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The Town of Hempstead is the largest of the three towns in Nassau County (alongside North Hempstead and Oyster Bay) on Long Island, in New York, United States.The town's combined population was 793,409 at the 2020 census, making it the most populated town in the United States, containing the majority of the population of Nassau County.
Richard R. Samuels (c. 1844–1878) [1] was a farmer, blacksmith and state legislator in Arkansas. [2] He was a delegate to the 1868 Arkansas Constitutional Convention from Hempstead County, Arkansas.
Rufus King Garland Jr. (May 22, 1830 – December 12, 1886) was a farmer, lawyer, and politician in Arkansas.He represented Hempstead County, Arkansas in the Arkansas House of Representatives before the American Civil War.
Hempstead County: Member of the Confederate House of Representatives from Arkansas's 2nd district; In office February 18, 1862 – November 8, 1864: Preceded by: Constituency established: Succeeded by: Rufus K. Garland: Member of the Arkansas Senate from the Hempstead County and Pike County district; In office November 3, 1856 – November 1 ...
Hope is a city in Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States. Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County [3] and the principal city of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hempstead and Nevada counties. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,095, [4] and in 2019 the population was estimated at 9,599. [5]
Historic Washington State Park (formerly Old Washington Historic State Park) is a 101-acre (41 ha) Arkansas state park in Hempstead County, Arkansas in the United States. The museum village contains a collection of pioneer artifacts from the town of Washington, Arkansas , which is a former pioneer settlement along the Southwest Trail . [ 2 ]
Columbus is an unincorporated rural hamlet in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. Columbus is located on Arkansas Highway 73, 15 miles (24 km) west-northwest of Hope. Columbus has the post office serving ZIP code 71831, [2] an herb farm, a volunteer fire department station, a small church, a namesake cemetery, and no other businesses or ...
Hempstead may have been named after Hemel Hempstead in the English county of Hertfordshire, where village founder John Carman was born. [7] Another theory regarding the origin of the village's name is that it is derived from the town of Heemstede in the Netherlands, as this was an area from which many Dutch settlers of New Netherland originated.