List of New York State Historic Markers in Nassau County, New York

This is intended to be a complete list of New York State Historic Markers in Nassau County, New York

Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...

Town of Hempstead

	Marker name	Location	City or Town	Marker text
1	CHERRYWOOD	WANTAGH AVE., NO. OF JERUSALEM AVE.	Wantagh, New York Wantagh, New York Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States...	HOME OF CAPT. JOHN SEAMAN BUILT NEAR THIS SITE 1644. PATENTEE TO 300 ACRE TRACT OF HEMPSTEAD PURCHASE
2	1666 JACKSON -- JONES 1935	MERRICK RD. E. OF RIVERSIDE DR.	Wantagh, New York Wantagh, New York Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States...	HOME OF COL. JOHN JACKSON BRIG. GEN. JACOB S. JACKSON SAMUEL JACKSON JONES (1923) AND THEIR DESCENDANTS FOR TEN GENERATIONS
3	BENJAMIN F. THOMPSON	FULTON AVE., W. OF TERRACE AVE.	Hempstead, New York Hempstead (village), New York Hempstead is a village located in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 53,891 at the 2010 census.Hofstra University is located on the border between Hempstead and Uniondale.-Foundation:...	1784-1849, WROTE "HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND" WHILE LIVING HERE. HIS GRAVE IS IN HEMPSTEAD.
4	DUKE'S LAW CONVENTION	W. SIDE COOPER FIELD PARKING SPACE BETWEEN FULTON & FRONT STS.	Hempstead, New York Hempstead (village), New York Hempstead is a village located in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 53,891 at the 2010 census.Hofstra University is located on the border between Hempstead and Uniondale.-Foundation:...	DUKE'S LAW CONVENTION HELD NEAR THIS SPOT IN OLD BUILDING, 1664-65.
5	GRIST MILL SITE	MERRICK RD. E. OF RIVERSIDE DR.	Wantagh, New York Wantagh, New York Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States...	COL. JOHN JACKSON GRANTED WHOLE LIBERTY AND PRIVILEGE JERUSALEM RIVER 1704; ALSO CONBURY PATENT 1708 FROM QUEEN ANNE (NOW JONES BEACH).
6	HOME OF ALEXANDER DAVISON	OCEAN & ATLANTIC AVES.	Rockaway, New York	HOME OF ALEXANDER DAVISON, SON OF ROBERT DAVISON, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER, WHOSE GRANDSON CHARLES AND FAMILY LIVED HERE UNTIL THE YEAR 1921
7	HOMESTEAD SITE	MERRICK RD. E. OF CENTRAL BLVD.	Freeport, New York Freeport, New York Freeport is a village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island. The population was 42,860 at the 2010 census. A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the New York City theater community...	1687-1884, SIX GENERATIONS OF THE JONATHAN SMITH JR. BRANCH ROCK SMITH FAMILY. LONG ISLAND SETTLERS, 1664
8	INDIAN TRAIL	NYS 27 & SEAMAN NECK RD.	Seaford, New York Seaford, New York Seaford is a census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 15,294 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Seaford is located at ....	INDIAN TRAIL AND SEAMAN'S NECK PATH THROUGH TRACT PURCHASED FROM MASSAPEQUA INDIANS, 1664, BY CAPTAIN JOHN SEAMAN; BECAME PUBLIC HIGHWAY, 1762
9	LINDBERGH'S FLIGHT	ON POST AVE., NEAR ENTRANCE TO ROOSEVELT RACEWAY		ON MAY 20, 1927, COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH ROSE 1/4 MILE WEST FROM ROOSEVELT FIELD, LANDING 33 HOURS LATER AT LE BOURGET FIELD, FRANCE
10	MEETING HOUSE	WANTAGH AVE., NO. OF JERUSALEM AVE.	Wantagh, New York Wantagh, New York Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States...	BUILT 1827 BY RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, FIRST MEETING IN JERUSALEM HELD AT HOME OF BENJAMIN SEAMAN, 1699
11	NORTH JERUSALEM AVENUE	WANTAGH AVE., NO. OF SOUTHERN STATE PKWY.	Wantagh, New York Wantagh, New York Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States...	VERY OLD ROUTE FROM HEMPSTEAD TO JERUSALEM SETTLED 1644
12	RICHARD JACKSON	WANTAGH AVE., S. OF STRATFORD RD.	Wantagh, New York Wantagh, New York Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States...	CAPTAIN, JERUSALEM COMPANY, QUEENS CO. MILITIA 1776, LIVED HERE: DAUGHTER JANE M. LT. JOHN ALTHAUSE, HESSIAN ON BRITISH EVACUATION 1783
13	ROCK HALL	B'WAY AT ENTRANCE TO ROCK HALL	Lawrence, New York Lawrence, New York Lawrence, New York may refer to:Lawrence, Nassau County, New York, a villageLawrence, St. Lawrence County, New York, a town...	COLONIAL MANOR HOUSE BUILT BY JOSIAH MARTIN 1767 RESIDENCE OF HEWLETT FAMILY 1824-1948 OWNED BY TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
