{"id":22037,"date":"2023-07-31T20:13:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T01:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=22037"},"modified":"2026-08-18T09:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:50:42","slug":"nassau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=22037","title":{"rendered":"Nassau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Formed January 1, 1899 (62nd<\/sup> county)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nassau County (1,395,777), Mineola (20,806), Hempstead (59,170)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The masonry structure sits on County Seat Drive between Old Country Road and Court House Drive.  New York State Highway 25 is 14 blocks north of the site.  The courthouse was built in 1966.  There were 1900 and 1942 facilities earlier.  The courthouse sits in a complex of government buildings.  There is also a District Courthouse in Mineola, and augmenting courthouses in Hempstead and Westbury.  Nassau County was formed on January 1, 1899 from Queens County as the 62nd<\/sup> and final county with Mineola as the only county seat.  It is named for William of Nassau, later King William.  The county seat is named for a Native American chief. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nassau County government consists of an administrator, a sheriff, a comptroller, an attorney, an assessor, and a clerk (executive).  It has 19 Legislators (legislative.)  Nineteen County Court Judges, Twelve Family Court Judges and One Surrogate Court Judge serve Nassau County <\/a>(judicial.)  The county is in the southeast on Long Island.  New York City, New York is directly west of the county.  The county center is 4.3 miles Southeast of Mineola in Hempstead.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Connecticut and Suffolk County and the Atlantic Ocean and Queens, Bronx, and Westchester counties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area of the county is 453 square miles.\u00a0 It is 49 out of 62 in the state.\u00a0 It ranks 6 out of 62 in population in the state.\u00a0 It has a density of 3081.2 persons per square mile making it 6 out of 62 in the state.\u00a0 <\/a>Nassau County has 38.5% of its population in its incorporated areas.\u00a0 Interstate Highway 495 crosses the county east to west from Suffolk County to Queens County.\u00a0 Theodore Roosevelt, the 25th<\/sup> President, is buried in this county.\u00a0 The overall shape of the county looks like a vase tipped east.\u00a0 Mineola is located in the western third of the county.\u00a0 Hempstead is in the southwest quarter of the county.\u00a0 Mineola is the county seat and Hempstead is the largest city.\u00a0 Mineola is 1.5% of the county population while Hempstead is 4.2% of the county population.\u00a0 The county is pronounced NAS-SAW.\u00a0 The county seat is pronounced MIN-EE-OE-LA.\u00a0 This county is in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metropolitan Statistical Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Location in State and Municipalities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cedarhurst<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Centre Island<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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East Rockaway<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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East Williston<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Farmingdale<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Floral Park<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Freeport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Garden City<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Great Neck<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Great Neck Estates<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Great Neck Plaza<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hempstead<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hewlett Bay Park<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hewlett Harbor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hewlett Neck<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Island Park<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kensington<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kings Point<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lake Success<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lattingtown<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Laurel Hollow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lawrence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Long Beach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lynbrook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Malverne<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Manorhaven<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Massapequa Park<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Matinecock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mill Neck<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mineola<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Munsey Park<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Muttontown<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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New Hyde Park<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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North Hills<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Old Brookville<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Old Westbury<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Oyster Bay Cove<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Plandome<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Plandome Heights<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Plandome Manor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Port Washington North<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rockville Centre<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Roslyn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rosyln Estates<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Roslyn Harbor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Russell Gardens<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Saddle Rock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sands Point<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sea Cliff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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South Floral Park<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stewart Manor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thomaston<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Upper Brookville<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Valley Stream<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Westbury<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Williston Park<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Woodsburgh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Formed January 1, 1899 (62nd county) Nassau County (1,395,777), Mineola (20,806), Hempstead (59,170) The masonry structure sits on County Seat Drive between Old Country Road and Court House Drive.  New York State Highway 25 is 14 blocks north of the site.  The courthouse was built in 1966.  There were 1900 and 1942 facilities earlier.  The … <\/p>\n

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