Editing Plandome Heights, New York (section)

== History ==
In the early 20th century, [[Benjamin Newton Duke|Benjamin N. Duke]] of the Duke [[tobacco]] family developed large parts of what is now Plandome Heights through the Plandome Heights Company, which was one of Duke's real estate ventures; many of these homes were built in the Spanish style, which was a popular architectural style at the time.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=A History of the Incorporated Village of Plandome Heights|url=https://www.plandomeheights-ny.gov/Attachments/A%20History%20of%20the%20Incorporated%20Village.htm|url-status=live|access-date=June 30, 2021|website=www.plandomeheights-ny.gov|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812210852/https://www.plandomeheights-ny.gov/Attachments/A%20History%20of%20the%20Incorporated%20Village.htm}}</ref> The Duke family owned large portions of Plandome Heights in the early 20th century.<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>

Prior to incorporating, the residents in the original part of Plandome Heights (the western and central portions) had unsuccessfully petitioned for neighboring [[Plandome, New York|Plandome]] to annex their area.<ref name=":81" /> This resulted in residents deciding to incorporate following Plandome's refusal, and Plandome Heights officially became a village on June 11, 1929.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":81" />

In 1949, Plandome Heights annexed an area adjacent to and immediately east of the village, called Chester Hill; this area is at the southeastern end of Plandome Heights, east of Plandome Road, and includes streets such as Chester Drive and Winthrope Road.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=July 15, 1949|title=Call Hearing on Chester Hill Annexation|page=70|work=[[Newsday]]|via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>

Like the villages of [[Plandome]] and [[Plandome Manor, New York|Plandome Manor]] to its north, Plandome Heights derives its name from the Latin 'Planus Domus', meaning plain, or level home.<ref name=":81" />