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	Nassau County, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As of 2004, Nassau County is the richest county per capita in the State of New York and the sixth richest in the nation with a median household income of $78,762.
		The county comptroller is Howard Weitzman, a Democrat, the county clerk is Republican Karen Murphy, who is retiring and being replaced by Republican Maureen O'Connell, and the county assessor is Harvey Levinson, another Democrat.
		In the county the population is spread out with 24.70% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who are 65 years of age or older.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nassau_County,_New_York (1746 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: HEMPSTEAD, TX
		Hempstead, the county seat of Waller County, is on U.S. Highway 290 at its junction with State highways 6 and 159, fifty miles northwest of Houston.
		Hempstead incorporated on November 10, 1858, and its importance as a transportation center increased with construction of the Washington County Railroad from Hempstead to Brenham.
		Hempstead's location on the Southern Pacific Railroad and the convergence of state and federal highways helped sustain the town's economy when its population decreased from 2,500 in 1914 to 1,395 in 1959.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/HH/hgh7.html (930 words)

	Waller County Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Hempstead, the county's seat of government and largest city, is twenty-five miles northwest of Houston.
		Waller County, FIPSCODE 48473, is the 82nd largest of the 254 counties in Texas, with an estimated population of 32,663 in 2000.
		The county's population was 23,390 in 1990 and 32,663 in 2000, an increase of 9,273.
	community.txed.state.tx.us /counties/county.cfm?id=48473 (722 words)

	D-J \| Counties \| Arkansas politics, political history, counties, regions & military facts
		Princeton was the county seat until the Iron Mountain and St. Louis railroad diverted the population to Fordyce and Malvern.
		Ozark is the county seat in the northern part and Charleston is the county seat in the south.
		Part of the county is in the Arkansas River Valley and the Ozark Mountains are in its northern borders.
	www.arkansasheritage.com /life_times/counties/d_j.asp (1149 words)

	Archives: Story
		Rainy weather apparently never became a consideration for Hempstead County voters as early morning showers greeted the 173 voters who cast ballots in six of the nine Hope precincts in the first hour of voting.
		Hempstead County Clerk Velora Bright Haltom said that by mid-afternoon Tuesday ballot supplies were running low in Box 7 (Medical Park Hospital), Shover Springs, and Rocky Mound.
		There were no contested local races on the ballot in Hempstead County, and only one contested race in Nevada County, where Clyde Wilcox defeated Johnete Dickerson in the Willisville City Council election by a vote of 32 to 23.
	www.hopestar.com /articles/2004/11/03/news/news1.txt (1104 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: WALLER COUNTY
		The county covers 514 square miles of land, from the rolling timbered area in the northern part of the county to the coastal prairie in the south, where marsh and bunch grasses grow.
		Hempstead, a new town located at the railroad's terminus in the northwestern part of the county, was incorporated in November 1858 and soon became a major trade center for the area, as cotton and other agricultural exports were increasingly shipped down the railroad to the coast.
		The county's fl majority population regularly delivered Republican victories in local, state, and national elections during much of the late nineteenth century, but in the 1880s a White Man's Party was organized to reduce fl political participation, and some elections were marked by violence.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/WW/hcw2.html (2212 words)

	ArkansasFamilies.net Presents, Fugitive Slave Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In pursuance of a call a large body of the citizens of Hempstead County, convened at Washington on Saturday 15th December, 1860, and preceded by the 'Washington Band', repaired to the Baptist Church, which, by the assent of some of the members, had been taken possession of for the occasion.
		Hempstead arose and stated the object of the meeting in a few appropriate remarks, and closed by calling Hon.
		Upon motion of B. Hempstead, Esq., it was ordered that the chairman appoint a committee of three, to draft resolutions expressive of the views of the meeting, whereupon the chairman appointed Gen. G.
	www.arkansasfamilies.net /hempfugslv.htm (395 words)

	Arkansas County Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		County Records: In 1906, Frank Smith reported, "The records of this county are intact except that during the reconstruction period, a few pages of the deed records and of the chancery court records were mutilated, and the taxbooks for the year 1878 are missing.
		County Boundary Changes: According to D.Y. Thomas, "In 1816, William and Peter Lovely purchased a tract of land from the Osage Indians, which was included within the western boundary of Arkansas, as laid down in 1824, and was a large part of the county of Lovely, created in 1827.
		County Records: In 1906, Gibson Witt reported the county court records complete from July 1845; "tax books for 1845 consist of 10 sheets of fooscap paper sewn together"; the records are complete from county organization to the present.
	www.arkansasresearch.com /colist.html (4853 words)

