Nassau County, New York
Founding: 1899 Parent county: Queens Namesake: The House of Nassau Seat: Mineola (1899–) Land area: 285 square miles Population (2020): 1,395,774 Population (historic): 55,448 (1900); 126,120 (1920); 303,053 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1970; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: Two cities; 62 villages; 69 CDPs; three towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 96,663 (20.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 73.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 1.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $6,097 Average outbuilding value (1930): $6,570 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 935 Average farm size (1920): 46.1 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Mineola Namesake: Miniolagamika, Algonquin chief Founding: 1858 (post office); 1906 (incorporatio...