Queens County, NY

Headnote
QUEEN'S COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of New York, on Long Island, with the Atlantic ocean on the south, Long Inland sound on the north, and East river on the northwest. Area, 396 square miles. Face of the country, undulating and hilly, and on the north toward the Atlantic, level; soil productive. Seat of justice, North Hempstead. Pop. in 1810, 19,336; in 1820, 21,519; in 1830, 22,276; in 1840, 30,324; in 1850, 36,853. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
New York

Queens County, New York (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
QUEEN'S COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of New York, on Long Island, with the Atlantic ocean on the south, Long Inland sound on the north, and East river on the northwest. Area, 396 square miles. Face of the country, undulating and hilly, and on the north toward the Atlantic, level; soil productive. Seat of justice, North Hempstead. Pop. in 1810, 19,336; in 1820, 21,519; in 1830, 22,276; in 1840, 30,324; in 1850, 36,853.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 303.
Date Type
Famous trotting horse "George M. Patchen" wins his second high-stakes match race in a few weeks Education/Culture
John A. King, former Republican governor of New York, dies at his home in Queens County after a stroke. Personal
On Long Island, the Queens Agricultural Society successfully completes its twenty-fifth annual exhibition. Business/Industry
One man killed and two others injured in a fireworks factory explosion in Queens County, New York Crime/Disasters
Name Type
Woodside, NY City or Town
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