Queens

:See Queen for other uses.

History

The borough of Queens was originally named after Queen Catherine of Braganza, the Portuguese wife of King Charles II of England.

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Catherine of Braganza - Charles II

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Originally, Queens County included the adjacent area now comprising Nassau County. It was an original county of New York State, one of twelve created in 1683. By 1870 Queens County consisted of six towns: Newtown, Flushing, Jamaica, North Hempstead, Hempstead, and Oyster Bay. In 1870, the city of Long Island City was incorporated, consisting of what had been the Village of Astoria and some unincorporated areas in the Town of Newtown. Long Island City, Newtown, Flushing, Jamaica, and the Rockaway Peninsula of the Town of Hempstead became the borough of Queens in Greater New York on January 1, 1898. The part of Queens County that was not annexed to New York City, consisting of the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay and all of the Town of Hempstead except the Rockaway Peninsula, was constituted as the new Nassau County in 1899.

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Nassau County - 1683 - 1870 - Town - City - Long Island City - Borough - Greater New York - January 1 - 1898 - 1899

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