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History · Uniondale

11% of Uniondale’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1897 on, and the census since 2000.

1on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
5famous people
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From Uniondale’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Uniondale’s past

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

On the map since 18977 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1994. Watch Uniondale change.Old housesHalf of Uniondale’s homes were built before 1956.
★ What stands out · On the map

Uniondale on the map, 1897 to 1994

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

Uniondale on the 1897 USGS mapUniondale on the 1903 USGS mapUniondale on the 1947 USGS mapUniondale on the 1955 USGS mapUniondale on the 1969 USGS mapUniondale on the 1979 USGS mapUniondale 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 Uniondale.

The story

How Uniondale came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Uniondale.

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A one-room schoolhouse was built in 1830, which is the current site of the Uniondale Public Library. Hofstra University was established in the estate of William S. Hofstra (now Netherlands Hall) in 1935.

In the early 1970s, several Uniondale residents attempted to incorporate their hamlet as a village, citing dissatisfaction with the way their community was being represented on the board of the committee for redeveloping Mitchel Field, regarding matters like policies and the plans. Their incorporation plans were unsuccessful, and Uniondale remains an unincorporated hamlet governed by the Town of Hempstead.

Until 2015, the area of Uniondale north of the Hempstead Turnpike was a separate census-designated place called East Garden City.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Uniondale, 1897 to 1989

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1897On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1924Born hereGeorge Nostrand is born here
  5. 1958In the archiveRoosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a25919
  6. 1986Born hereKahiem Seawright is born here
  7. 1988Born hereAndrew Quarless is born here
  8. 1989Born hereAljamain Sterling is born here
By decade

Uniondale, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1950s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1950s6 items
Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a259191958Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a259191958Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a259201958Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a259201958Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a259241958Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a259241958Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a2…
1960s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a25919
Retake this viewRoosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a25919, 1958

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Uniondale’s page.

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On the National Register

1 listing protects 128 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
128
each building in a district counts

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

People over time

Uniondale, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00020002020Peak: 32,473

Between 23,011 and 32,473 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

5 famous people were born in Uniondale

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Aljamain SterlingAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1989
George NostrandAmerican basketball player · b. 1924
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Kahiem SeawrightAmerican basketball player · b. 1986
Andrew QuarlessPlayer of American football · b. 1988
Richard BlaisAmerican chef · b. 1972
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Finish Uniondale’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewRoosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Islan…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hempstead4 historic placesA−Garden City4 historic placesA−East MeadowIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRooseveltIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHempstead29 historic placesANorth Hempstead52 historic placesABaldwin1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCarle Place1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth MerrickIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Uniondale’s history

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.