Editing Mineola, New York

{{Short description|Village in New York, United States}}
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| leader_name        = Paul A. Pereira
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'''Mineola''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|village]] and the [[county seat]] of [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], on [[Long Island|Long Island, New York]], United States. The population was 20,800 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Mineola_village,_New_York?g=160XX00US3647636 |access-date=December 25, 2023 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The village's name is derived from an [[Algonquin language|Algonquin]] Chief, Miniolagamika, which means "pleasant village".<ref name="Gov">{{cite web|title=Village of Mineola, NY - Village History|url=https://www.mineola-ny.gov/about|access-date=December 23, 2017|website=www.mineola-ny.gov|language=en}}</ref>

The '''Incorporated Village of Mineola''' is located primarily in the [[North Hempstead, New York|Town of North Hempstead]], with the exception being a small portion of its southern edge within the [[Hempstead, New York|Town of Hempstead]].<ref name=2005MasterPlan>{{cite web |url=http://www.mineola-ny.gov/cmp/FinalCompPlan.pdf |title=Comprehensive Master Plan for the Village of Mineola |access-date=October 21, 2008 |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705124506/http://www.mineola-ny.gov/cmp/FinalCompPlan.pdf |url-status=dead }} especially see page 5</ref> [[Old Country Road]] runs along the village's southern border.

The area serviced by the Mineola Post Office extends farther south into the adjacent village of [[Garden City, New York|Garden City]], where the [[Old Nassau County Courthouse (New York)|Old Nassau County Courthouse]] is located.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Offices of many Nassau County agencies are in both Mineola and Garden City.

== History ==
[[File:R34.jpg|thumb|A British [[rigid airship]] ''R34'' landing in Mineola in early July 1919]]
[[File:New York - Manorville through Mineola - NARA - 68145555 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Mineola in 1931]]
[[File:Theodore Korcz and William Dowdell Denson crop.jpg|thumb|Prosecutor William Dowdell Denson examines a witness during the [[Dachau trials]] in November 1945]]
[[File:Mineola post office.jpg|thumb|Mineola Post Office]]
The central, flat, grassy part of Long Island was originally known as the [[Hempstead Plains]]. In the 19th century, various communities were started in this area. One of those communities was called "Hempstead Branch," which would ultimately be known as "Mineola" later on.

[[Long Island]] was part of Henry Hudson's original claim in the name of the Dutch East India Company dating as far back as 1609. In the 18th century, the Dutch and English settlers worked to clear farmland to start their life on the Hempstead Plains. It was in 1858 when this land was named after an Algonquin Indian Chief, Miniolagamika meaning, "Pleasant Village". The name was later shortened and altered to "Mineola".