14	SAND HOLE CHURCH	BABYLON TRNPKE. & SEAMAN AVE.	Freeport, New York Freeport, New York Freeport is a village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island. The population was 42,860 at the 2010 census. A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the New York City theater community...	SITE OF CONVERTED STORE. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN FREEPORT, 1833-58 NEAR CORNER OF OLD CROOKED AVENUE
15	SITE OF COL. RICHARD HEWLETT HOME	MAIN ST., BETWEEN CARMAN AND GRANT AVES.	Rockaway, New York	FAMOUS TORY OF LONG ISLAND, WHO PLANNED TO CAPTURE GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
16	SITE OF STAGE COACH STOP ROUTE BROOKLYN TO BABYLON	BABYLON TRNPKE. S. OF MEADOWBROOK RD.		MERRICK POST OFFICE AND GENERALSTORE 1840-73; "LIBERTY FLAG POLE" 1862-92
17	SITE OF FIRST GRIST AND SAW MILL	E. ROCKAWAY RD. OCEAN AVE.	East Rockaway, New York East Rockaway, New York East Rockaway is a village in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. The population was 9,818 at the 2010 census.The Incorporated Village of East Rockaway is in the town Hempstead, adjacent to Lynbrook, Hewlett and Oceanside. The primary ethnicities are mainly Italian and Irish...	BUILT BY JOSEPH HAVILAND IN 1688. LAST OPERATORS CHARLES DAVISON AND SONS, ROBERT, HERBERT, AND JOHN
18	SITE OF FIRST GRIST AND SAW MILL	MILL RD., E. OF NASSAU RD.	Freeport, New York Freeport, New York Freeport is a village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island. The population was 42,860 at the 2010 census. A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the New York City theater community...	OF DANIEL RAYNOR RAYNORTOWN SETTLED BY EDWARD RAYNOR OR HIS CHILDREN, 1659
19	SITE OF INDIAN VILLAGE LODGES	NYS 27, W. OF CENTRAL BLVD.	Merrick, New York Merrick, New York Merrick is a hamlet in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 22,097. The name "Merrick" is taken from Meroke, the name of the Algonquian tribe formerly indigenous to the area...	SITE OF INDIAN VILLAGE LODGES OF MEROKE TRIBE WERE FEW HUNDRED FEET SOUTH. MERRICK SETTLED IN 1643. FLAG POLE" 1862-92
20	SITE OF HOME ROBERT JACKSON	WANTAGH AVE., S. OF HEMPSTEAD AVE.	Wantagh, New York Wantagh, New York Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States...	SITE OF HOME ROBERT JACKSON PIONEER SETTLER JERUSALEM, 1644. PATENTEE TO TRACT SOUTHWARD AFTER HEMPSTEAD PURCHASE
21	SITE OF OVEN	MAIN ST., SO. OF ATLANTIC AVE.	East Rockaway, New York East Rockaway, New York East Rockaway is a village in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. The population was 9,818 at the 2010 census.The Incorporated Village of East Rockaway is in the town Hempstead, adjacent to Lynbrook, Hewlett and Oceanside. The primary ethnicities are mainly Italian and Irish...	FIRST OVEN FOR PUBLIC USE. SOLD BY AARON ALBURTIS TO ISAAC BLOOM IN 1760. BREAD WAS BAKED HERE FOR THE NEIGHBORS TWICE A WEEK
22	SITE OF OVEN	MAIN ST., SO. OF ATLANTIC AVE.	East Rockaway, New York East Rockaway, New York East Rockaway is a village in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. The population was 9,818 at the 2010 census.The Incorporated Village of East Rockaway is in the town Hempstead, adjacent to Lynbrook, Hewlett and Oceanside. The primary ethnicities are mainly Italian and Irish...	FIRST POST OFFICE, 1869 RICHARD CARMAN AND L.D. SIMONS IN CHARGE FIRST CALLED NEAR ROCKAWAY NOW, EAST ROCKAWAY
23	THIS HOME WAS GIVEN TO JOHN HEWLETT	NYS 412	Clinton, New York Clinton, New York Clinton is the name of several places in New York State:Clinton, Clinton County, New YorkClinton, Dutchess County, New YorkClinton, Oneida County, New YorkHell's Kitchen, Manhattan, also known as "Clinton"...	THIS HOME WAS GIVEN TO JOHN HEWLETT BY HIS GRANDFATHER, GEORGE HEWLETT, WHO CAME HERE FROM ENGLAND IN 1636. THE HOME IS STILL IN THE FAMILY
24	WANTAGH	WANTAGH AVE., N. OF MERRICK RD.	Wantagh, New York Wantagh, New York Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States...	FIRST SETTLEMENT 1644 NAMED IN MEMORY OF GRAND SACHEM OF MONTAUKS 1651-1658 FOR TEN GENERATIONS
25	WANTAGH	MERRICK RD. E. AT WANTAGH CAUSEWAY	Wantagh, New York Wantagh, New York Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States...	FIRST SETTLEMENT 1644 NAMED IN MEMORY OF GRAND SACHEM OF MONTAUKS 1651-1658 FOR TEN GENERATIONS

