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The name Bethpage comes from the Quaker Thomas Powell, who named the area after the Biblical town Bethphage, which was between Jericho and Jerusalem in the Holy Land. Present-day Bethpage was part of the 1695 Bethpage Purchase.
Dec 20, 2013 · When the first settlers came to what today is Bethpage, the land was still owned by the Powells, who have been in the area since 1695. The first man to settle the area was Rowland Pearsall, who bought his farmland from a Powell.
The name Bethpage comes from a land transaction dating back to 1687, in which Thomas Powell purchased over 15 square miles of central Long Island from local Native Americans. This transaction is known as the Bethpage Purchase.
In 1931, when the State Park Commission purchased the Yoakum Estate, the Botto farms, and other farms to create Bethpage State Park, many members of the Central Park Improvement Association thought a change of name for the town would be desirable.
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The name Bethpage comes from the Quaker Thomas Powell, who named the area after the Biblical town Bethphage, which was between Jericho and Jerusalem in the Holy Land. Present-day Bethpage was part of the 1695 Bethpage Purchase. An early name for the northern section of present-day Bethpage was Bedelltown, a name that appeared on maps at least as la...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2), all land. For the 2000 Census, the boundaries of the CDP were adjusted compared to those of the 1990 census, with some territory gained and some lost.
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 16,429 people, 5,710 households, and 4,516 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,564.5 per square mile (1,764.4/km²). There were 5,788 housing units at an average density of 1,597.0/sq mi (617.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.8% White 85.8% Non-Hispanic White, 0.6% African American, 0.1% Native American, 5.5% Asian, 1.5% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7% of the populati...
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,543 people, 5,710 households, and 4,516 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,564.5 per square mile (1,764.4/km²). There were 5,788 housing units at an average density of 1,597.0/sq mi (617.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.17% White, 0.29% African American, 0.02% Native American, 2.99% Asian, 1.00% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.75% of the population. The median i...
Bethpage was the home of the Grumman plant that produced the Apollo Lunar Modules, or LEMs. Bethpage State Park offers five golf courses to choose from. One of them, the Black Course, was the site of the U.S. Open in 2002 and 2009. Tiger Woods won the event in 2002 and Lucas Glover in 2009. While the park and its five golf courses are located almos...
Bethpage's history as a space and aviation epicenter have left a legacy of heavy metals and toxic waste byproducts dumped into the surrounding ground and leeching into the water. Bethpage as of 2012 has been declared a class 2 Superfund site. The rate of cancers and birth defects in Bethpage is statistically well above the national average, which m...
In 1936, the adjacent hamlet of Central Park changed its name to Bethpage. [10] Following the name change, the hamlet originally called Bethpage resisted suggestions that it merge with the new Bethpage, and got approval from the post office to change its name to Old Bethpage, though it did not have its own post office until 1965. [11]
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Jun 22, 2016 · Settled in the late 1600s by Quakers, Bethpage was named after a city in the Bible between Jericho and Jerusalem. Sitting within Nassau County, New York, the city boasts a little more than 3.5 mi.² and has approximately 16,000 residents.