From about 1787 until the 1870s, the area was the county seat for [[Queens|Queens County]], in a section then known as Clowesville, just outside the present village boundaries.<ref>
{{cite web|title=Historical Essay: A Thumbnail View|url=http://www.queensbp.org/content_web/tourism/tourism_history.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218014547/http://www.queensbp.org/content_web/tourism/tourism_history.shtml|archive-date=December 18, 2007|access-date=December 29, 2007|publisher=Official History Page of the Queens Borough President's Office|quote=From the final withdrawal of the British in November, 1783, until the 1830s, Queens continued as an essentially Long Island area of farms and villages. The location of the county government in Mineola (in present-day Nassau County) underscores the island orientation of that era. Population grew hardly at all, increasing only from 5,791 in 1800 to 7,806 in 1830, suggesting that many younger sons moved away, seeking fortunes where land was not yet so fully taken up for farming.}}{{cite book|editor=Jon A. Peterson and Vincent Seyfried|title=A Research Guide to the History of the Borough of Queens and Its Neighborhood|year=1983}}{{cite book|author=Peterson, Jon A., ed.|title=A Research Guide to the History of the Borough of Queens, New York City|publisher=Queens College, City University of New York|year=1987|location=New York}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web|title=New York – Queens County – History|url=http://www.timevoyagers.com/bookstore/NewYork/counties/queens.htm|access-date=December 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web|year=1999|title=New York State History|url=http://www.mynewyorkgenealogy.com/ny_history.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108141441/http://www.mynewyorkgenealogy.com/ny_history.htm|archive-date=January 8, 2008|access-date=December 28, 2007|publisher=Genealogy Inc|quote=Under the Reorganization Act of March 7, 1788, New York was divided into 120 towns (not townships), many of which were already in existence.}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web|date=January 2000|title=State of New York; Local Government Handbook; 5th Edition|url=http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss/pdfs/Handbook.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326101146/http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss/pdfs/Handbook.pdf|archive-date=March 26, 2009|pages=Ch 4, p 13; Ch 5 p 2|quote=The 1777 New York State Constitution, Article XXXVI, confirmed land grants and municipal charters granted by the English Crown prior to October 14, 1775. Chapter 64 of the Laws of 1788 organized the state into towns and cities...The basic composition of the counties was set in 1788 when the State Legislature divided all of the counties then existing into towns. Towns, of course, were of earlier origin, but in that year they acquired a new legal status as components of the counties.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History Mysteries: Shelter Island Ferry/Mineola Building|url=http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history_mysteries_hs221a,0,670882.story|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706164332/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history_mysteries_hs221a%2C0%2C670882.story|archive-date=July 6, 2008|access-date=April 1, 2008|quote=The building shown below "is one of the most important buildings in the history of Mineola," wrote Jack Hehman, president of the Mineola Historical Society. Built in 1787 and known as the "old brig," it was the first Queens County courthouse and later a home for the mentally ill. The building was at Jericho Turnpike and Herricks Road until 1910, when it burned to the ground.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=August 29, 1882|title=The Mineola Asylum; Witnesses who testified that it is and has been a model institution.|work=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1882/08/29/archives/the-mineola-asylum-witnesses-who-testified-that-it-is-and-has-been.html|access-date=April 1, 2008|quote=The investigation of the charges made against the Superintendent and keepers of the Mineola Asylum for the Insane, which was begun last Tuesday, was continued yesterday by the standing Committee on Insane Asylums of the Queens County Board of Supervisors-- Messrs. Whitney, Brinckerhoff, and Powell. The committee were shown through the asylum, which is the old building of the Queens County Court-house over 100 years old}}</ref><ref name="NCPO">
{{cite web|author=David Roberts|title=Nassau County Post Offices 1794–1879|url=http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Civil/Nassau.P.O.html|access-date=April 1, 2008}}{{cite book|author1=John L. Kay|title=New York Postal History: The Post Offices & First Postmasters from 1775 to 1980|author2=Chester M. Smith, Jr.|publisher=American Philatelic Society|year=1982|quote=There was only one post office established in present Nassau County when the Long Island post road to Sag Harbor was established September 25, 1794. It appears that the mail from New York went to Jamaica. This was the only post office in the present day Boroughs of Queens or Brooklyn before 1803. From Jamaica the mail went east along the Jericho Turnpike/Middle Country Road route and ended at Sag Harbor. The only post office on this route between Jamaica and Suffolk County was QUEENS established the same date as the others on this route 9/25/1794. This post office was officially Queens, but I have seen the area called "Queens Court House" and was located approximately in the Mineola-Westbury area. The courthouse was used until the 1870s when the county court was moved to Long Island City. Later it served as the Queens County Insane Asylum and still later as an early courthouse for the new Nassau County, during construction of the present "old" Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola. It was demolished shortly after 1900 ... after about 120 years of service of one type or the other.|name-list-style=amp}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=February 25, 1872|title=The Queens County Court-House Question A New Building to be Erected at Mineola.|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1872/02/25/archives/the-queens-county-courthouse-question-a-new-building-to-be-erected.html|access-date=April 1, 2008|quote=For forty years the Supervisors of Queens County have been quarreling over a site for a Court-house. The incommodious building used}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Rhoda Amon|title=Mineola: First Farmers, Then Lawyers|newspaper=Newsday|url=http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist002d,0,6131005.story?coll=ny_community_guide_lihistory_promo|url-status=dead|access-date=December 31, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015160228/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist002d%2C0%2C6131005.story?coll=ny_community_guide_lihistory_promo|archive-date=October 15, 2008}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web|title=1873 map of North Hempstead|url=http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Map/No.Hemp.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610033357/http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Map/No.Hemp.html|archive-date=June 10, 2007|access-date=December 31, 2007|quote=bottom right by spur road off Jericho Tpk – location is now known as [[Garden City Park, New York|Garden City Park]]. Clowesville was the name of the nearest station on the LIRR, approximately at the location of the present [[Merillon Avenue (LIRR station)|Merillon Avenue station]]. The courthouse (photo at [http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-hs2tmi01,0,3275994.photo Newsday.com] ) was north of the station.}}</ref><ref>The former county courthouse was located northeast of the intersection of Jericho Turnpike (NY Route 25) and the aptly named County Courthouse Road in an unincorporated area of the Town of North Hempstead, variously referred to in the present day as Garden City Park or New Hyde Park. The site is now a shopping center anchored by a supermarket and is located in the New Hyde Park 11040 Zip Code. A stone marker located on the north side of Jericho Turnpike (NY Route 25), between Marcus Avenue and Herricks Road, identifies the site.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Weidman|first1=Bette S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1i9AnIpmtbAC&q=nassau+county+seat+mineola&pg=PA55|title=Nassau County, Long Island, in early photographs, 1869–1940|last2=Martin|first2=Linda B.|publisher=Courier Dover|year=1981|isbn=9780486241364|page=55|access-date=December 2, 2010}}</ref> The western portion of Queens became a borough of New York City in 1898, and in 1899, Nassau County was formed from the part of Queens that did not consolidate. Voters selected Mineola (in the Town of North Hempstead) to be the county seat for the new county of Nassau in November 1898<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1898/11/10/archives/mineola-chosen-nassau-countys-seat.html|title=Mineola Chosen Nassau County's Seat|newspaper=New York Times|date=November 10, 1898 |access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref>(before Mineola incorporated as a village in 1906 and set its boundaries), winning out over Hicksville and Hempstead.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1898/09/01/archives/county-of-nassau-elections.html?sq=mineola+%22county+seat%22&scp=3&st=p
|title=County of Nassau Elections|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 1, 1898 |access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref> The Garden City Company (founded in 1893 by the heirs of [[Alexander Turney Stewart]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gardencityny.net/history1.htm  |title=Incorporated Village of Garden City: History  |publisher=Incorporated Village of Garden City  |access-date=June 6, 2010  |url-status=dead  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719200958/http://www.gardencityny.net/history1.htm 
 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref> donated four acres of land for the county buildings just south of the [[Mineola station (LIRR)|Mineola train station]] and the present day Village of Mineola, in the Town of Hempstead.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1898/09/29/archives/sites-for-nassau-county-buildings.html?sq=nassau+%22county+seat%22+garden+city&scp=1&st=p
|title=Sites for Nassau County Buildings|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 29, 1898 |access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nynassa2/populationsurvey2.htm|title=The History of Nassau's County Seat|publisher=rootsweb|access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref>

