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Hempstead

Hempstead is the most populous town in America, with a whopping 700,000 residents, located on the South Shore of , . The town is highly urbanized and fragmented, containing 22 semi-autonomous villages within its boundaries, and forty other neighborhoods. , encompassing the "Nassau Hub" region, has its own article.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Rockville Centre and Merrick.

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is a village in the Town of Hempstead in , on , in . prides itself on its rich history, schools, beautiful neighborhoods and its busy business district.

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is a hamlet in located on the south shore of , . is approximately 40 minutes from . It is named after the Meroke Indians, an Algonquin tribe that was indigenous to the area.

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Village is the downtown area of , in . It is an urban-scale downtown area, home to the town’s offices and its largest commercial and employment area.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Molloy College and Baldwin station.

University
Molloy University is a private Catholic university in , United States. Initially founded as a school for women, it is now co-educational.

Railway station
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Baldwin is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located on Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue in Baldwin, , , although it also includes Milburn and Brooklyn Avenues.

Church
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is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in , , on . It is the seat of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. The Most Reverend John Oliver Barres is the ordinary bishop of the Diocese and pastor of the Cathedral parish. is on campus with the cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garden City and Freeport.

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is a large area in the heart of , on , in , consisting of the Village of , the Village of Stewart Manor, and three hamlets: East , Park, and South.

Town
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Hempstead is the most populous town in America, with a whopping 700,000 residents, located on the South Shore of , . The town is highly urbanized and fragmented, containing 22 semi-autonomous villages within its boundaries, and forty other neighborhoods. , encompassing the "Nassau Hub" region, has its own article.

Town
is a hamlet located in the Town of Hempstead in , in , , United States. It had a population of 33,919 in 2020.

Hempstead

Latitude
40.6737° or 40° 40′ 25″ north
Longitude
-73.6191° or 73° 37′ 9″ west
Population
793,000
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US HEP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9826469435
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­municipality
Geo­Names ID
5120478
Wiki­data ID
Q1583289
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Hempstead” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هيمبستيد”
  • Armenian: “Հեպստեդ”
  • Basque: “Hempstead”
  • Belarusian: “Хэмпстэд”
  • Catalan: “Hempstead”
  • Chechen: “Гемпстед”
  • Chinese: “Hempstead”
  • Chinese: “亨普斯特德”
  • Chinese: “漢普斯特德 (紐約州)”
  • Chinese: “納蘇郡 (紐約州)”
  • Czech: “Hempstead”
  • Dagbani: “Hempstead”
  • Danish: “Hempstead”
  • Dutch: “Hempstead”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيمبستيد, نيويورك”
  • Esperanto: “Hempstead”
  • Estonian: “Hempstead”
  • Finnish: “Hempstead”
  • French: “Hempstead”
  • Georgian: “ჰემპსდეტი”
  • German: “Hempstead”
  • German: “Town of Hempstead”
  • Haitian: “Hempstead, New York”
  • Haitian: “Hempstead”
  • Hebrew: “המפסטד”
  • Hungarian: “Hempstead”
  • Irish: “Hempstead”
  • Italian: “Hempstead”
  • Japanese: “ハンプステッド”
  • Japanese: “ヘムステッド”
  • Korean: “헴프스터드”
  • Korean: “헴프스테드”
  • Luxembourgish: “Hempstead”
  • Mazanderani: “همپستید (نیویورک)”
  • Mazanderani: “همپستید”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hempstead”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Town of Hempstead”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hempstead”
  • Norwegian: “Town of Hempstead”
  • Polish: “Hempstead”
  • Portuguese: “Hempstead town”
  • Portuguese: “Hempstead”
  • Russian: “Саут-Хемпстед”
  • Russian: “Хемпстед”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Hempstead, Eabhraig Nuadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Hempstead”
  • Serbian: “Хемпстед”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hempstead, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hempstead”
  • Silesian: “Hempstead”
  • Slovak: “Hempstead”
  • Slovenian: “Hempstead”
  • Spanish: “Hempstead (Nueva York)”
  • Spanish: “Hempstead”
  • Swahili: “Hempstead, New York”
  • Swahili: “Hempstead”
  • Swedish: “Hempstead”
  • Tajik: “Ҳемпстед”
  • Tatar: “Гемпстед”
  • Turkish: “Hempstead, New York”
  • Turkish: “Hempstead”
  • Ukrainian: “Гемпстед”
  • Urdu: “ہیمبتید”
  • Uzbek: “Hempstead, New York”
  • Uzbek: “Hempstead”
  • Uzbek: “Ҳемпстеад”
  • Welsh: “Hempstead”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Hempstead”. Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.