Editing Manhasset, New York (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Manhasset Valley Park jeh.jpg|thumb|275px|[[Manhasset Valley Park]], formerly a minor harbor]]
The name Manhasset was adopted for the community in 1840. It is most likely the anglicized rendition of the name of a nearby [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribe<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_IH2lYdHecC&dq=manhasset+name+origin&pg=PA294|page=294|title= A History of Long Island: From Its First Settlement by Europeans to the Year 1845, with Special Reference to Its Ecclesiastical Concerns|year=1845|publisher=R. Carter}}</ref> whose name translates to "the island neighborhood".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rather |first=John |date=September 8, 1996 |title=If You're Thinking of Living In/Manhasset, L.I.; A Prosperous Enclave of Gracious Living |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/08/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-manhasset-li-prosperous-enclave-gracious-living.html |access-date=September 19, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/08/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-manhasset-li-prosperous-enclave-gracious-living.html|title=If You're Thinking of Living In/Manhasset, L.I.; A Prosperous Enclave of Gracious Living|work=The New York Times |date=8 September 1996 |last1=Rather |first1=John }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.plandomeheights-ny.gov/Attachments/A%20History%20of%20the%20Incorporated%20Village.htm|title= History of the Incorporated Village of Plandome Heights}}</ref>