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Massapequa, New York
Massapequa (/ˌmæsəˈpiːkwə/, mass-ə-PEEK-wə) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 21,355 at the time of the 2020 census.
The name Massapequa or historically Marsapeague means “great water land”.
The first occupants were a band of Algonquian speakers, the Massapequa people, one of the 13 tribes of Long Island, a sub-group of the Lenape people. At first, most of the Massapequa people were friendly and helpful to the Europeans, but then, around 1658, merchants from the Town of Oyster tricked Chief Tackapausha into selling the land. He tried to rectify this misunderstanding, but remained unsuccessful.[dubious – discuss]
In 1670 (35 years after the Europeans initially settled there), only a few Native Americans were left on the Island.
At the time of the second World War, the population was about 3,000, and most worked in agriculture, or at nearby aircraft manufacturing plants.
In 1953, the last remains of a fort of the Massapequa, an archeological site, was covered up by a real estate developer; it is now a National Register-listed United States National Historic Landmark.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10 km2), of which 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), or 9.20%, is water.
Massapequa and nearby places with "Massapequa" in their names are sometimes collectively called "the Massapequas".
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Massapequa, New York
Massapequa (/ˌmæsəˈpiːkwə/, mass-ə-PEEK-wə) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 21,355 at the time of the 2020 census.
The name Massapequa or historically Marsapeague means “great water land”.
The first occupants were a band of Algonquian speakers, the Massapequa people, one of the 13 tribes of Long Island, a sub-group of the Lenape people. At first, most of the Massapequa people were friendly and helpful to the Europeans, but then, around 1658, merchants from the Town of Oyster tricked Chief Tackapausha into selling the land. He tried to rectify this misunderstanding, but remained unsuccessful.[dubious – discuss]
In 1670 (35 years after the Europeans initially settled there), only a few Native Americans were left on the Island.
At the time of the second World War, the population was about 3,000, and most worked in agriculture, or at nearby aircraft manufacturing plants.
In 1953, the last remains of a fort of the Massapequa, an archeological site, was covered up by a real estate developer; it is now a National Register-listed United States National Historic Landmark.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10 km2), of which 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), or 9.20%, is water.
Massapequa and nearby places with "Massapequa" in their names are sometimes collectively called "the Massapequas".
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