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Hempstead

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Hempstead (hĕmp`stĕd, –stəd), town (1990 pop. 725,639), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on W Long Island. It surrounds the village of Hempstead (1990 pop. 49,453), inc. 1853. The town, which has the largest population of any town in New York State, is a retail center for the area. Electronic equipment, tools, chemicals, and metal products are made there. The town grew significantly in the 1970s with the construction of nearby freeways, large retail outlets, and the expansion of regional suburban industries. Hempstead was settled in 1644 by English colonists who named it for their old home in England, Hemel-Hempstead. Hofstra Univ. is located there, as are many colonial houses and monuments and the oldest Presbyterian congregation in the United States.
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Officials in Hempstead on Long Island came up with the inventive way of keeping the town's 50-acre park and nature reserve in order.
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After an absence of a decade or so, the Inter-Area Masters Championships is being resurrected and team manager Paul Donaghy is hoping that the region's vets will rally to the cause and make the trip to Hemel Hempstead on Sunday, August 10.
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