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Hempstead Plains
The
Hempstead Plains
is a region of central
Long Island
in
New York
state in what is now
Nassau County
. It was once an open expanse of native
grassland
estimated to once extend to about . It was separated from the
North Shore of Long Island
by the
Harbor Hill Moraine
, later approximately the route of
Route 25
. The modern
Hempstead Turnpike
approximately traces the separation of the plain from the
South Shore of Long Island
. The east-west extent was from somewhat west of the modern
Queens, New York City
border to slightly beyond the Suffolk County border.
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