Mineola officially became the County Seat of Nassau County on July 13, 1900, as Governor [[Theodore Roosevelt]] laid the cornerstone of the Nassau County Court House. A celebration was held to commemorate the occasion on the barren {{convert|5|acre|m2|adj=on}} site at the corner of [[Old Country Road]] and Franklin Avenue. Many dignitaries were present to witness this event such as [[Frederick C. Hicks|Frederick Hicks]], Congressman [[Townsend Scudder]], Colonel William Youngs and Supervisors William Jones and Edwin Willits.

Mineola was legally incorporated as a village in 1906 and run by a president. The land on which the County buildings sat was not included as part of the village. The land and the buildings have a Mineola postal address, but are within the present day [[Garden City, New York|Village of Garden City]], which did not incorporate or set its boundaries until 1919.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/15/nyregion/an-immigrant-s-vision-created-garden-city.html?pagewanted=all|title=An Immigrant's Vision Created Garden City
|first=Marcelle S |last=Fischler|date=November 15, 1998|access-date=June 6, 2010| work=The New York Times}}</ref>

[[NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island]], founded in 1896 by local physicians and residents as Nassau Hospital, and later Winthrop-University Hospital, was Long Island's first voluntary hospital. In 1897, it admitted 91 patients, performed 27 operations, and reported two births and eight deaths during the first year. The original hospital was constructed in 1900. Renamed '''Winthrop-University Hospital''' in the 1980s, it is now a nationally recognized award-winning hospital and in 2004 was ranked among the Top 5 Percent of Acute-Care Hospitals in the Country.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} Mineola NY |url=https://www.mineola-ny.gov/about |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=Village of Mineola}}</ref>

In 1888, the Mineola Fire Department was formed in the Willis Ave School house. The department soon moved to a location on Washington Ave. The department originally consisted of volunteer firemen and would officially be incorporated as an official company in 1889.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Mineola Fire Department |url=https://mineolafd.com/about |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=mineolafd.com}}</ref>

In 1840, the Mineola Hotel was built by resident John A. Searing across the rail station that was completed the year prior. When the village was separated from Queens and became the county seat of Nassau, it was renamed to '''Allen's Mineola Hotel'''.<ref name=":4" /> It is considered a landmark alongside the local offices and agencies in Garden City. An adjacent inn, also named the Mineola Hotel, burned down in 1966 as the result of arson. One man was killed and seven others were injured. A jobless machinist, a 20 year old hotel resident named Chlary Skorge, Jr. who was previously on [[probation]] for robbery, was [[Indictment|indicted]] for murder. The cause was speculated to be revenge, as he was threatened with [[eviction]] after annoying fellow residents.<ref><!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B05E1DA173AEF34BC4D51DFB466838D679EDE&legacy=true "Jobless Machinist Indicted As Murderer in L.I."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 25, 1966. Accessed December 27, 2016. "The Nassau County grand jury indicted an unemployed machinist tonight on charges of murder and arson in a fire at the Mineola Hotel. One man died and seven others were injured in the blaze, which destroyed the hotel."</ref>

Main Street was the center of village business as well as a popular meeting place for farmers and the business community alike. The general store offered an array of goods that would fulfill most everyday needs, such as hardware, toys, wool, dry goods, clothing and food. The small glass-fronted mail and delivery boxes filled the existing six-foot post office. As the Mineola population grew, the post office was relocated to the Meyer Building on Mineola Boulevard, and then twice more to 3rd Street and 2nd Street. It eventually found its permanent home on 1st Street and Main Street. As years passed, [[Jericho Turnpike]] became the commercial "main street". Farmland was sold off and homes and offices were built. Mineola has continued to be a community of growth and development.

