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History · North Wantagh

1 of North Wantagh’s places is on the National Register

Most of North Wantagh was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1956. Below: maps from 1897 on and the census since 2000.

1on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about North Wantagh’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of North Wantagh are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18977 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1994. Watch North Wantagh change.Old housesHalf of North Wantagh’s homes were built before 1956.
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On the map

North Wantagh on the map, 1897 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of North Wantagh. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

North Wantagh on the 1897 USGS mapNorth Wantagh on the 1903 USGS mapNorth Wantagh on the 1947 USGS mapNorth Wantagh on the 1955 USGS mapNorth Wantagh on the 1969 USGS mapNorth Wantagh on the 1979 USGS mapNorth Wantagh on the 1994 USGS map1897Hempstead sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of North Wantagh.

The story so far

North Wantagh, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of North Wantagh yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

North Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 11,931 at the time of the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 11,960 in 2010, 11,931 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in North Wantagh

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

North Wantagh, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020002020Peak: 12,156

Between 11,931 and 12,156 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on North Wantagh’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

North MassapequaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHempstead29 historic placesAOyster Bay61 historic placesA−LevittownIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWantagh3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth BellmoreIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSeafordIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast MeadowIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.