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Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States

Wantagh, New York
Hamlet and census-designated identify
A welcome sign at an entrance to the hamlet.
Motto(s): "The Gateway to Jones Beach"
Location in Nassau County and the land of New York.
Wantagh, New York Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: xl°40′29″N 73°30′38″W  /  40.67472°N 73.51056°W  / forty.67472; -73.51056 Coordinates: xl°forty′29″N 73°30′38″W  /  forty.67472°N 73.51056°West  / 40.67472; -73.51056
Land	United States
State	New York
County	Nassau County, New York
Boondocks	Hempstead
Area
• Full	10.7 km2 (four.1 sq mi)
• Land	10.0 km2 (three.8 sq mi)
• Water	0.8 kmtwo (0.three sq mi)
Pinnacle	7 m (23 ft)
Population (2010)
• Full	xviii,871
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Wantonian
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-four (EDT)
Cipher lawmaking	11793
Surface area code(s)	516
FIPS code	36-78146[1]
GNIS feature ID	0968763[2]
Website	www.wantagh.li

Wantagh ( WAHN-taw) is a hamlet and census-designated identify (CDP) in the Boondocks of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, New York, United States. The population was xviii,871 at the fourth dimension of the 2010 census.

Wantagh is known equally "The Gateway to Jones Beach".^[3]

History [edit]

The Wantagh expanse was inhabited by the Merokee (or Merikoke) tribe of the Metoac Indians prior to the start moving ridge of European settlement in the mid-17th century. The Merokee were part of the greater Montauk tribe that loosely ruled Long Island'due south Native Americans. Wantagh was the sachem (chief) of the Merokee tribe in 1647,^[4] and was later the k sachem of the Montauk tribe from 1651 to 1658. The Dutch settlers came east from their New Amsterdam colony, and English settlers came due south from Connecticut and Massachusetts settlements. When the English and Dutch settled their competing claims to Long Island in the 1650 treaty conducted in Hartford, the Dutch partition included all lands due west of Oyster Bay and thus the Wantagh area. Long Island then was ceded to the Knuckles of York in 1663–64, but then savage back into Dutch hands afterward the Dutch regained New York in 1673. The Treaty of Westminster in 1674 settled the state claims once and for all, incorporating Long Isle into the now-British colony of New York.^[5]

Early settler accounts refer to Wantagh every bit "Jerusalem", although before accounts refer to the area as "Wantagh". The creek running north–s through Wantagh, and which has been covered up in many places simply is withal visible between the Wantagh Parkway and the housing developments west of Wantagh Artery, was originally the Jerusalem River. The original post office was built in 1837, for Jerusalem, but mail service from Brooklyn began around 1780. The town's first school was established in 1790.^[6] At some time effectually the 1880s, Jerusalem was renamed Ridgewood, and the boondocks's original LIRR station was named "Ridgewood Station". Later on, Ridgewood was renamed Wantagh to avert confusion with some other town in New York State with the same proper name.

George Washington rode through Jerusalem on Apr 21, 1790, every bit part of his 5-solar day tour of Long Isle. The Daughters of the American Revolution accept placed a plaque on Hempstead Turnpike to commemorate Washington's travels, which took him from Hempstead on Jerusalem Route (now North Jerusalem Road) to Jerusalem, on to Merrick Road. He then went on to head e, then circle back west on the due north shore. During the Revolutionary State of war, British ships traveled upward Jones inlet and came aground to raid Jerusalem farms.^[vii]

President George Washington on Babylon Turnpike in 1790

The oldest original settlers of the Wantagh/Jerusalem surface area were the Jackson and Seaman families, and their marks are still visible today. For example, the Cherrywood shopping center (at the corner of Jerusalem and Wantagh avenues) was the site of prominent settler Capt. John Seaman'southward estate, which was named Cherrywood. Wantagh is home to a number of New York State Historical Markers (9 of Nassau Canton's 25),^[8] including:

