Farmingdale, New York

Coordinates: 40°44′0″N 73°26′42″W / 40.73333°N 73.44500°W / 40.73333; -73.44500
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Farmingdale, New York
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 ID0949918
Websitewww.farmingdalevillage.com

Farmingdale is an incorporated

Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York
, United States. The population was 8,466 at the time of the 2020 Census.

The Lenox Hills neighborhood is adjacent to

Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway
are the best way to reach Farmingdale from the city and the mainland.

History

The first European settler in the area was

Thomas Powell, who arrived in 1687. On October 18, 1695, he purchased a 15-square-mile (39 km2) tract of land from three Native American tribes. This is known as the Bethpage Purchase and includes what is now Farmingdale – in addition to Bethpage, Melville, North Massapequa, Old Bethpage, Plainedge, and Plainview
. One of two houses he erected in the area (built c. 1738) still stands on Merritts Road in Farmingdale.

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

Farmingdale for its latest stop, here, on the line it was building to Greenport. Stagecoaches took people from the Farmingdale station to Islip, Babylon, Patchogue, Oyster Bay South, and West Neck (Huntington area).[6]
[7]

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

Republic Aviation Company
.

In 1899,

Mile-a-Minute Murphy rode a bicycle along the Long Island Rail Road's Central Branch
through the Farmingdale area at a mile a minute. For many years, the town celebrated its birth with the annual Hardscrabble Fair, with music, food and games. It was normally held in May.

Usage of name

Farmingdale is also associated with several unincorporated areas outside the village limits, including

are in East Farmingdale, both with Farmingdale mailing addresses.

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

Köppen Climate Classification system, Farmingdale has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Farmingdale was 102 °F (38.9 °C) on July 6, 2010 and July 22, 2011, while the coldest temperature recorded was −1 °F (−18.3 °C) on January 4, 2014.[11]

Climate data for Farmingdale, New York (Republic Airport), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1999–present
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

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1880524
19101,567
19202,09133.4%
19303,37361.3%
19403,5244.5%
19504,49227.5%
19606,12836.4%
19709,29751.7%
19807,946−14.5%
19908,0221.0%
20008,3994.7%
20108,189−2.5%
20208,4663.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[13]

2010 Census

As of the 2010 census

Non-Hispanic White
, 2.6% African American, 0.4% Native American, 2.5% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 4.7% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.7% of the population.

2000 Census

At the

racial makup of the village was 87.03% White, 1.61% African American, 0.12% Native American, 3.70% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 5.06% from other races, and 2.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.57%.[15]

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

poverty line
, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.

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

Farmingdale station. Major roads are New York State Routes 24 (Conklin Street), 27 (Sunrise Highway), 109 (Fulton Street), and 110 (Broad Hollow Road), as well as the Southern State Parkway and Bethpage State Parkway. The village is the site of a transit-oriented development
centered around the LIRR station. A Long Island Greenway is planned from Farmingdale to Montauk.[18]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: 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.)
  3. ^ 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.)
  4. ^ "The Long Delay at Hicksville". Newsday. Archived from the original on February 16, 2007.
  5. ^ "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.)
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.)
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  9. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  10. ^ "New York: 2000 Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF). September 2003. p. III-9. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  11. ^ a b "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS New York". National Weather Service. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  12. ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Farmingdale AP, NY". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  13. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  14. ^ Bureau, U.S. Census. "American FactFinder - Results". factfinder2.census.gov. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  15. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  16. ^ "Inc. Village of Farmingdale". www.farmingdalevillage.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  17. ^ "Inc. Village of Farmingdale". www.farmingdalevillage.com. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  18. ^ "Long Island Greenway - Our Work in NY". Trust for Public Land. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

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