Farmingdale, New York
Farmingdale, New York | ||
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Panoramic map of Farmingdale from 1925, with a list of landmarks and several images in the insets at the bottom. | ||
FIPS code 36-25384 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 0949918 | |
Website | www |
Farmingdale is an incorporated
The Lenox Hills neighborhood is adjacent to
History
The first European settler in the area was
In the 1830s, anticipating construction of the Long Island Rail Road, land developer Ambrose George purchased a large tract of land between a community then known as Bethpage, now Old Bethpage, and an area in Suffolk County known as Hardscrabble.[2][3] He built a general store in the western part of this property which he named Farmingdale. When the LIRR started service to the area in October 1841,[4][5] it used the name
In 1886 a fire department was organized, and in 1904, Farmingdale incorporated as a village.[8]
The Lenox Hills Country Club, an 18-hole private golf course designed by
In 1899,
Usage of name
Farmingdale is also associated with several unincorporated areas outside the village limits, including
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), all land.[9]
Between the 1990 Census and the 2000 census, the village gained territory.[10]
Climate
According to the
Climate data for Farmingdale, New York (Republic Airport), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1999–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 71 (22) |
70 (21) |
82 (28) |
91 (33) |
93 (34) |
96 (36) |
102 (39) |
100 (38) |
94 (34) |
90 (32) |
79 (26) |
69 (21) |
102 (39) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 58.5 (14.7) |
58.0 (14.4) |
67.1 (19.5) |
76.9 (24.9) |
84.9 (29.4) |
89.8 (32.1) |
94.5 (34.7) |
91.3 (32.9) |
87.0 (30.6) |
79.6 (26.4) |
68.5 (20.3) |
61.2 (16.2) |
95.5 (35.3) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 38.9 (3.8) |
41.3 (5.2) |
48.1 (8.9) |
58.4 (14.7) |
68.1 (20.1) |
77.2 (25.1) |
82.8 (28.2) |
81.5 (27.5) |
74.8 (23.8) |
63.9 (17.7) |
53.4 (11.9) |
44.2 (6.8) |
61.1 (16.1) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 32.0 (0.0) |
33.9 (1.1) |
40.4 (4.7) |
50.2 (10.1) |
59.7 (15.4) |
69.1 (20.6) |
75.3 (24.1) |
74.1 (23.4) |
67.2 (19.6) |
56.1 (13.4) |
45.9 (7.7) |
37.5 (3.1) |
53.4 (11.9) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 25.1 (−3.8) |
26.4 (−3.1) |
32.7 (0.4) |
41.9 (5.5) |
51.4 (10.8) |
61.1 (16.2) |
67.8 (19.9) |
66.7 (19.3) |
59.6 (15.3) |
48.3 (9.1) |
38.4 (3.6) |
30.8 (−0.7) |
45.8 (7.7) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | 8.1 (−13.3) |
11.3 (−11.5) |
19.5 (−6.9) |
30.8 (−0.7) |
41.2 (5.1) |
50.7 (10.4) |
60.6 (15.9) |
58.3 (14.6) |
48.3 (9.1) |
34.9 (1.6) |
25.0 (−3.9) |
18.7 (−7.4) |
6.8 (−14.0) |
Record low °F (°C) | −1 (−18) |
2 (−17) |
9 (−13) |
24 (−4) |
34 (1) |
46 (8) |
53 (12) |
53 (12) |
41 (5) |
31 (−1) |
14 (−10) |
8 (−13) |
−1 (−18) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.69 (68) |
2.03 (52) |
3.46 (88) |
3.61 (92) |
3.18 (81) |
3.45 (88) |
3.05 (77) |
3.25 (83) |
3.66 (93) |
3.37 (86) |
2.93 (74) |
3.60 (91) |
38.28 (973) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 9.3 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 120.0 |
Source 1: NOAA (mean maxima/minima 2006–2020)[12] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: National Weather Service[11] |
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1880 | 524 | — | |
1910 | 1,567 | — | |
1920 | 2,091 | 33.4% | |
1930 | 3,373 | 61.3% | |
1940 | 3,524 | 4.5% | |
1950 | 4,492 | 27.5% | |
1960 | 6,128 | 36.4% | |
1970 | 9,297 | 51.7% | |
1980 | 7,946 | −14.5% | |
1990 | 8,022 | 1.0% | |
2000 | 8,399 | 4.7% | |
2010 | 8,189 | −2.5% | |
2020 | 8,466 | 3.4% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[13] |
2010 Census
As of the 2010 census
2000 Census
At the
Of the 3,216 households 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 29.8% of households were one person and 11.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.19.