Mineola's first theater named Allen's Hall drew in many early moviegoers to see "the flickers". Motion picture success drew in other theaters to the area, the most lavish being the Century Opera House. Most theaters had a showing in the morning and in the evening, usually featuring a live pianist who kept up with the action of the movie while playing music that suited the story.<ref name=":4" />

The centennial celebration for Mineola was held in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local History |url=https://www.mineolalibrary.info/local-history/ |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=mineolalibrary.info}}</ref> Developments for this celebration originated in 2004 from a Centennial Committee formed by then-mayor [[Jack Martins|Jack M. Martins]]. Co-chairing this were John DaVanzo, former mayor Robert W. Hinck, Sr., and Candida Maia. Various events commenced in January 2006, including the Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra performing at [[Chaminade High School]], the installation of LIRR Caboose #50 in Memorial Park, the unveiling of a historical quilt by the Nimble Fingers quilting group, and a Centennial Journal delivered to residents and businesses. In March, a fashion show entitled “Decade by Decade” was hosted by Fox’s department store at the Corpus Christi [[Knights of Columbus]] Hall, and a [[Marching band|marching parade]] consisting of 80 units took place later in October. The final event was an [[Ecumenism|ecumenical service]] at Mineola Middle School in December, followed by fireworks in Memorial Park.

Mineola is home to large [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] communities, and has been for years. Portuguese restaurant, businesses and its accompanying language are a common feature throughout the neighborhood.<ref>Slutsky, Maryann Sinclair. [https://longislandwins.com/columns/executive-directors-column/mineola-the-next-best-thing-to-portugal/ "Mineola: The Next Best Thing to Portugal"], Long Island Wins, November 19, 2013. Accessed December 27, 2016. "As immigrant communities often do, the Portuguese community has expanded from its original home base in Mineola to communities across Long Island. But Mineola is still considered to be the community’s cultural center, home not just to Bakers of All Nations but to many businesses, clubs and events that maintain Mineola’s decidedly Portuguese flavor."</ref> According to census data, the village contains approximately 1,900 Portuguese residents, out of the 5,100 total across Long Island.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portuguese parade displays cultural community pride in Mineola |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/portuguese-parade-displays-cultural-community-pride-in-mineola-h63555 |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=Newsday|date=June 2015 }}</ref>

=== Prevalence in aviation ===
Mineola was also a familiar place to many of the most famous pilots in history. The [[Aero Club of America]] chose the area for the level plains. [[Glenn Curtiss]] brought the area to national attention in July 1909 with his second Scientific American Award flight of over 23 minutes and 15 miles. He also made some of the first public flights in America in his "Golden Flyer", while practicing for the Reims Aviation Meet in France. The [[Wright Brothers]], [[Igor Sikorsky]], Captain Rene Fonck, and the famed duo of [[Clarence Chamberlain]] and [[Bert Acosta]], dubbed "twins of derring-do", all spent time in Mineola taking advantage of the rolling grasslands and favorable winds.

On November 1, 1915, [[Raynal Bolling|Captain Raynal Cawthorne Bolling]], a New York attorney working at [[United States Steel]], organized the Aviation Detachment, 1st Battalion Signal Corps of the New York National Guard (now the [[102d Rescue Squadron]]). It was the Guard's first genuine aviation unit. Subsequently, the organization was redesignated the 1st Aero Company. Located at Mineola on Long Island, the unit rented and then purchased its own aircraft with funds donated by the Aero Club of America and other contributors. It was "provisionally recognized" on June 22, 1916, and then called into federal service on July 13, 1916, during the Mexican border crisis. However, instead of active service in the southwest, it remained at Mineola training and was released from federal service on November 2, 1916.

After World War I, the British Royal Navy [[R33-class airship#R.34|rigid airship R34]] made the [[List of firsts in aviation#Lighter than air (aerostats)|first-ever east–west aerial crossing of the North Atlantic]], traveling from the airship base at [[RAF East Fortune]] in the UK to Mineola from July 2 to 6, 1919.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=The Airship Heritage Trust – R34 – The Record Breaker – Atlantic Crossing |url=http://www.airshipsonline.com/airships/r34/R34-Altanticflight.html |access-date=June 21, 2017 |website=airshipsonline.com |publisher=The Airship Heritage Trust}}</ref><ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1919/1919%20-%200906.html The Transatlantic Voyage of R.34] [[Flight International|''Flight'']] July 10, 1919, pp. 906–10</ref>

On May 20, 1927, at 7:52&nbsp;a.m., [[Charles Lindbergh]] started his historic flight on the ''Spirit'' from nearby [[Roosevelt Field]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lindbergh-lands-in-paris |access-date=February 12, 2025}}</ref> Thirty-three hours later he landed in Paris and became the first person to complete a solo flight from the United States across the Atlantic Ocean. This historic feat was given numerous test flights in the weeks leading up to his departure, particularly in [[San Diego]] and [[St. Louis]]. On May 20, 1977, fifty years after the flight, a thirteen-cent commemorative stamp depicting the ''Spirit'' over the Atlantic Ocean was issued in commemoration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=13-cent "Lindbergh Flight" issue (1977) |url=http://usstampgallery.com/view.php?id=d2df16bee9d37212d9dc0a9709c3a8579fedcfff&Spirit_of_St_Louis&st=lindbergh |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=US Stamp Gallery}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Mineola-map.gif|thumb|U.S. Census map of Mineola]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has an area of {{convert|1.9|sqmi|km2}}, all land.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|access-date=April 23, 2011|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The village gained territory between the 1990 census and the 2000 census.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 2003 |title=New York: 2000 Population and Housing Unit Counts |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-34.pdf |access-date=December 22, 2010 |page=III-9}}</ref>

Mineola is located approximately 21 miles (34&nbsp;km) east of [[Midtown Manhattan]] and 4 miles (6&nbsp;km) from the [[Queens]] border. The villages bordering Mineola are [[East Williston, New York|East Williston]] and [[Williston Park, New York|Williston Park]] to the north, and [[Garden City, New York|Garden City]] to the south. Mineola also borders the hamlets ([[Census-designated place|CDP]]) of [[Carle Place, New York|Carle Place]] to the east, and [[Garden City Park, New York|Garden City Park]] and [[Herricks, New York|Herricks]] to the west.

