Long Beach is a city in Nassau County, New York on a barrier island off the South Shore of Long Island and one of only two cities in the county. The other city is Glen Cove. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 35,462. It was incorporated in 1922, and is nicknamed The City By the Sea (as seen, in Latin, on its official seal).
The City of Long Beach is surrounded by the Town of Hempstead.
Charles T. Theofan is the current c...
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Long Beach is a city in Nassau County, New York on a barrier island off the South Shore of Long Island and one of only two cities in the county. The other city is Glen Cove. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 35,462. It was incorporated in 1922, and is nicknamed The City By the Sea (as seen, in Latin, on its official seal).
The City of Long Beach is surrounded by the Town of Hempstead.
Charles T. Theofan is the current city manager, a position which is appointed by the City Council.
The community became an incorporated village in 1913 and a city in 1922.
Long Beach's first inhabitants were the Rockaway Indians, who sold the area to colonists in 1643. While the barrier island was used by baymen and farmers for fishing and harvesting salt hay, no one lived there year-round for more than two centuries, until Congress established a lifesaving station in 1849. A dozen years before, 62 people died when the barque Mexico carrying Irish immigrants to New York ran...
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