Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan area east of New York City and west of Suffolk County, in the U.S. state of New York. In 2020, 1,395,774 people lived there. Nassau County is in western Long Island, and is bordered by Suffolk County to the east and by the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens to the west. Until 1899, Nassau County was part of Queens County. The county seat is Mineola. Along with Suffolk, it was named the safest county in the United States in 2005 by Forbes.

Nassau County, New York
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Location in the state of New York
New York's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1899
Seat	Mineola
Largest City	Hempstead
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	453 sq mi (1,173 km²) 285 sq mi (738 km²) 169 sq mi (438 km²), 37
Population  - (2020)  - Density	1,395,774 4,897.45/sq mi (auto/km²)
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Named for: House of Nassau

Communities

Nassau County is split into three towns and two cities:

• Hempstead (town)
• North Hempstead (town)
• Oyster Bay (town)
• Glen Cove (city)
• Long Beach (city)

Hamlets in Nassau County include Manhasset, New York.

Nassau County, New York Media

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  Manhasset Bay, as seen on a map from 1917

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  Main Street, Port Washington

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  Mineola Station of the Long Island Rail Road

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  The Long Island Expressway at Hicksville, New York, home to a growing Little India

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  An aerial photo of the greenery of the North Shore of Nassau County, looking west. The Cow Neck Peninsula is visible as the first peninsula at the center, with Manhasset Bay immediately above it and Hempstead Harbor immediately below it.

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  H Mart in Jericho – one of the busiest H Mart stores on Long Island and one of the busiest Asian-grocery stores outside Asia

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  The Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore in Plandome – one of many Jewish synagogues in Nassau County

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  A Nassau County Auxiliary Police car

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  The Roslyn Highlands Fire Department in Roslyn Heights in 2012.