	Archives: Story
		A state disaster assistance package for Hempstead and Nevada counties for recent severe weather damage is currently being assessed by the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, and a determination is expected this week, according to ADEM and Hempstead and Nevada county officials.
		Robinson said as many as 89 homes in Hempstead County have been confirmed as damaged or destroyed by the June 2 storms, and 10 residences in Nevada County have been confirmed damaged or destroyed.
		LITTLE ROCK - Two Hempstead County school districts currently in the process of dissolving themselves for "administrative annexation" into other area districts are among some two dozen small school districts statewide who have joined a federal lawsuit filed here Friday to stop statewide school consolidation.
	www.hopestar.com /articles/2004/06/07/news/news3.txt (649 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - PORT WASHINGTON LANDFILL, NORTH HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK
		The Port Washington Landfill is in the northwestern portion of Nassau County, New York, in the Town of North Hempstead (Figure 1).
		It is on the eastern portion of Manhasset Neck and is bordered to the east by Hempstead Harbor, to the south by the Seaview Industrial Park, to the west by the North Hempstead Country Club and a residential area which is part of the Port Washington community, and to the north by a gravel mine.
		A ROD was signed in September 1989 and includes the construction of a permanent landfill cap on the L4 section, extension of the existing gas venting system around the perimeter of the L4 section, up-grading the existing active gas venting system and pumping and treatment of contaminated groundwater.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/portwash/por_p1.html (3636 words)

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		Originally, Hempstead was one of five counties created in 1818 when the Territory of Missouri was separated, and the southern part was named Arkansas Territory.
		Hempstead covered a large area, and gradually portions of that county formed new counties.
		Lafayette County was organized in 1827, Sevier County was formed from Hempstead and Miller Counties in 1828.
	geocities.com /t_tull (663 words)

	UACES: Hempstead County Profile 2002: Employment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Unemployment rates in Hempstead County declined in the mid 1990s to about 7% in 1995, then increased slightly to 8.3% in 1996, and dropped to 5.2% in 2000.
		A larger proportion of jobs in Hempstead County are in farm and farm services, and manufacturing as compared to the State average.
		Forty percent of the jobs in Hempstead County are in those sectors as compared to 24 percent for the State.
	www.uaex.edu /hempstead/county_profile/employment.asp (359 words)

	L-M \| Counties \| Arkansas politics, political history, counties, regions & military facts
		Located in the southwestern corner of the state, Lafayette County was created in 1827 from Hempstead County and named for the Marquis de Lafayette, a French soldier of the American Revolution.
		The first county seat was at Davidsonville, moved to Smithville in 1832, Clover Bend in 1868, and finally Powhatan in 1869 when the railroad arrived.
		A temporary county seat was held at the house of Thomas Adams until Yellville was designated as the permanent seat of government.
	www.arkansasheritage.com /life_times/counties/l_m.asp (935 words)

	The Original Arkansas Genealogy Project, Hempstead Co. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Hempstead County, Arkansas Territory was organized in 1819 under provisions of an act of the legislature of the Missouri Territory that had been approved on Dec. 15, 1818.
		The original county covered nearly all of the southwest corner of the state.
		It was named for Edward Hempstead, first delegate to congress from the Missouri Territory.
	www.couchgenweb.com /arkansas/hempstead (299 words)

	Chronicles of Oklahoma
		In addition to delineating the boundaries of Miller County the act provided that suits and cases which had arisen within the area cut off front Hempstead County and set for trial in its courts should be transferred to the jurisdiction of the new county.
		A county clerk was to be selected by the court, with the proviso that if there was a duly commissioned clerk of the circuit court residing in a county he was to discharge the functions of the clerk of the court of common pleas until the expiration of his current commission.
		Despite the extra expenditures involved in these cases, Miller County was able to boast a surplus of county funds at the end of November, 1824; John H. Fowler, Clerk of the Circuit Court, reported the receipts for the past year were $831.72, the expenditures were $593.77, leaving a balance of $237.95.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /Chronicles/v018/v018p154.html (7621 words)

	UACES: Hempstead County Profile 2002: Poverty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		While increasing since 1979, the estimated poverty level in 1997 is noticeably higher in Hempstead County than the State average.
		The estimated poverty level is highest in the Delta with six counties having a poverty rate of over 31 percent.
		Hempstead County has a considerably higher proportion of their children living in poverty than does the State on average.
	www.uaex.edu /hempstead/county_profile/poverty.asp (269 words)

