Do you know of Hempstead ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hempstead. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hempstead.<1>

Our sources for Hempstead (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hempstead other than they indicate that Hempstead would be found somewhere in Queens County, New York.

Communities Also Named Hempstead ...

We found four communities that share the name Hempstead.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Hempstead.

Beyond New York, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In New York ...
- Nassau County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hempstead [Nassau County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
  - Colquitt County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hempstead [Colquitt County].
- Ohio
  - Montgomery County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hempstead [Montgomery County].
- Texas
  - Waller County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hempstead [Waller County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hempstead ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hempstead:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hempstead - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Queens County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Queens County.

Albertson's	Lawrence Station
Aqueduct	Lawrence
Arverne-by-the-Sea	Locust Valley
Atlantic Park	Long Beach
Auburndale
	Manhassett
Baldwin	Maple Grove
Barnum's Island	Massapequa
Bay Terrace	Merrick
Bayville Station	Mineola
Bayville
Beach Channel	New Hyde Park
Bellmore	Newtown
Bethpage	Nichols Siding
Borough Hall
Broadway	Ocean Point
Brushville	Oceanus
Buckram	Old Westbury
	Oyster Bay
Central Park
Clarenceville	Pearsall's
Cold Spring	Penny Bridge
Corona - Elmhurst	Plainview
Corona Park	Plaza
Creedmoor	Point Lookout
	Pomonok
Dunta	Port Washington

East Norwich	Queensbridge
East Rockaway
East Williston	Ramblerville
Elmont	The Raunt
Evergreen	Ravenswood
	Ravenswood
Farmingdale	Rockaway Beach
Floral Park	Rockville Centre
Forest Park	Roslyn
Fort Totten
Foster's Meadow	Sea Cliff Station
Freeport	Sea Cliff
Fremont	Seaford
	Smithville South
Garden City	South Richmond Hill
Glen Cove	Springfield
Glen Head	Syosset
Glendale Junction
Glendale Station	Thomaston
Goose Creek	Trainsmeadow

Hall	Valley Stream
Hewlett's
Hicksville	Wantagh
Hollis Court	Westbury Station
Holliswood	Whitestone Landing
Horace Harding	Willetts Point
Hyde Park	Winfield
	Wood Haven
Inwood	Woodbury
	Woodhaven Junction
Jericho	Woodsburgh
	Woolsey
Laurel Hill

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hempstead could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.