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North Hempstead is a town in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town populus was 222,611. The area was first settled around 1643 and became part of the Town of Hempstead. During the US Revolution the south part of the Town of Hempstead was primarily Tory while the N part, having been settled by Yankees, supported the revolution. Following the war, the Town of North Hempstead was split off in 1784. According to the "Our History" series in the LI-based newspaper, Newsday, "In September, 1775, almost a year before the future nation declared its independence from George III, the people of Great Neck, Cow Neck and other areas N of Old Country Road signed their own Declaration of Independence." "During the Revolution, the Nern Patriots had their own militia headed by Capt. John Sands of Cow Neck (now Port Washington), which invaded South Hempstead in search of arms. The rift caused a N-south animosity that would take years to heal." "The first North Hempstead Town Board, headed by Patriot Adrian Onderdonk, had to cope with an impoverished area, devaspecified by an avenging British occupation. The councilmen met in Roslyn taverns and didn`t get a lasting home until 1907, when the present town hall opened in Manhasset." The Town of North Hempstead is made up of 30 incorporated Villages that had the right to set zoning restrictions to protect their rights and resources. No new villages have been created since 1936, when a revised county charter denied zoning power to future villages. There are also some unincorporated area in the Town of North Hempstead that are not part of Villages.
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