Near the center of the village, Mineola Memorial Park commemorates the victims of the [[September 11 terrorist attacks]] with a monument. Mineola's own Memorial Library, as well as multiple private & public schools, adjoin the park.<ref name=":1" /> The Memorial Tablet and surrounding paths were an Eagle Project by Troop 45 [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]] Edward Kaiser.<ref>[http://www.mineola-ny.gov/Pages/MineolaNY_Rec/parks/memorial Memorial Park], Village of Mineola. Accessed December 27, 2016.</ref>

===Climate===
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According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Mineola has a [[Humid subtropical climate]] (type Cfa) with cool, wet winters and hot, humid summers.<ref name=":6122">{{Cite web |title=Interactive United States Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification Map |url=https://www.plantmaps.com/koppen-climate-classification-map-united-states.php |access-date=November 7, 2020 |website=plantmaps.com}}</ref><ref name=":62222">{{Cite web |date=January 13, 2015 |title=World Map of Köppen–Geiger Climate Classification |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/K%C3%B6ppen_World_Map_%28retouched_version%29.png |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113015116/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Koppen_World_Map_(retouched_version).png |archive-date=January 13, 2015 |access-date=November 7, 2020}}</ref> Precipitation is uniform throughout the year, with slight spring and fall peaks.<ref name=":6122" /><ref name=":62222" />{{Weather box
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| Mar record high F = 85
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| Jun record high F = 101
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| Oct record high F = 90
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| Feb high F = 43
| Mar high F = 50
| Apr high F = 61
| May high F = 70
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| Jan record low F = -10
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| Sep record low F = 38
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| Feb precipitation inch = 3.17
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===Greater Mineola area===
Mineola consists of 3 villages & 2 unincorporated hamlets:

* Mineola
* [[Carle Place, New York|Carle Place]]
* [[Albertson, New York|Albertson]]
* [[East Williston, New York|East Williston]]
* [[Williston Park, New York|Williston Park]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1880 = 313
| 1910 = 1981
| 1920 = 3016
| 1930 = 8155
| 1940 = 10064
| 1950 = 14831
| 1960 = 20519
| 1970 = 21845
| 1980 = 20757
| 1990 = 18994
| 2000 = 19234
| 2010 = 18799
| 2020 = 20800
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 21169
| estref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mineolavillagenewyork/PST045223|title=Mineola, NY|publisher=census.gov|accessdate=February 12, 2025}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

=== 2020 census ===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2020, there were 20,800 people, 8,618 households, 9,004 housing units, and 4,528 families.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mineola, New York Population |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/new-york/mineola |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=World Population Review}}</ref> The [[population density]] was 11,237 people per square mile (4,338.39/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the village was 66.5% [[White people|White]], 63.1% [[Non-Hispanic whites|Non-Hispanic White]], 1.7% [[African Americans|African American]], 14.3% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 9.7% from two or more races. 15.6% of the population is [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race. Additionally, 28.4% were [[Foreign born|foreign-born]] persons.

In the village, 4.9% of the population were under age 5, 18.8% were under age 18, and 16.1% were over the age of 65. In total, 46.6% of all persons consisted of females. The average age of all residents was 41.6, with men being 37.9 years old and females being 45.2 years old.

There are 8,618 households, of which 65.5% were fully owned. Of these households, 66% were family owned and 19% were non-family owned. Approximately 6% were occupied by single male individuals, and 8% were occupied by single female individuals.The average household size was 2.44 persons, with the average family household size being 3.09 persons.

The median income for a household in the village was $138,385, and the [[per capita income]] was $65,423. Out of all households, 15% had a combined income of under $50,000, 23% were between $50,000-$100,000, 36% were between $100,000-$200,000, and 26% were over $200,000. Approximately 6.6% of the population lived below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]], including 7% of children and 8% of seniors.

===2010 census===
[[File:Mineola - Korean and Portuguese churches 01.jpg|thumb|Korean and Portuguese churches in Mineola]]
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, there were 18,799 people, 7,473 households, and 4,954 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|10,337.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 7,650 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4,111.5|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the village was 81.7% White, 71.5% Non-Hispanic White, 2.0% African American, 0.2% Native American, 8.5% Asian, 5.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.3% from two or more races. 16.4% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 7,473 households, out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 20.2% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $60,706, and the median income for a family was $71,042. Males had a median income of $47,182 versus $37,057 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $28,890. About 2.6% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
The legislative body of the village, the Village of Mineola Board of Trustees, is composed of a mayor and four trustees.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Village Board of Trustees {{!}} Mineola NY |url=https://www.mineola-ny.gov/village-board-trustees |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=www.mineola-ny.gov}}</ref> Each member is elected to a four-year term. The board is charged with management of village property and finances, and may take all measures under the law for the good government of the village. The trustees may adopt a wide range of local laws to address village concerns.<ref name=":3" />

