporated Village; also capital of Nassau County)

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-- Munsey Park, NY (Incorporated Village)

-- Muttontown, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- New Cassel, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP) 

-- New Hyde Park, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- North Bellmore, N.Y. (Unincorporated Village)
              See also  Bellmore, N.Y.

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-- North New Hyde Park, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- North Woodmere, NY (Unincorporated Village)

-- Oceanside, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

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-- Old Bethpage, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
             See also  Bethpage, NY
             See also  "L.I. - Museums - Old Bethpage Village Restoration"  vertical file

-- Old Brookville, NY  (Incorporated Village)
             See also  Brookville, NY
             See also  Upper Brookville, NY

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-- Old Westbury, NY  (Incorporated Village)
             See also  Westbury, NY

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-- Oyster Bay, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

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-- Plainedge, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Plainview, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP) 

-- Plandome, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Plandome Heights, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Plandome Manor, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Point Lookout, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Port Washington, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP) 

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-- Rockaways, The (Rockaway Peninsula)

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-- Rockville Centre, NY (Incorporated Village)

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  • "Boy Catches Burglars with Civil War Musket."  Patchogue Advance, February 14, 1928:  p. 5.

-- Roosevelt, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

  • Roosevelt, New York (Wikipedia)
  • Roosevelt (Possible Sundown Towns in New York; Sundown Towns:  A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, by James Lowen)

-- Roosevelt Field, NY  (Unincorporated Village)
               See also  Garden City, NY

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-- Roslyn, NY  (Incorporated Village)

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-- Roslyn Heights, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Russell Gardens, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Saddle Rock, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Saddle Rock Estates, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Sands Point, NY  (Incorporated Village)

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-- Sea Cliff, NY  (Incorporated Village)

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-- Seaford, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP; formerly Jerusalem South, NY)

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-- Searingtown, NY (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

-- Stewart Manor, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Syosset, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

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-- Thomaston, NY  (Incorporated Village)

-- Uniondale, NY (CDP)

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-- University Gardens, NY (CDP)

-- Upper Brookville, NY  (Incorporated Village)
             See also  Brookville, NY
             See also  Old Brookville, NY

-- Valley Stream, NY (Incorporated Village)
             See also  North Valley Stream, NY
             See also  South Valley Stream, NY

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-- Wantagh, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)

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-- West Hempstead, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
              See also  Hempstead, NY

-- Westbury, NY  (Incorporated Village)
               See also  Old Westbury, NY

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-- Williston Park, NY  (Incorporated Village)
            See also  East Williston, NY

-- Woodbury, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP) 

-- Woodmere, NY  (Unincorporated Village and CDP)
                 See also  Hewlett, NY 

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