Malverne is a village in the town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 8,934 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.7 km²), all of it land.
Malverne was originally settled by the Rockaway Indians at an unknown point in history with the current Ocean Avenue serving as an Indian path. Western settlements can be dated back to the 1790...
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Malverne is a village in the town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 8,934 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.7 km²), all of it land.
Malverne was originally settled by the Rockaway Indians at an unknown point in history with the current Ocean Avenue serving as an Indian path. Western settlements can be dated back to the 1790s when the Cornwell family first settled and began farming the area.
Norwood, as it was originally known, formed a movement to become an incorporated village in the early 1920s. This area originally consisted of the communities of North Lynbrook and Malverne Park. It is widely believed that residents of the now Malverne Park area did not wish to become park of the new village and therefore requested not to be included. North Lynbrook was believed to be removed from the borders by then New York Lieutenant Governor Jeremiah Wood, who lived in...
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