Port Washington

Port Washington is the name of some places in the United States of America:

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Port Washington, New York

Port Washington is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the community population was 15,846.

Port Washington is a hamlet within and directly governed by the town of North Hempstead. It is home of With rolling hills and a serpentine coastline in the northwest corner of Nassau County, Port Washington is studded with marinas, parks, yacht clubs and golf courses. The Great Neck peninsula is across Manhasset Bay to the west; Manhasset and Plandome are to the south; Roslyn lies southeast. Besides an unincorporated area of the Town of North Hempstead, Port Washington is home to four incorporated villages: Baxter Estates, Manorhaven, Port Washington North and Sands Point, plus part of the village of Flower Hill. According to Forbes, Port Washington is ranked 348th most wealthiest place in the United States as of 2015, with a median sale price of $1,191,865

History

In the 1870s Port Washington became an important sand-mining town; it had the largest sandbank east of the Mississippi, and easy barge access to Manhattan. Some 140 million cubic yards of local sand were used for concrete for New York skyscrapers like the Empire State and Chrysler buildings, according to Jon Kaiman, the Town Supervisor until 2013. Fifteen years ago the sand mines were redeveloped as Harbor Links, a golf course for North Hempstead residents.

Washington, New York

Washington is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 4,741 at the 2010 census. The town is named after George Washington, who passed through the town during the Revolution.

Washington is in the central part of the county, northeast of the city of Poughkeepsie. U.S. Route 44 passes across the town.

History

The town was part of the Great Nine Partners Patent of 1697. The town was formed in 1788 as one of the original towns of the re-organized county. The town lost territory in 1793 to form the new town of Stanford.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 58.9 square miles (152.5 km²), of which 58.2 square miles (150.7 km²) is land and 0.69 square miles (1.8 km²), or 1.21%, is water.