In the area of Hemstead, the first settlement was carried out in 1644, after the treaty between John Kerman and Robert Fordham, English pioneers, with the Lenape Indians in 1643. The settlers had come from the British Connecticut colony, but after the settlers had purchased land from the local Indian, a patent had been issued from New Amsterdam. The scene of the deal was drawn on a wall painting at Hemstead Town Hall, which was reproduced from a poster commemorating the 300th anniversary of the foundation of Hemstead Village.

According to documents written in the 1640s and later Dutch, the town was always called 'Haem Stede' ('Heemstede'). Some of the first 50 patents issued to Hempstead were in Dutch, suggesting that the town name was taken from the Dutch castle or town's Hemstead. The Haem Stead is near Harlem and Amsterdam. However, there is a possibility that the town name that the co-founder John Kerman gave was converted into Dutch. Kerman was born in 1606 in Hertfordshire, Hummel Hemstead, England, where his ancestors had their property since the 13th century.

In 1664, the new New York colony, which was turned into a new colony, adopted the Duke's Act. This law is a strict legal system that became the basis for establishing many colonial laws. As a result of the adoption of the "Blue Law" (strict law), Hemsted came to be called "Old Blue" for a while.

During the American War of Independence, the royalists in the southern part of the town and the American sympathizers in the northern part were split and split into North Hemstead and South Hemstead in 1784. Queens Ward was incorporated as a part of New York City in 1898, and Queens County was divided into Nassau County in 1899, and the southwestern part of Hemstead Town became part of Queens Ward.

Richard Hewlett, born in Hemstead, served as a British commander under General Oliver de Lancy during the American Revolution. After that, Hewlett left the United States with other royalists and entered the New Brunswick Colony, a new colony on the land that would later become Canada. In Queens County, next to Long Island on the St. John River, the reclaimed land was named Hemstead.

The town is guided by the supervisor. The duties of the supervisor are to preside over the meetings of the Town Administration Committee and to instruct the functions of its law and management. It also includes the development and implementation of the town's budget. His past supervisor was Republican Alfonso Damat, who later served as United States Senators from New York State from 1981 to 1999.

Before 1994, there was a chief supervisor along with a supervisor, and he attended the meeting of supervisors, the government of Nassau County at that time. The conference was held in cooperation with the watchmen of North Hemstead Town, Oyster Bay Town, Long Beach City, an independent city (originally a part of Hemstead Town, which was incorporated as a separate municipality in 1922) and Glencove City (separated from Oyster Bay in 1917). The chief supervisor usually presided over the County Supervisory Council every week, and also worked as a senior officer of the town, and the supervisor of the town was positioned as a young subordinate. When the chief supervisor became vacant, the town supervisor was promoted. Ralph G. Casso and Francis T. Purcell, who were at the top of the list in the 1970s, later became county executive officers, and Alfonso Damat was at the top of the list before he became federal senator. As Hemstead Town had the largest population among two cities and three towns in the county, there were chief supervisory officers and supervisory officers, and it was the most influential among the council of supervisory officers in the county. However, from 1993 to 1994, the Federal Court ruled that the constitution of the Supervisory Board Meeting was in violation of the principle of one vote per person, and that minorities growing in Japan did not have the authority of representation. As a result of this ruling, a county assembly consisting of 19 members was established in place of the Supervisory Board Meeting. Gregory P. Peterson was the last chief supervisor and his position was abolished together with the Board of Directors.

The Town Administration Committee consists of six members selected from the single-seat districts. The main function is to adopt the fiscal year budget, adopt and revise the Town Law and the Land Use Designation Ordinance, adopt and revise all the Traffic Act, and to hear petitions on changes to the Land Use Designation and exceptions to the Classification Act.

The other election elected by the town government is the administrative officials and tax collectors. Officials are supposed to keep records of the town because they are responsible for delivering children, getting married and issuing certificates of death.

state and federal representation

Hemsted belongs to the second and fourth constituencies of the House of Representatives. The second district consists of the southern and eastern areas of the town, and the fourth consists of the northern and western areas of the town.

The New York State Senate includes some of the sixth to ninth four constituencies.

The New York State House has eight constituencies.

a representative of a county assembly

In the County Assembly, 12 electoral districts have all or part of them.

politics

The Republican Party still controls the town government (which has been maintained since the Republican Party was established), and the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has been chosen in state and federal elections. In the presidential election, Bill Clinton won 56% in 1996, Al Gore won 58% in 2000, and John Kerry won 53% in 2004. Democratic United States Senator Chuck Schumer won the 2004 election by a wide margin. Thomas Suoj, the executive of the Democratic Party County, won in 2001 and 2005, and Caroline McCarthy, a U.S. House of Representatives member, won over 60% of the last few elections.

According to a survey by the News Day, Hemstead employs 1,974 people and is the 47th largest employer on Long Island.

Lufthansa Airlines and Swiss International Airlines have their American headquarters in East Meadow, Hemstead. Switzerland ran the Lexscope Plaza 776d America Office in EAB Plaza in Union Dale. Swiss Airlines moved from Pemann Road 41 in Melville, Suffolk County around 2002.

One tag parkway to Jones Beach. In the center is the Jones Beach Water Tower

According to the National Census Bureau, the total area of the town area is 191.3 square miles (495.5 km²), of which land area is 120.0 square miles (310.7 km²), water area is 71.4 square miles (184.8 km ²) and water area is 37.30%.

The west border of the town is the border with Queens County, New York City. The northern border runs along the Long Island Railway Main Line, and runs along the old country road in Garden City toward the east, Wangtag Parkway. The eastern border runs several hundred feet west of Route 107. The south is the Atlantic, near the Atlantic Beach, Lido, Point Lookout, and Jones Beach. Long Island is west.

In the town is Jones Beach, a popular beach on the East Coast of the United States. From other parts of Long Island and New York City, they come to this beach. About six million tourists visit each year.

a small section of a town

There are 22 incorporated villages and 37 unincorporated small villages in Hemstead.

village

small village

The following is demographic data from the 2010 census.

• Lake Hemstead State Park
• Valley Stream State Park
• Jones Beach State Park

• Town of Hempstead, Long Island, NY - official site
• Town of Hempstead information
• Town of Hempstead history