Town of Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay (town), New York
The Town of Oyster Bay is easternmost of the three towns in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County that extends from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the town population was...

	Marker name	Location	City or Town	Marker text
1	Broad Spring	Central Ave & Meeting House Rd.	Farmingdale, New York Farmingdale, New York The Village of Farmingdale is an incorporated village on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York in the United States...	This spring marks point laid out in first highway survey of Bethpage made 1732 by Samuel Willis.
2	Cantiag Woods	Cantiague Rd. & W. John St.	Hicksville, New York Hicksville, New York Hicksville is a hamlet and census-designated place located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 41,547 at the 2010 census...	Northwest corner of land conveyed by Indian deed to Robert Williams 1648. Rock placed as Town boundary marker 1745.
3	Council Rock Council Rock (Oyster Bay, New York) Council Rock is located on Lake in Oyster Bay, New York. It was a Matinecock meeting ground and the location of a sacred council fire. In 1672, George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society of Friends , gave a sermon there during his visit to America.-History:George Fox was an English Dissenter...	Lake Ave. & Shore Ave.	Oyster Bay	Here George Fox, 1672, met with Wrights, Underhill and Feeke at Quaker Gatherings.
4	Fortified Hill Townsend Cemetery The Townsend Cemetery is located atop one of the most distinguished hills surrounding Oyster Bay, New York. Here members of the prominent Townsend family, some of whom built and later lived in Raynham Hall, are buried here...	Orchard and Prospect Sts.	Oyster Bay	Occupied by Colonel Simcoe's Queens Rangers 1779-1781.
5	Glen Street Station Glen Street (LIRR station) Glen Street is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Glen Street , near Elm Avenue, in the City of Glen Cove, New York....	Cedar Swamp Road(Glen Street) South of Elm Avenue.	Glen Cove Glen Cove, New York Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 26,964....	City of Glen Cove. R.R. STATION. First train to New York from Glen Cove Glen Street. May 16, 1867. Erected 1967.
6	Home of Samuel Jones	Merrick Rd., E. of NYS 107	Massapequa, New York Massapequa, New York Massapequa is a hamlet located in the suburban Nassau County, New York. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 21,685.Massapequa is located on the South Shore of Long Island....	Home of Samuel Jones 1734-1819. Father of the N.Y. Bar. Grandson of Thomas Jones. Studied law with William Smith.
7	Powell Home	Merrit Rd. north of Fulton St.	Farmingdale, New York Farmingdale, New York The Village of Farmingdale is an incorporated village on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York in the United States...	Built by Thomas Powell in 1700 after purchase of Bethpage from Massapequa Indian tribe October 18, 1695.
8	Quaker Meeting House (Farmingdale)	Meeting House Rd., E. of Bethpage State Pok Club House	Farmingdale, New York Farmingdale, New York The Village of Farmingdale is an incorporated village on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York in the United States...	Quaker Meeting House built and first meetings held 1698.
9	Raynham Hall Raynham Hall Museum Raynham Hall is in Oyster Bay, New York. Home of the Townsend family, one of the founding families of Oyster Bay, on Long Island, New York, and a member of George Washington's Culper Ring of spies, the house was renamed Raynham Hall after the Townsend seat in Norfolk, England, in 1850 by a...	Rte. 106, North side West Main St.	Oyster Bay	Built 1740, used by British as Col Simcoe's headquarters; information from here led to Major Andre's capture after his visits, home of Robert Townsend.
10	Youngs Home	Cove Neck & Oyster Bay-Syosset Rd.	Oyster Bay	George Washington rested here on April 23/24, 1790, while on his Long Island tour.

Town of Hempstead

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