Long Island Towns

In 1819, "Long Island" consisted of 3 counties:  Kings, Queens & Suffolk and their respective towns (towns were further sub-divided into villages and hamlets).
 

Kings County consisted of  6 towns:
Brooklyn
Bushwick
Flatbush
Flatlands
Gravesend
New Utrecht
(The Town of Brooklyn did not become the City of Brooklyn until 1834.)
Queens County consisted of 6 towns:
Newtown
Flushing
Jamaica
North Hempstead
Hempstead
Oyster Bay
Suffolk County consisted of 9 towns:
Huntington (included what later became Babylon)
Islip
Smithtown
Brookhaven
Riverhead
Southampton
Southold
East Hampton
Shelter Island

GenWeb

Queens County Genweb

Suffolk County Genweb


East Hampton Lecture Series - Don't miss this one!

Animated Map Showing of Formation of New York Counties

The Hudson Valley Page - Spend hours here!

Maps and Stats - click on LI Population Survey, need Acrobat.

The Brooklyn Page - tons and tons of material on Brooklyn, New York

Hempstead:
 

The Hempstead History Web Site

The Hempstead 1698 Census

Town of Hempstead Web Site
 

Bound Archival Volumes of the Town of Hempstead


New York Surname Sites:
 

Henry Pearsall Page

Another Pearsall Page

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