• Cherrywood, Capt. John Seaman's 300-acre (i.two km²) estate and home, from 1644, on the corner of Wantagh and Jerusalem avenues
• 1666 Jackson House, the dwelling of Col. John Jackson, Brig. Gen. Jacob Shearman Jackson, and Samuel Jackson Jones (in 1923), on Merrick Road east of Riverside Bulldoze
• The Grist Mill Site, granted to Col. John Jackson on the Jerusalem River in 1704, on Merrick Road east of Riverside Drive
• The Cornbury Patent, given past Queen Anne conferring the present-day site of Jones Beach to Major Thomas Jones, whose family would later provide the land that would become Jones Beach State Park in 1929
• The 1644 dwelling of Robert Jackson, Jerusalem'southward pioneer settler, on Wantagh Avenue south of Hempstead Artery
• Due north Jerusalem Road, originally constructed in 1644 betwixt Hempstead and Jerusalem
• The 1777 home of Richard Jackson, Captain in the Queens County Militia in the Revolutionary War, and where his daughter, Jane, lived with her husband, ex-Hessian soldier Lt. John Althause, on Wantagh Avenue and Island Route

The Samuel and Elbert Jackson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[nine]

The oldest cemetery in Wantagh is the Jackson Cemetery, located but northward of the St. Frances de Chantal Roman Catholic Church on Wantagh Artery.^[x] At that place are 63 confirmed graves that include descendants from the Seaman and Jackson families, with the virtually notable including Thomas Jackson, who served in the Revolutionary State of war in the Second New York Regiment and participated in the Battle of Long Island and the storming of Fort St. George nether Major Talmadge in 1780, and who was the original landowner of the site of state around the Wantagh Public Library; and General Jacob Seaman Jackson, a brigadier general in the War of 1812 and senior warden of Long Island'southward beginning chartered Masonic lodge in 1797.

The Rierson burial plot was located in what has been redeveloped into Bunker Avenue. This cemetery includes members of the Rierson family who were Loyalists during the Revolutionary War.^[eleven]

The Jerusalem Society of Friends Cemetery is located backside (east of) the current Christian Tabernacle Church. The Society of Friends were Quakers who maintained meeting houses in Jericho, Bethpage, and Hempstead, and met in and so-Jerusalem every bit early as 1697. Capt. John Seaman allowed the Order to conduct meetings on his land in 1699, but the congregation afterward traveled to Bethpage to worship. The Jerusalem Club of Friends purchased state from another Seaman, Arden Seaman, and and then constructed their own meeting firm on the site of the current Christian Tabernacle Church in 1827, and added the cemetery in 1861. By the 1940s, the congregation had dwindled significantly, and the property was sold in 1952 to the newly formed Wantagh Baptist Church building then recently sold to the newly formed Christian Tabernacle Church in 2007. The cemetery contains the graves of 3 Ceremonious War veterans: Lt. H.R. Jackson, Gilbert Seaman, of the 139th Regiment of NY Volunteers, and Charles Wilson, of the 119th Regiment of NY Volunteers and who was wounded in Gettysburg.^[12]

The St. John of Jerusalem Cemetery served the German Methodists, who moved to Jerusalem from New York Metropolis effectually 1850 to farm. The cemetery tin be constitute due west of Wantagh Avenue a few hundred yards due north of North Jerusalem Road (now Due north Wantagh). The congregation began to meet in 1854 and held services entirely in High german. The cemetery was constructed in 1862 and was intended only for utilize past congregation members and their families. After generations of congregants grew weary of the services in German, and numbers dwindled until the final German service was held in 1911. From 1912 to 1926, the church remained unused. The church building has since been used past a local Lutheran congregation from 1926 to 1940, and a United Christian congregation from 1949 to 1969. Since so, notwithstanding, the church has remained unused, although the cemetery has been fenced in and maintained past a board of trustees. The cemetery contains graves of veterans from the Civil War, Castilian–American State of war, Earth State of war I, World War II, and Vietnam.^[thirteen]

The area that became today'south Wantagh continued primarily as a farming expanse until the structure of Sunrise Highway and Jones Beach in the early 20th century, when tourism and fishing took hold, centering on Jones Beach. The Long Isle Rail Road has served the town since 1885 (and possibly as early as 1867), merely the town did non take on a suburban graphic symbol until the housing evolution between the 1950s and 1970s. The LIRR tracks were completely elevated in 1968, along with neighboring Seaford station. The Wantagh Railroad Complex was added to the National Annals of Historic Places in 1983.^[9]

Former U.South. President Richard Nixon's dog, Checkers, is buried at Wantagh'southward Abide-a-Wee Pet Cemetery on Beltagh Avenue.^{[ citation needed ]}

Geography [edit]

Wantagh is located at 40°twoscore′29″N 73°30′38″W  /  40.67472°N 73.51056°Due west  / xl.67472; -73.51056 (twoscore.674697, -73.510548).^[xiv]

According to the United States Demography Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.1 square miles (11 km²), of which three.8 square miles (9.8 km^two) is country and 0.three square miles (0.78 km²), or 7.25%, is water.

