Baldwin, Nassau County, New York
| Baldwin, New York | |
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| Hamlet and census-designated place | |
 Location in Nassau County and the state of New York. |
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 Baldwin, New York
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| Coordinates: 40°40′12.8″N 73°36′45″W / 40.670222°N 73.61250°WCoordinates: 40°40′12.8″N 73°36′45″W / 40.670222°N 73.61250°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New York
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| County | Nassau |
| Elevation | 7.0104 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 24,033 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 11510 |
| Area code(s) | 516 |
| GNIS feature ID | 942888 |
| Website | http://www.baldwinchamber.com |
Baldwin is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 24,033 at the 2010 census.
Baldwin is also a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.
Original inhabitants of the area between Parsonage Creek near Oceanside and Milburn Creek near Freeport were Native Americans known as Merokes, or Merrick, an Algonquian tribe indigenous to most of the South Shore of Long Island, who lived in two villages along Milburn Creek. In 1643, the land became known as Hick's Neck after two of Hempstead's early settlers, John Spragg from England and John Hicks from Flushing, who extended Hempstead village south to the salt meadows. The grist mill built by John Pine in 1686 on Milburn Creek attracted more settlers who engaged in fishing, farming, marshing, raising longwood, and breeding and raising sheep. Between the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, growing Hick's Neck came to be called the village of Milburn. The first churches were built in 1810 and 1872, and the first school was built in 1833.
After the area was previously regarded as Hick's Neck and later Milburn, Baldwin was founded in 1855 (as Baldwinsville) and named in honor of Thomas Baldwin (1795–1872), who was a sixth-generation member of the Baldwin family of Hempstead and the leading merchant of Milburn at the time. Mr. Baldwin owned a general store named T. Baldwin and Sons, as well as a hotel at a location that would now be considered the northwest corner of Merrick Road and Grand Avenue. He also owned and operated a sawmill by Silver Lake just southeast of the hotel.
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