Talk:Hempstead (town), New York

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[edit] Naming

Hmm. Somebody moved this article to an atypical article name. Towns in N.Y. are given as "TownName, New York", unless they share their name with a city, village, or CDP, in which they are "TownName (town), New York". what was the rationale behind the move? You don't see "City of Yonkers", "Village of Pelham", or "Town of Greenburgh" as titles elsewhere. --Nelson Ricardo 12:08, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

If we were to name the article after what it's about, it would be called "Town Of Hempstead". Politicians and local media consistently refer to it as the Town of Hempstead, and the town's Web site refers to Town of Hempstead, not Hempstead Town or Hempstead Township or Hempstead (Town). --Meadowbrook 18:44, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

It's completely inconsistent with every other U.S. place name article. --Nelson Ricardo 22:30, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
It's inconsistent, yes, but the article name is more correct than the unofficial standard. Also see this page for futher support. To take the convention City, State, then Town of Hempstead, New York is again, preferred since it's official and colloquial name is The Town of Hempstead. Meadowbrook 04:48, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
The page you cite does not support the name of this page. Can you locate other articles so named? --Nelson Ricardo 05:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Similarly, there's no written convention for Hempstead (town). I don't think this article name needs to be restricted by other article names. We're talking about America's largest town which is consistently referred to as the Town of Hempstead, why would we name it any other way? --Meadowbrook 22:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

hello i really have no idea where to put this, but i have a correction. I live on Long Island near Hempstead.. and im pretty sure Hempsted was named after the Hemstead indians who inhabited the Hempsted plains. who ever reads this, cause you please edit it correctly. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.246.19.218 (talk) 09:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List Needed

Do we need the list of villages and hamlets if it also exsists in the Town template? I think we don't, it makes the article unwieldy in legnth. --Meadowbrook 16:54, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wow

Town of 756,000 people? Simply south (talk) 02:10, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Not entirely unusual, as "towns" in the New York State sense are unique compared to the rest of the country. Ontario also has municipalities that are legally incorporated as towns with populations pushing 300,000 people, like Markham. Same deal as Hempstead - a suburb directly attached to the core city. Snickerdo (talk) 08:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)