Founding Name
Heemstede
Boundary
Chosen Name
Hempstead
Full Name
Heemstede Stad
Founding Date (text)
1644-11-16
End Date (text)
9999-12-31
Date of Establishment (text)
1644-11-16
Notes
...the first patent was issued by Governor Kieft...
Jurisdiction Type
Stad
State
Nieuw Nederlandt
Boundary Events
| Name at the time | Change | Start Date | End Date | Boundary Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heemstede | Chartered | 1644-11-16 | 1662-04-23 | Hempstead_Heemstede_1644-11-16_1662-04-23 |
| Hempstead | Claimed by Connecticut by royal charter. | 1662-04-23 | 1664-03-12 | Hempstead_Hempstead_1662-04-23_1664-03-12 |
| Hempstead | Assigned to Yorkshire shire | 1664-03-12 | 1683-11-01 | Hempstead_Hempstead_1664-03-12_1683-11-01 |
| Hempstead | Assigned to Queens County | 1683-11-01 | 1768-12-31 | Hempstead_Hempstead_1683-11-01_1768-12-31 |
| Hempstead | Maritime limits extended in Long Island Sound | 1768-12-31 | 1784-04-06 | Hempstead_Hempstead_1768-12-31_1784-04-06 |
| South Hempstead | Separated from Hempstead | 1784-04-06 | 1789-04-01 | Hempstead_South Hempstead_1784-04-06_1789-04-01 |
| South Hempstead | Recognized as a town by state law. | 1789-04-01 | 1796-02-05 | Hempstead_South Hempstead_1789-04-01_1796-02-05 |
| Hempstead | South Hempstead renamed Hempstead | 1796-02-05 | 1824-11-24 | Hempstead_Hempstead_1796-02-05_1824-11-24 |
| Hempstead | Gained in Jamaica Bay, Atlantic Ocean | 1824-11-24 | 1887-10-12 | Hempstead_Hempstead_1824-11-24_1887-10-12 |
| Hempstead | Maritime limits extended to state line | 1887-10-12 | 1898-01-01 | Hempstead_Hempstead_1887-10-12_1898-01-01 |
| Hempstead | Hempstead lost to Queens (Rockaway Peninsula) | 1898-01-01 | 1899-01-01 | Hempstead_Hempstead_1898-01-01_1899-01-01 |
| Hempstead | County changed from Queens to Nassau | 1899-01-01 | 1922-04-13 | Hempstead_Hempstead_1899-01-01_1922-04-13 |
| Hempstead | Lost to Long Beach | 1922-04-13 | 1926-04-16 | Hempstead_Hempstead_1922-04-13_1926-04-16 |
| Hempstead | Lost to Long Beach | 1926-04-16 | 9999-12-31 | Hempstead_Hempstead_1926-04-16_9999-12-31 |
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Citation
History of Long Island, Vol. 1, Ross, Chap. LX p. 880
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