Hicksville is one of the hamlets and a census-designated location (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, situated in Long Island, New York, United States. The CDP’s population was 41,547 in the census of 2010.
History
Valentine Hicks, the son-in-law of abolitionist Quaker pastor Elias Hicks and eventual president of the Long Island Rail Road, bought the land located in the village in 1834 and transformed it into a railway station stop for the LIRR 1837. The station was later used as an agricultural depot, especially cucumbers for the Heinz Company plant. Following the destruction of the cucumber plants and the farmers began to grow potatoes. The town grew into an energizing New York City suburb in the building boom after World War II.
The hamlet’s name is derived from Valentine Hicks. The year 1953 was when Hicksville tried to integrate itself into Hicksville, the Incorporated Village of Hicksville. Many residents believed that with the incorporation as a village, the community could be managed more efficiently than the town of Oyster Bay. A petition was signed with 6,242 signatures of residents who supported the idea. But, the plans did not succeed, and Hicksville is still an unincorporated part of Oyster Bay, the Town of Oyster Bay.
Geography
As per the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers a size of 6.8 sq miles (18 km2), comprising 6.8 sq miles (18 km2) is land and 0.15 percent is water. The climate borders hot-summer humid continental (Dfa) and humid subtropical (Cfa), and the local hardiness zone is 7a. The average monthly temperatures of the center of the village vary between 31.9 degrees Fahrenheit in January and 74.7 degF in July. EZ Bed Bug Exterminator Long Island
Economy
Metalab Equipment Company, a part of Norbute Corp, made laboratory furniture and cabinetry as Manufacturing manufactured electric lamps and lampshades between 1975 and 1991. In 1975, Rubber Company of America (RUCO) constructed a manufacturing facility in 1945. RUCO Polymer Corporation. (Hooker Chemical Corporation) produced latex, plastics, and esters. Occidental Chemical Corporation (OCC) was the owner and operator of this facility from 1966 until 1982. Sybron Corporation purchased the place, and in 2000 then; it was the Bayer Corporation (Bayer MaterialScience) acquired Hooker Ruco. Hooker Ruco facility and, in 2002, decided to shut down the facility. It was a customer for freight for the Rail Road in Long Island, NYC, New York, and Atlantic Railway, served by spur tracks that ran along the Main Line close to the Grade Crossing on New South Road. The location was used for the production of polyester from 1982 to 2002. The LIRR switched off the switch in track work shortly after the closing and demolishment of the structures on it. The property is still fenced off and unoccupied at present.
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