Hewlett is a

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and

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(CDP) in the

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in Nassau County, on

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, in

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, United States. The population was 6,819 at the 2010 census. Hewlett is usually included as one of the

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in the southwestern corner of Nassau County. In the context of the Five Towns, "The Hewletts" or "Hewlett" is often used to refer collectively to the hamlet of Hewlett, together with the villages of Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor and Hewlett Neck, along with Woodsburgh.

History

The hamlet's name comes from the Hewlett family. George Hewlett, the first Hewlett to settle in the area, was born in England in 1634. He was part of an English community which emigrated to Long Island - by way of Connecticut - and negotiated treaties with the Dutch governors and native inhabitants to establish a population center in what is now Hempstead.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and 1.11% is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 6,819 people, 2,547 households, and 1,833 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 7,936.0 per square mile (3,062.8/km²). There were 2,708 housing units at an average density of 3,074.4/sq mi (1,186.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.2%

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, 2.8%

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, 0.2% Native American, 7.8%

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, 0.1%

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, 4.6% from

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, and 1.6% from two or more races.

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of any race were 10.67% of the population. There were 2,634 households, out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.9% were

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living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 10.7. The median age was 44.2 years. Females comprised 52% of the population, and males comprised 48% of the population The median income for a household in the CDP was $66,550, and the median income for a family was $74,259. Males had a median income of $51,977 versus $40,750 for females. The

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for the CDP was $38,803. 2.9% of the population and 1.3% of families were below the

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. Out of the total people living in poverty, 2.8% were under the age of 18 and 5.9% were 65 or older.

Transportation

The Hewlett station on the

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is located within the hamlet.

Education

Public education

Hewlett is primarily located within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the

Hewlett-Woodmere School District The Hewlett-Woodmere Public School District, Union Free School District 14, is located in the southwest section of Nassau County, New York and borders the New York City borough of Queens. Communities in the district include, in full or in part, ...

(District 14), although smaller portions of the hamlet are located within the boundaries of (and are thus served by) the

Lynbrook Union Free School District The Lynbrook Union Free School District is a public school district serving portions of the southwestern part of the Town of Hempstead. The school district includes most of the Village of Lynbrook and parts of the unincorporated areas of Lynbroo ...

. As such, students who reside within Hewlett and attend public schools go to school in one of these districts depending on where they live within the hamlet.

Private education

The Yeshiva of South Shore is located in Hewlett.

Notable people

Deborah Asnis Deborah Susan Asnis (July 17, 1956 – September 12, 2015) was an American infectious disease specialist and H.I.V. clinical researcher, who is credited with reporting the first human cases of West Nile virus in the United States. In August 1999 ...

– Infectious disease specialist, discovered and reported the first human cases of

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. *

Jeffrey Bader Jeffrey A. Bader (born 1945) was the senior director for Asian affairs on the National Security Council in the Obama Administration and a former United States Ambassador to Namibia. Career Bader retired from foreign service in 2002 and later join ...

– Former Senior Director for Asia, National Security Council, Obama Administration; US Ambassador to

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; and member, Hewlett-Woodmere High School Alumni Hall of Fame. *

Ross Bleckner Ross Bleckner (born May 12, 1949) is an American artist. He currently lives and works in New York City. His artistic focus is on painting, and he held his first solo exhibition in 1975. Some of his art work reflected on the AIDS epidemic. Earl ...

– Artist. *

John P. Campo John P. Campo, Sr. (February 24, 1938 - November 14, 2005) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Campo was born in East Harlem, New York and raised in Ozone Park, Queens. He is best known as the trainer of 1981 Kentucky Derby and Prea ...

– Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. *

Louise Glück Louise Elisabeth Glück ( ; born April 22, 1943) is an American poet and essayist. She won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, whose judges praised "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal". He ...

– Poet, essayist and 2020

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. *

Harvey Milk Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk was born and raised in N ...

– American politician and LGBT advocate; Hewlett High School Teacher. *

Errol Morris Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American film director known for documentaries that interrogate the epistemology of its subjects. In 2003, his documentary film '' The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamar ...

– Film director.Klein, Alvin
"FILM; Film Dissects Murder and Justice"
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'', October 23, 1988. Accessed March 14, 2017. "For Errol Morris, a film maker from Hewlett, ''The Thin Blue Line'' is as much a mission as a motion picture." *

Max Seibald Maxwell Oren Seibald (born August 14, 1987) is a former professional lacrosse player for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse. He played midfield position. He graduated in 2009 from Cornell University. He is a former Tewaaraton Award winn ...

– Lacrosse player. *

Jim Steinman James Richard Steinman (November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021) was an American composer, lyricist and record producer. He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work included songs in the adult contemporary, rock, dance, pop, mus ...

– Composer, lyricist, record producer and playwright.

References

External links

Hewlett - Woodmere Union Free School District

The Hewletts: A Four-Part Segment of the Five Towns
{{authority control Five Towns Census-designated places in New York (state) Census-designated places in Nassau County, New York Hamlets in Nassau County, New York