Editing Matinecock, New York (section)

== History ==
Matinecock incorporated as a village on April 2, 1928, in order to gain [[Home rule in the United States|home rule powers]].<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><ref>{{Cite web |title=Village of Matinecock Information |url=http://www.matinecockvillage.org/Information.aspx |access-date=September 30, 2022 |website=www.matinecockvillage.org}}</ref>

The village is named for the [[Matinecock (tribe)|Matinecock Nation]], which inhabited much of the area.<ref name=":81" /> "Matinecock" roughly translates to "the Hill Country," and was the Matinecock Nation's name for much of the area.<ref name=":81" /><ref>{{Cite web|first=Hannah|last=Douglas|title=Matinecock Way: Is it the way to go?|url=https://www.qchron.com/editions/north/matinecock-way-is-it-the-way-to-go/article_4d8abfe0-85f8-5b04-872e-dabdb41d9d3e.html|access-date=August 10, 2020|website=Queens Chronicle|date=October 8, 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>https://www.huntingtonny.gov/filestorage/13747/99540/16499/First_Purchase.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

In May 1998, Worth Magazine ranked Matinecock as the fifth richest town in America and the richest town in New York.<ref>{{cite news |title=OFF THE RACK; The Richer Rich, and Where They Live |work=The New York Times |date=April 19, 1998 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/19/business/off-the-rack-the-richer-rich-and-where-they-live.html |accessdate=June 21, 2017 |last1=Brock |first1=Fred }}</ref>