1903 Map of Hempstead

About this map

The town of Hempstead serves as the hub of this Long Island landscape at the turn of the century, situated between the expanding rail networks of the Long Island R. R. and the intricate coastal wetlands of the Atlantic shore. The interior reveals a pattern of early suburban development and resource management, dominated by the massive Hempstead Reservoir and smaller impoundments like Millburn Reservoir and Smith Pond. Transportation routes are in transition, featuring the Long Island Motor Parkway cutting across the northern plains near Garden City.