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=== Timeline === *February 12, 1664: Jerusalem Purchase between John Seaman and Takapausha of the Massapequan Indians whereupon the English were granted rights to settle in on lands that now comprise southern and easternmost Levittown (south of Hempstead Tpke.), northern and eastern Wantagh, and most of Seaford. As Seaman established his farm, Cherrywood, two years later, near the current location of Salk Middle School and MacArthur High School, he was the first European to live in what's now Levittown. This is the start of the use of the word "Jerusalem" to describe the aforementioned areas.<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> * March 22, 1747: Land deed between the Seaman and Weeks families first to mention the Island of Trees endowing the general area of northern Levittown with the name "Island Trees".<ref name=":81" /> * March 1, 1837: Rail service arrives at [[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]] under the supervision of Valentine Hicks. The ensuing influx of German immigrant farmers and artisans opens the future Levittown area up to potato farming and other forms of development.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}} * February 11, 1907: William Levitt born to Abraham Levitt and Pauline Biederman Levitt in Brooklyn.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}} * May 21, 1947: Local governing board approves of the construction of a community that would become Levittown.<ref name=":81" /> * October 1, 1947: Levittown's official beginning as a suburban entity with the first three hundred families β beginning with the Bladykas family β moving into their brand-new Levitt & Sons homes.<ref name=":81" /> * January 1, 1948: The Jerusalem/Island Trees area is officially named "Levittown".<ref name=":81" />
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