Wantagh has a warm temperate climate (type Cfa) with cool winters, hot summers, and mild springs and falls. Atmospheric precipitation is spread uniformly throughout the year, simply peaks slightly in early winter and early spring. It is located in hardiness zone 8a due to its southward shore location, while virtually of Long Island is situated in zone 7b.

Climate information for Wantagh, NY, 1991-2020 normals
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	November	December	Year
Average high °F (°C)	41.8 (five.4)	43.6 (half-dozen.iv)	49.9 (9.9)	59.6 (15.3)	69.vi (20.9)	79.4 (26.3)	85.1 (29.5)	83.vi (28.7)	77.6 (25.three)	66.8 (19.3)	55.7 (thirteen.2)	46.9 (8.3)	63.3 (17.4)
Daily mean °F (°C)	34.seven (i.v)	36.2 (ii.3)	42.3 (5.7)	51.iii (10.7)	61.2 (16.2)	71.0 (21.7)	76.nine (24.9)	75.half dozen (24.2)	69.1 (20.6)	58.3 (14.vi)	47.8 (8.8)	39.9 (iv.4)	55.4 (13.0)
Average low °F (°C)	27.5 (−two.5)	28.8 (−1.8)	34.7 (i.v)	43.0 (six.ane)	52.nine (11.6)	62.6 (17.0)	68.7 (xx.4)	67.seven (19.viii)	threescore.7 (15.nine)	49.viii (9.nine)	39.9 (4.iv)	32.9 (0.5)	47.4 (8.6)
Boilerplate atmospheric precipitation inches (mm)	three.33 (85)	2.81 (71)	4.06 (103)	iii.81 (97)	3.34 (85)	3.77 (96)	3.24 (82)	three.72 (94)	3.64 (92)	3.66 (93)	3.07 (78)	4.35 (110)	42.80 (ane,087)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	10.3	9.one	x.6	xi.4	10.vi	nine.five	eight.4	8.4	7.ix	viii.3	8.v	ten.7	113.7
Source: NOAA[15] [sixteen]

Demographics [edit]

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As of the census^[ane] of 2000, there were eighteen,971 people, 6,179 households, and v,215 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,936.3 per square mile (one,907.5/km²). There were vi,250 housing units at an average density of 1,626.3/sq mi (628.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.75% white, 0.xx% black or African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.89% Asian, 0.34% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of whatever race were 3.26% of the population.

There were half-dozen,179 households, out of which 41.ii% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.8% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and fifteen.6% were not-families. 13.2% of all households were fabricated up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living solitary who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.06 and the average family size was 3.37.

Parks and recreation [edit]

Parks located within the hamlet include:^[17]

• Cedar Creek Park
• Twin Lakes Preserve
• Wantagh Park

Pedagogy [edit]

Schools [edit]

Public [edit]

Wantagh is primarily located within the boundaries of (and is thus served past) the Wantagh Union Free School District.^[17] Nevertheless, pocket-sized areas towards the eastern edges of the hamlet are served by the Seaford Union Gratis School District.^[17] As such, students who reside in Wantagh and attend public schools will go to school in one of these districts depending on where in the hamlet they live.^[17]

Individual [edit]

Wantagh is also abode to the Maplewood Schoolhouse, a private school that offers nursery, pre-school, kindergarten, and summer camp programs.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Library [edit]

Wantagh is located within the boundaries of (and is thus served past) the Wantagh Library Commune and the Seaford Library District.^[17] The boundaries of these districts within the hamlet roughly correspond with those of the school districts.^[17]

Transportation [edit]

Rails [edit]

