Barnum Island, New York
Barnum Island, New York | ||
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FIPS code 36-04550 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 1867393 |
Barnum Island is a
Barnum Island is an unincorporated area of the Town of Hempstead. Most of Barnum Island is separated from the Village of Island Park by the LIRR's Long Beach Branch rail line to Long Beach.
Barnum Island has its own fire district and school district, but is under contract with the Village of Island Park for fire and education services for its residents. Barnum Island is included in the Island Park School District and ZIP code (11558).
The
History
Previously called Hog Island, after the feral pigs introduced by early European explorers to the Native Americans, it was later renamed for Sarah Ann Baldwin Barnum. It was also sometimes called Jekyl Island, after the name of the development company that bought it from the county.[2][3]
Between 1851 and 1870, Sarah Ann's husband Peter owned large parcels of land on Long Island, though his primary business was a Manhattan clothier. Sarah Ann arranged the purchase of Hog Island for use as a "poor farm" – a self-supporting almshouse, a social innovation for that period, and the island was renamed in her honor.[4][5]
Local lore connects the island's name to
The county discontinued the almshouse and sold the island to the Jekyl Island Realty Company in 1898 for $40,000. The company renamed it Jekyl Island. The island changed hands several times in 1909, Jekyl sold it to a syndicate of developers for $120,000, who in turn sold it for $650,000 in 1911. (There may have been an interim sale in 1910 as well.)[6][7][8] Minimal development at that time included construction of several canals, before work was abandoned. One of those canals divides the Harbor Isle section from Island Park.
New developers bought the island in 1921, and started building about 10,000 properties built in the 700 acre Island Park section in the center of the island starting in 1922.[2][8] It was in use as a summer resort by 1925.,[8] Island Park was incorporated as a village in 1926.
The rest of the island remains unincorporated, with the western portion known as Harbor Island, and the eastern portion retaining the name Barnum Island. However, all three make up the original Hog Island/Barnum Island, and are part of the Town of Hempstead.
The entire island was flooded with two to eight feet of water and sewage by Hurricane Sandy.[9]
Geography
Barnum Island is located at 40°36′19″N 73°38′51″W / 40.60528°N 73.64750°W (40.605203, -73.647403).[10]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), of which 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) (28.24%) is water.[citation needed]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 2,590 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[11] |
As of the
There were 958 households, out of which 58.9% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 28.0% had a male householder with no spouse present.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 6.2% under the age of 5, 18.0% under the age of 18, 82.0% was 18 years or older and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 148.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $102,955. About 7.9% of the population were below the
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References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
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- ^ a b Amon, Rhoda. "Life Was No Circus". Newsday. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- ^ Village of Island Park - History
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- ^ a b c Rather, John (May 27, 2001). "If You're Thinking of Living In/Island Park; Homey, Near the Water and Within Reach". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Barnum Island/Oceanside/the Village of Island Park/Harbor Isle NY Rising Community Reconstruction Plan" (PDF). March 2014.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
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