Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan area east of New York City and west of Suffolk County, in the U.S. state of New York. In 2020, 1,395,774 people lived there. Nassau County is in western Long Island, and is bordered by Suffolk County to the east and by the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens to the west. Until 1899, Nassau County was part of Queens County. The county seat is Mineola. Along with Suffolk, it was named the safest county in the United States in 2005 by Forbes.

 Communities 
Nassau County is split into three towns and two cities:
Hempstead (town)
North Hempstead (town)
Oyster Bay (town)
Glen Cove (city)
Long Beach (city)

Hamlets in Nassau County include Manhasset, New York.

 References 

Category:New York (state) counties
Category:1899 establishments in the United States
Category:1890s establishments in New York (state)