Driver track service in Wantagh is provided past the Wantagh station on the Long Island Track Road's Babylon Co-operative.^[17] Most parking at the station is limited to Town of Hempstead residents and requires a permit.^[xviii] Express trains to Penn Station average roughly a 45-minute one-way trip.^[19]

Bus [edit]

Omnibus service in Wantagh is provided by the n19 (Freeport LIRR–Sunrise Mall), every bit well as the n54 and n55 (Hempstead Transit Center–Sunrise Mall); these lines are operated past Nassau Inter-County Limited (Dainty).^[xx]

Road [edit]

Merrick Route, the Seaford–Oyster Bay Freeway, Sunrise Highway, and the Wantagh State Parkway all traverse and have major intersections or exits/entrances within Wantagh.^[17]

Notable people [edit]

• Vincent Accardi – Guitarist from the ring Make New.
• Keaton Nigel Cooke – Actor/vocaliser.
• Craig D. Button – WHS graduate and Usa Air Forcefulness airplane pilot noted for his mysterious flight and crash.
• Rob Cesternino – third-place finisher in Survivor: The Amazon; besides appeared on Survivor: All-Stars. Currently host of Rob Has a Podcast.
• Ed Emshwiller – filmmaker, science fiction illustrator, and video artist, lived in Wantagh for many years earlier his relocation to California in 1979.
• Al Iaquinta – Lightweight mixed martial creative person.
• Trent Kowalik – Tony Accolade-winning star of Billy Elliot the Musical.
• James Preller – WHS graduate, children's book author of the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries.
• Jason Reich – Emmy Award-winning tv author (The Daily Testify); graduated from Wantagh High School in 1994.
• Lonny Ross – Thespian/comedian (30 Rock); graduated from Wantagh High School in 1995.
• Gary J. Shapiro – President and CEO of the Consumer Technology Clan; author.
• Frances Townsend – U.s. Homeland Security Adviser under President George W. Bush.^[21]
• Alan Zweibel – Author and comedy writer; went to Woods Lake Unproblematic School in the late 1950s.
• Allen Weisselberg – Main financial officeholder of The Trump System who sits at the center of an enquiry into the finances of the Trump family; Weisselberg lived in Wantagh from 1978 to 2013.^[22]

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} "U.S. Census website". Usa Census Agency. Retrieved 2008-01-31 .
2. ^ "Usa Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31 .
3. ^ "20 Best Apartments for Rent in Wantagh, NY (With pictures)!".
4. ^ E.One thousand. Ruttenber, History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River, 1872.
5. ^ "Hugh Chisholm", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911 Edition, p. 983.
6. ^ The Information Window of the Wantagh Preservation Society, October 2004
7. ^ The Information Window of the Wantagh Preservation Society, November 2004
8. ^ NYS Museum: Historic Markers
9. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Data System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
10. ^ CEMETERIES of Erstwhile WANTAGH
11. ^ Rierson (Ryerson) Burial Plot
12. ^ THE JERUSALEM SOCIETY OF FRIENDS CEMETERY
13. ^ ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM CEMETERY INC.
14. ^ "Usa Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Demography Agency. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23 .
15. ^ "NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ;
16. ^ "Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved October twenty, 2021.
17. ^ ^{a b c d due east f k h} "Long Island Index: Interactive Map". world wide web.longislandindexmaps.org . Retrieved 2021-08-13 .
18. ^ "Archived re-create" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2013-12-28 . {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived re-create as title (link)
19. ^ http://mta.info/lirr/Timetable/Branch/BabylonBranch.pdf
20. ^ "Nassau Inter-County Express - Maps and Schedules". world wide web.nicebus.com . Retrieved 2021-08-thirteen .
21. ^ Douglas, William. "From Long Island to the West Wing, Frances Townsend has come a long way", McClatchy DC, July 25, 2005. Accessed June 23, 2016. "Born: December. 28, 1961, in Mineola, N.Y.; raised in Wantagh, N.Y."
22. ^ "Can Cyrus Vance, Jr., Smash Trump?". 11 March 2021.

External links [edit]

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Wantagh .

• Wantagh.li
• Wantagh Bedchamber of Commerce
• Wantagh Public Library
• Wantagh/Seaford Homeowners Association
• Wantagh Auxiliary Police
• Wantagh Fire Department
• Wantagh Union Free School District

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wantagh,_New_York

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