Editing Glen Cove, New York (section)

==History==
Ancient cultures of [[indigenous peoples]] had lived in the area for thousands of years. At the time of European contact, bands of the [[Lenape]] (Delaware) nation inhabited western Long Island and the areas along today's [[New York Harbor]] and adjacent [[New Jersey]], as well as further south down the coast, through present-day [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Delaware]], and along the [[Delaware River]]. They spoke an [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]] language. By 1600, however, the band inhabiting this local area was called the [[Metoac|Matinecock]] (Metoac), after their location.

===17th Century===
Glen Cove was used as a [[port]] by the [[English people|English]], and for those coming and going further inland to [[New England]]. On May 24, 1668, Joseph Carpenter of [[Warwick, Rhode Island|Warwick]], [[Rhode Island]], purchased about {{convert|2000|acre|km2}} of land to the northwest of the Town of [[Oyster Bay (town), New York|Oyster Bay]] from the Matinecock. Later that year, he admitted four male residents of Oyster Bay as co-partners in the project—the brothers Nathaniel, Daniel, and Robert Coles along with Nicholas Simkins. The five young men, known as ''The Five Proprietors'', named the settlement 'Musketa Cove Plantation'; ''musketa'' meaning "place of rushes" in the [[Delaware languages|Lenape language]].<ref name="Library">Petrash, Antonia; Stern, Carol; McCrossen, Carol, [http://www.nassaulibrary.org/glencove/History%20of%20Glen%20Cove.html "History of Glen Cove"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051025183106/http://www.nassaulibrary.org/glencove/History%20of%20Glen%20Cove.html |date=October 25, 2005 }}, Glen Cove Public Library, 2005</ref> 

===19th Century===
In the 1830s, [[steamboats]] started regular service on [[Long Island Sound]], between New York City and Musketa Cove, arriving at a point still called The Landing. As the Lenape word ''Musketa'' was incorrectly associated with the English word ''[[mosquito]]'', in 1834, residents changed the name officially to Glen Cove; this was said to be taken from a misheard suggestion of ''Glencoe'' (referring to [[Glencoe, Scotland]] or Glencoe, [[Nova Scotia]]).<ref name="HOGC">[http://www.nassaulibrary.org/glencove/History%20of%20Glen%20Cove.html Antonia Petrash, Carol Stern, and Carol McCrossen, "HISTORY OF GLEN COVE"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051025183106/http://www.nassaulibrary.org/glencove/History%20of%20Glen%20Cove.html|date=October 25, 2005}}, Nassau County Library</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/community.html#glencove |title=The History of Glen Cove, NY |access-date=October 13, 2008 |last=Henderson |first=Jeanne |work=Long Island Genealogy |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927175508/http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/community.html#glencove |url-status=live }}</ref>

Glen Cove added to its population as workers arrived for jobs at the Duryea Corn Starch factory, which operated until 1900. The name Duryea was suggested as a name to replace Mosquito Cove; however, it was later rejected.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=738 "Glen Cove Community Profile"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609032619/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=738 |date=June 9, 2011 }}, Podunk</ref>

By 1850, Glen Cove had become a popular summer resort for New York City residents. The [[Long Island Rail Road]] was extended to Glen Cove in 1867, providing quicker, more frequent services to New York City. The availability of the train, and the town's location on Long Island Sound, made it attractive to year-round residents, thus the population increased.<ref name="Library" />

The vistas afforded from Long Island Sound of the town's rolling hills attracted late 19th-century wealthy industrial [[baron]]s, including [[Charles Pratt]] and his sons, [[Charles Anderson Dana]] as well as [[J.P. Morgan]], and [[F.W. Woolworth]]. They built large, private estates along the island's North Shore. This expanse of settled wealth was part of what became known in the 1920s as the [[North Shore (Long Island)|Gold Coast]] of Nassau County. Part of the Morgan property was donated to the city, and it is now operated as Morgan Park and Beach.<ref name="Library" />

===20th Century===
On January 1, 1918, Glen Cove became an independent city, separating from the Town of Oyster Bay, after 250 years. The [[Incorporated town|incorporation]] was driven by a desire for its tax revenues to be used locally, rather than distributed throughout Oyster Bay. Glen Cove, at the time, was an especially wealthy part of the town, but the town's provisions for Glen Cove's police service and roads were seen as "inadequate", given the amount of taxes levied.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1917-10-04|title=Glen Cove ready to bow as city|pages=3|work=Brooklyn Daily Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78464704|access-date=2021-05-28|archive-date=September 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930090007/https://www.newspapers.com/article/78464704/|url-status=live}}</ref>  It was unusual in that Glen Cove was incorporated as a city without ever having been an incorporated [[village]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=1917-01-19|title=Plan to make Glen Cove city|pages=9|work=Brooklyn Daily Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47500900|access-date=2021-05-28|archive-date=September 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930085855/https://www.newspapers.com/article/47500900/|url-status=live}}</ref>

By the mid-20th Century, most of the [[mansion]]s had been converted from single-family use. [[Woolworth Estate|Winfield Hall]], the former estate of F.W. Woolworth, remains privately owned.

Altogether, five Pratt families owned a total of about {{convert|5000|acre|km2}} in the area. John Teele Pratt's estate ([[The Manor (Glen Cove, New York)|The Manor]], designed by [[Charles A. Platt]]) is operated as the Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center.

The Braes, the country estate of [[Herbert L. Pratt]], was purchased by the [[Webb Institute]] in 1945, and by 1947 housed a  college for naval architecture and engineering.<ref>MacKay, Robert B. et al. (1997). ''Long Island Country Houses and Their Architects, 1860–1940'', Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities. p 84</ref>

George DuPont Pratt's estate, [[Killenworth]], was purchased by the [[Soviet Union]] in 1951, for both guests and staff of its [[United Nations]] (UN) delegation. In 1960, while attending UN meetings, Soviet Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] and [[Cuba]]n President [[Fidel Castro]] stayed at Killenworth.

Glen Cove's population grew rapidly after [[World War II]]. Residential developments replaced pastures and farms. Many new residents were second- or third-generation children of Eastern and [[Southern Europe]]an immigrants from [[Queens]] or [[Brooklyn]]. Many local [[African Americans]] were descended from [[Slavery in the United States|slaves]] of the [[Province of New York|colonial period]], when colonists had imported enslaved West Africans for domestic and farm labor. Still others came to [[New York City]] and surrounding areas during the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]], in the first half of the 20th Century.

Since the late 20th Century, newer Glen Cove residents have been mostly [[Latin Americans|Latin American]], [[East Asia|East Asian]] or  [[South Asia]]n.  Glen Cove has a [[Sikhs|Sikh]] [[gurdwara]].