They are appointed to be liaison officers to various community organizations throughout the village and report back to the board with updates at board meetings.<ref name=":3" />

As of July 2022, the Mayor of Mineola is Paul A. Pereira, the Deputy Mayor is Janine Sartori, and the Village Trustees are Jeffrey M. Clark, Paul S. Cuasto, Janine Sartori, and Donna M. Solosky.<ref name=":3" />

===Police force===
In 2005–2006, as a result of numerous recommendations from the community that Mineola increase its police force, a Mineola Police Task Force was appointed by Mayor [[Jack Martins|Jack M. Martins]] to evaluate the feasibility of withdrawing from the [[Nassau County Police Department]] and establishing a village police force. The Mayor indicated to the Task Force at its inception that if the feasibility study resulted in a positive report, Mineola would only have its own police department if the residents approved such through a village-wide referendum.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071008224224/https://www.mineola-ny.gov/Police%20Operational%20Report.pdf Mineola Police Department Operational Report]</ref>

The village board was split 3–2 in favor of the police force, with then-Mayor Jack Martins, Deputy Mayor Werther and Trustee Davanzo supporting it while trustees Fargrieve and Cusato opposed it. On December 5, 2006, the measure was defeated by a 2-1 margin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/nyregion/the-week-mineola-rejects-plan-for-its-own-police-force.html|title=Mineola Rejects Plan for Its Own Police Force|first=Shelly Feuer|last=Domash|work=The New York Times |date=December 10, 2006|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

=== Representation in higher government ===
Mineola is located in the Town of North Hempstead's and 2nd and 3rd council district, which as of August 2024 is represented on the [[North Hempstead Town Council]] by Edward Scott [[Republican Party (United States)|(R]]-Albertson)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Town of North Hempstead - Edward Scott |url=https://www.northhempsteadny.gov/district2 |website=www.northhempstead.gov}}</ref> and Dennis J. Walsh (R–Mineola),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Town of North Hempstead - Dennis J. Walsh |url=https://www.northhempsteadny.gov/content/16253/16764/35126/default.aspx |website=www.northhempsteadny.gov}}</ref> respectively. Mineola is also located in Nassau County's 9th Legislative district, which as of August 2024 is represented in the [[Nassau County Legislature]] by Scott Strauss (R–[[Locust Valley, New York|Locust Valley]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=District 9 - Scott Strauss |url=https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/523/District-9---Scott-Strauss |website=/www.nassaucountyny.gov}}</ref>

Mineola is based in the [[New York State Senate]]'s [[New York's 7th State Senate district|7th State Senate district]], which as of August 2024 is represented in the New York State Senate by former mayor [[Jack Martins|Jack M. Martins]] (R–[[Old Westbury, New York|Old Westbury]]).<ref name=":1222">{{Cite web |title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map |url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/?zoom=0&x=1313564&y=266122.5&code=53264&tab=tabServiceProviders&satellite=false&landuse=true&landuseopacity=0.8&mainlayers=Fire_boundary,LIE,ParkwayMainRd,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities&labellayers=Fire_boundary,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities,LIE&serviceproviderlayers= |access-date=2021-08-05 |website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NY Senate District 7 |url=https://www.nysenate.gov/district/7 |access-date=2020-12-18 |website=NY State Senate}}</ref>

The village of Mineola is located almost entirely within [[New York's 3rd congressional district|New York's 3rd Congressional district]], which as of August 2024 is represented in the [[United States Congress]] by [[Tom Suozzi|Thomas R. Suozzi]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]–[[Glen Cove, New York|Glen Cove]]).<ref name=":1222"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fandos |first=Nicholas |date=February 29, 2024 |title=Tom Suozzi Returns to Congress With 2 Words for House: 'Wake Up' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/nyregion/tom-suozzi-speech-congress.html |access-date=March 1, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The south edge located in the Town of Hempstead, however, is represented by [[Laura Gillen]] (D-[[Baldwin (hamlet), New York|Baldwin]]) within [[New York's 4th congressional district|New York's 4th Congressional district]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Laura Gillen {{!}} |url=https://gillen.house.gov/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=gillen.house.gov |language=en}}</ref>

Like the rest of New York, Mineola  is represented in the [[United States Senate]] by [[Chuck Schumer|Charles Schumer]] (D) and [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] (D).<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators |url=https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?State=NY |access-date=2021-07-22 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>

== Economy ==
[[Dover Publications]] is based in Mineola.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ocasio|first=Victor|date=November 12, 2019|title=Mineola publisher to lay off 23 of its 59 workers|url=https://www.newsday.com/business/dover-publications-coloring-books-1.38522168|access-date=August 17, 2021|website=Newsday|language=en}}</ref>