	Bryansite - Arkansas Counties
		Dorsey County was formed from Bradley, Dallas, Jefferson and Lincoln.
		The town of New Madrid was founded in 1783 and the county was organized in 1812.
		The New Madrid earthquake of 1811, was felt from Boston, MA, Philadelphia, PA, Richmond, VA and Charleston, SC to the Rocky Mountains.
	www.bryansite.com /countyAR.htm (343 words)

	Wakelee - pafg04.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mary was living in Hempstead County, Arkansas with her family in 1860 and was on the Hempstead County Census, page 746, 406/406.
		Susanna was living with her family in Hempstead Co, AR in 1860 and was on the Hempstead Co, Census pg 725, 266/266.
		Rhoda was living with her family in Hempstead Co, AR in 1860 and was on the Hempstead Co, Census pg 725, 266/266.
	members.aol.com /pattyw96/pafg04.htm (5413 words)

	Nassau County Legislature - Nassau County, Long Island, New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		County of Nassau acting on behalf of The County Attorney and Snitow Kanfer Holtzer and Millus, LLP.
		County of Nassau acting on behalf of The County and Moses and Singer, LLP.
		County of Nassau acting on behalf of the office of Housing and Intergovernmental Affairs and Lockwood, Kessler and Bartlett, Inc. for design services related to the Community Revitalization Program.
	www.co.nassau.ny.us /Legislat/ag-012405.html (692 words)

	Houston Community Newspapers Online - Waller County News Citizen
		HEMPSTEAD - A rumor that the bi-lingual program in the Hempstead Independent School District would close and that bi-lingual students would be forced to move to another school district brought some 25 to 30 parents to the HISD board of trustees meeting Monday night.
		HEMPSTEAD - The largest and perhaps most authentic Civil War re-enactment in Texas is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 18-19, at historic Liendo Plantation near Hempstead.
		WALLER COUNTY - The Hempstead Bobcats, making their first state playoff appearance since 1984, had their season end Saturday night at Waco's Baylor University stadium as they fell 30-21 to the Cameron Yoemen in the bi-district round.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?brd=1574&Nav_Sec=70006 (729 words)

	Freedmen's Bureau Indenture Bonds for Hempstead, Arkansas
		John does hereby further covenant and bind himself to teach said apprentice or cause her to be taught reading, writing and arithmetic to the rule of three inclusive.
		In testimony whereof we have hereto set our hands and affixed our seals at Washington in the County of Hempstead in the State of Arkansas, this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Seven.
		Adams, a citizen of Cass County in the State of Missouri, at present residing in Hempstead, Ark, until the age of 21.
	freedmensbureau.com /arkansas/arkindenture.htm (397 words)

	UACES: AR Communities: Taxes: Hempstead County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		School districts in Hempstead County received most of this revenue, $4.87 million.
		Cities in Hempstead County received $0.14 million for their general revenue funds while the library received $60,000 from property tax revenue.
		Cities in Hempstead County received 2.5 percent for their general revenue funds while the library received 1.1 percent of the property tax revenue.
	www.arcommunities.org /taxes/Hempstead/use.asp (233 words)

	Search Results for Hempstead - Encyclopædia Britannica
		village, mainly in North Hempstead town (township) with a small section in Hempstead town, and seat (1898) of Nassau county, Long Island, southeastern New York, U.S. It was settled in the 17th...
		The borough, in the northwestern corner of the county, includes part of the range of chalk hills known as the...
		county, southeastern New York state, U.S., on central Long Island just east of the borough (and county) of Queens, New York City.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Hempstead&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (454 words)

	Herald Community
		He also says that while the county desperately needs affordable housing, his district is overburdened with it, and policy makers need to start looking in "unconventional" places for new housing.
		Nassau County residents are over-taxed, he believes, and Kamen says neither party has been "watching the bottom line." He says that with his financial background, he will watch out for taxpayers and rein in county spending.
		While the county's finances are on the minds of virtually every candidate and voter, Glassberg would also like to draw attention to the lack of affordable housing in the county.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10430641&BRD=1601&PAG=461&dept_id=62803&rfi=6 (5512 words)

	index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Hempstead Independent School District is located in Waller County.
		The Hempstead Independent School is located approximately 1 hour from downtown Houston.
		Hempstead Middle School is composed of grades 6, 7, and 8.
	www.hempstead.isd.esc4.net /middleschool/index_ms.htm (93 words)

	Hempstead County
		GEN 929.376754 HE Marriages, Hempstead County, Arkansas, January 1, 1913 through December 31, 1923.
		GEN 929.376754 HE Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States Census of 1900.
		GEN 929.376754 HE Hempstead County, Arkansas, marriage records, 1817-1875.
	pbjc-lib.state.ar.us /genealogy/HempsteadCounty.htm (235 words)

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