Mineola, County seat administrative village in Nassau County, New York.
Mineola is the county seat of Nassau County in New York State and sits at roughly 108 feet (33 m) above sea level across 1.85 square miles (4.8 km²). The settlement mixes residential streets, shops, and official buildings centered around the courthouse complex.
The settlement became the seat of Nassau County government in 1898 after the new county split from Queens. The courthouse rose starting in 1900 and has anchored the center ever since as the main public building.
The name comes from Algonquin Chief Miniolagamika and recalls the tribes who lived on Long Island before European settlement. This reference to the Algonquin language survives today only in the place name, which remains one of the few linguistic traces in the area.
The station on the Long Island Rail Road Main Line offers regular trains to New York City and other destinations across Nassau County. Jericho Turnpike runs through the settlement and links it to neighboring communities on Long Island.
The British rigid airship R34 of the Royal Navy ended the first east-to-west aerial crossing of the North Atlantic here in 1919. This landing made the settlement an early scene of transatlantic aviation history.
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