== Education ==
===Public===
{{Further|Mineola Union Free School District}}
[[File:Mineola Memorial Pk td 93 - Mineola Middle School.jpg|thumb|Mineola Middle School in 2018]]
Mineola is primarily located within the boundaries of (and served by) the [[Mineola Union Free School District]].<ref name="2005MasterPlan" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map|url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/?zoom=0&x=1313564&y=266122.5&code=53264&tab=tabServiceProviders&satellite=false&landuse=true&landuseopacity=0.8&mainlayers=Fire_boundary,LIE,ParkwayMainRd,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities&labellayers=Fire_boundary,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities,LIE&serviceproviderlayers=|access-date=August 17, 2021|website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}}</ref> Smaller sections of Mineola are in the [[East Williston, New York|East Williston UFSD]], [[Carle Place, New York|Carle Place UFSD]], and the [[Garden City, New York|Garden City UFSD]].<ref name=":1" /> As such, children who reside within the village and attend public schools go to school in one of these four districts, depending on where they live within the village.<ref name=":1" />

=== Private ===
The private, Catholic [[Chaminade High School]] (all boys) is located within the village.<ref name=":1" />

== Infrastructure ==

=== Transportation ===

==== Road ====
[[New York State Route 25|Jericho Turnpike (NY 25)]] passes through the village and [[New York State Route 25B|Hillside Avenue (NY 25B)]] forms part of its northern border.<ref name=":1" /> [[Old Country Road]] also passes through the village and forms its border with Garden City.<ref name=":1" />

The historic [[Long Island Motor Parkway]] used to pass through the village, as well.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog - The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #8 Mineola Lodge|url=https://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/the_motor_parkway_toll_collection_structures_7_mineola_lodge|access-date=August 17, 2021|website=www.vanderbiltcupraces.com}}</ref>

Other major roads within the village include Mineola Boulevard, Roslyn Road, and Willis Avenue.<ref name=":1" />

==== Rail ====
The [[Mineola station (LIRR)|Mineola station]] on the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)|Main Line]] is located within the village.<ref name=":1" /> It serves trains on the [[Oyster Bay Branch|Oyster Bay]], [[Ronkonkoma Branch|Ronkonkoma]], and [[Port Jefferson Branch]]es, as well as limited service on the [[Montauk Branch]].<ref name=":1" />

==== Bus ====
[[File:Mineola LIRR 11.jpg|thumb|An [[N24 (Long Island bus)|n24]] bus pulling into the Mineola Intermodal Center in 2017]]
Mineola's [[Mineola Intermodal Center]] contains the [[Long Island Rail Road]] station and a [[Nassau Inter-County Express|Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE)]] bus station; the Mineola Intermodal Center is one of Nassau County's main bus hubs.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web|title=Nassau Inter-County Express - Maps and Schedules|url=https://www.nicebus.com/Tools/Maps-and-Schedules|access-date=August 10, 2020|website=nicebus.com}}</ref> 
Mineola is served by the following routes:<ref name=":13" />

* [[N15 (Long Island bus)|n15]]: (Rush Hours Only) Mineola - Long Beach
* [[N22 (Long Island bus)|n22]]: Jamaica - Hicksville via Hillside Avenue & Prospect Avenue
* [[N22X (Long Island bus)|n22X]]: Jamaica - Roosevelt Field Mall
* [[N23 (Long Island bus)|n23]]: Mineola - Manorhaven
* [[N24 (Long Island bus)|n24]]: Jamaica - Hicksville via Jericho Turnpike & Old Country Road
* [[N40 (Long Island bus)|n40]] (Long Island bus): Mineola - Freeport

The [[N27 (Long Island bus)|n27]] and n40x also serves Mineola, but does not stop at the Mineola Intermodal Center.<ref name=":13" />

=== Utilities ===

==== Natural gas ====
[[National Grid USA]] provides [[natural gas]] to homes and businesses that are hooked up to natural gas lines in Mineola.<ref name=":38">{{Cite web|title=Long Island Utility Information - LIPA, Nat Grid, & Local Water Authorities.|url=https://www.longisland.com/utilities.html|access-date=October 24, 2020|website=LongIsland.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Natural Gas & Electricity {{!}} National Grid|url=https://www.nationalgridus.com/Default.aspx|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=www.nationalgridus.com}}</ref>

==== Power ====
[[PSEG Long Island]] provides power to all homes and businesses within Mineola.<ref name=":38" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home Page - PSEG Long Island|url=https://www.psegliny.com/|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=www.psegliny.com}}</ref>

==== Sewage ====
Mineola is connected to [[sanitary sewer]]s.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map|url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/|website=Long Island Index Maps|publisher=Long Island Index}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sewerage Map – Nassau County|url=https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1328/85percentfigureunsewercrop?bidId=|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=County of Nassau, New York}}</ref> The village maintains a sanitary sewer system which flows into [[Nassau County Sewage District|Nassau County's system]], which treats the sewage from the village's system through the Nassau County-owned [[sewage treatment plants]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Wastewater Management Program {{!}} Nassau County, NY - Official Website|url=https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/1882/Wastewater-Management-Program|access-date=August 6, 2021|website=www.nassaucountyny.gov}}</ref>

The village's sanitary sewer system is roughly {{convert|70|mi|km}} in total length.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Water & Sewer {{!}} Mineola NY|url=https://www.mineola-ny.gov/water-sewer|access-date=August 17, 2021|website=www.mineola-ny.gov}}</ref>

