Place
              
          Name at the time
              Hempstead
          Change Number
              8
          Change
              South Hempstead renamed Hempstead
          Date
              1796-02-05
          End Date
              1824-11-24
          Jurisdiction Type
              Town
          Area (Square Miles)
              130.57
          Full Name
              Hempstead Town
          State
              New York
          County
              Queens
          State Abbreviation
              NY
          State FIPS
              36
          County FIPS
              36081
          Citation
              N.Y. Laws, 12th-19th Sess., vol. 3, 1796, 19th sess., ch. 4 p. 639
           