The age distribution was 21.2% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 35.2% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.
The median household income was $58,411 and the median family income was $68,235. Males had a median income of $46,104 versus $36,021 for females. The per capita income for the village was $27,492. About 3.0% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the
Government
As of July 2023, the Mayor of Farmingdale is Ralph Ekstrand, the Deputy Mayor is William Barrett, and the Village Trustees are Cheryl Parisi, Walter Priestley, and Craig Rosasco.[16][17]
Transportation
Farmingdale is served by
Notable people
- Barbara Stern Burstin, Holocaust scholar
- Gregory W. Carman, (1937–2020) US Congressman
- Ryan Cruthers, professional hockey player
- Matt Danowski, professional lacrosse player
- Dan Domenech, theater actor
- William Gaddis, U.S. novelist
- September 11 terrorist attacks.
- George Hincapie, professional bicycle racer
- Howard T. Hogan, New York State Supreme Court Justice
- Tom Kennedy, professional football player for the Detroit Lions
- Ed Kranepool, baseball player, lived in South Farmingdale for many years
- April Lawton, musician and artist, member of Ramatam
- Macseal, indie rock band
- SallyAnn Salsano, producer of MTV reality shows, including Jersey Shore, through her company 495 Productions (named for the interstate passing by the community)
- Grumman Corporation
- Grumman Corporation
- Al Weis, baseball player
- Canute Curtis, former American college (West Virginia) and professional football (Cincinnati Bengals) player
See also
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^
W.W. Mather, geologist of the First District of New York, from the topographical surveys of J. Calvin Smith (c. 1842). "Geological map of Long & Staten islands with the environs of New York". New York Public Library.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link] (The location marked Bethpage is near Merritts Road, just north of the Bethpage Turnpike. An unbounded area further east in Suffolk County is marked Hardscrabble. The map is dated 1842 with a question mark. Neither Farmingdale nor Hicksville appears on the map. The Hicksville LIRR station opened in 1837, and its absence suggests an earlier date for the map. The LIRR also had taken a different route east of Hicksville, arriving in Farmingdale in 1841.) - ^ Eddy, John Henry (1839). "Map of the country thirty miles round the city of New York". Disturnell, John; NY Public Library. 434634. (The location marked Bethpage extends into Suffolk County. This is in accord with maps of the Bethpage Purchase of 1695. This map shows Hicksville, where the LIRR had a station in 1837, but the planned route east of there was changed.)
- ^ "The Long Delay at Hicksville". Newsday. Archived from the original on February 16, 2007.
- ^ "Brooklyn Eagle v1, #1 (LIRR timetable)". Brooklyn Eagle. October 26, 1841. (Whether "late Bethpage" is meant to indicate a flag stop at the community near Merritts Road, or that the area near the Farmingdale LIRR station had lately been called Bethpage has not yet been determined.)
- ^ David Roberts. "Nassau County Post Offices 1794-1879". Retrieved April 7, 2008. John L. Kay; Chester M. Smith Jr. (1982). New York Postal History: The Post Offices & First Postmasters from 1775 to 1980. American Philatelic Society.
- ^ "1857 Map of Long Island". Library of Congress. 1857. (Hardscrabble again appears in Suffolk County. Several maps in the 1840s mistakenly showed Farmingdale where Hardscrabble is on this map.)
- ISBN 978-1557871541.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "New York: 2000 Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF). September 2003. p. III-9. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ a b "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS New York". National Weather Service. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Farmingdale AP, NY". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ Bureau, U.S. Census. "American FactFinder - Results". factfinder2.census.gov. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Inc. Village of Farmingdale". www.farmingdalevillage.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- ^ "Inc. Village of Farmingdale". www.farmingdalevillage.com. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ "Long Island Greenway - Our Work in NY". Trust for Public Land. Retrieved July 16, 2023.