Editing Hewlett Neck, New York (section)

== History ==
Hewlett Neck was incorporated as a village on April 14, 1927.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Village of Hewlett Neck – About |url=http://hewlettneck.org/about.asp |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=hewlettneck.org}}</ref>

Hewlett Neck consists of many large homes, mansions, villas and former [[plantation]]s with very large property, a few dating back to the time of the [[American Revolution]].<ref name=":81">{{Cite book |last=Winsche |first=Richard |title=The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names |date=October 1, 1999 |publisher=Empire State Books |isbn=978-1557871541 |location=[[Interlaken, New York]] |pages=}}</ref> The area, like Back/Old [[Lawrence, Nassau County, New York|Lawrence]], is unique because its rural affluence is similar in character to the more well known [[North Shore (Long Island)|Gold Coast]] of the [[North Shore (Long Island)|North Shore]] instead of being more urbanized like the rest of the [[South Shore (Long Island)|South Shore]] of [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":81" />