==== Water ====
The Village of Mineola owns and maintains its own water system.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":2" /> Mineola's water system serves the entire village with water.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":2" />

==Notable people==

=== Entertainment ===
* [[Lenny Bruce]] (1925–1966), comedian<ref>[http://www.newsday.com/long-island/history/from-the-archives-mineola-born-comedian-lenny-bruce-dies-at-age-40-1.10684961 "From the archives: Mineola-born comedian, Lenny Bruce, dies at age 40"], ''[[Newsday]]'', via [[Associated Press]]. August 13, 2015, originally published August 4, 1966. Accessed June 23, 2016.</ref>
* [[Slim Goodbody|John Burstein]] (born 1949), creator of '''Slim Goodbody''' ("the [[Superhero]] of [[Health]]")
* [[Jenna Busch]] (born 1973), entertainment journalist known for working on sites like [[IGN.com|IGN]], ''[[Huffington Post]]'', ''Coming Soon'', [[JoBlo.com|JoBlo]], SheKnows, [[Collider (website)|Collider]], and ''[[Stan Lee's World of Heroes]]''
* [[Jean Butler]], (born 1971), Stepdancer, master of Irish Dance, choreographer, and actress. Known for [[Riverdance]]
* [[Justine Cotsonas]] (born 1985), actress
* [[Emmy Clarke]] (born 1991), actress who played the recurring character [[Julie Teeger]] on the [[USA Network]] show ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]''.
* [[Brian Dennehy]] (1938-2020), actor<ref><!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->[http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/notable-long-islanders-1.2342650?image=77 "Notable Long Islanders"], ''[[Newsday]]'', June 16, 2016. Accessed June 23, 2016. "Actor Brian Dennehy, grew up in Mineola and graduated from Chaminade High School in Mineola."</ref>
* [[Andrew Heermans]] (born 1953), musician, mixer, [[Audio engineer|audio]], and [[mastering engineer]]
* [[Jimmy Hines]] (1903–1986), professional golfer
* [[Kevin James]] (born 1965), actor, comedian, star of films and television series ''[[The King of Queens]]''<ref>Gay, Verne. [http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/kevin-james-sitcom-kevin-can-wait-to-film-on-long-island-1.11797135 "Kevin James sitcom ''Kevin Can Wait'' to film on Long Island"], ''[[Newsday]]'', May 14, 2016. Accessed June 23, 2016. "James — born Kevin George Knipfing in Mineola, later raised in Stony Brook and a Ward Melville High School class of ’83 graduate — starred in ''The King of Queens'' on CBS from 1998 to 2007."</ref>
* [[Jack Kirby]] (1917-1994), [[Cartoonist|comic book artist]]
* [[James Patrick Kelly]] (born 1951), [[Hugo Award]]-winning author<ref><!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> [http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Issues/09Kelly.html "James Patrick Kelly: Explorer"], ''[[Newsday]]'', ''[[Locus (magazine)]]'', September 2006. Accessed June 23, 2016. "James Patrick Kelly was born in Mineola, New York."</ref>
* [[Jackie Martling]] (born 1948), comedian and former writer for ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]''<ref>Martling, Jackie. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QGjwbZFO_F4C&pg=PT19 ''Jackie 'The Joke Man' Martling's Disgustingly Dirty Joke Book''], p. 19. Accessed June 23, 2016. [[Simon and Schuster]], 1998. {{ISBN|9781439136911}}. "John Coger (what's a Coger?) Martling., Jr., was born in Mineola, Long Island, a suburb of New York City, on February 14, 1948."</ref>
* [[Sally Menke]] (1953-2010), [[film editor]] who worked in cinema and television
* [[Lia Purpura]] (born 1964), [[poet]], writer and [[educator]]
* [[Steve Rawlins]] (born 1954), musician, composer, arranger, musical director, and author
* [[Kim Richards]] (born 1964), child actress who starred in ''[[Nanny and the Professor]]'', ''[[Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film)|Escape to Witch Mountain]]'', ''[[No Deposit, No Return]]'', and ''[[Return from Witch Mountain]]''<ref>Araos, Christian. 
[http://www.theislandnow.com/news/real-housewives-star-kim-richards-mineola-native-arrested-in-l/article_442b1368-3c4c-11e5-add6-1b06939e4d6a.html "'Real Housewives' star Kim Richards, Mineola native, arrested in L.A. for shoplifting"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822150253/http://www.theislandnow.com/news/real-housewives-star-kim-richards-mineola-native-arrested-in-l/article_442b1368-3c4c-11e5-add6-1b06939e4d6a.html|date=August 22, 2016}}, ''The Island Now'', August 6, 2015. Accessed June 23, 2016. "Richards was born in Mineola in 1964 and began her career at four months old when she appeared in a TV commercial."</ref>
* [[Lauren Scala]] (born 1982), [[WNBC]] and [[New York Nonstop]] correspondent<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Anthony |date=November 1, 2017 |title=Taste And Style Returning To Mineola |url=http://mineolaamerican.com/2017/11/taste-and-style-returning-to-mineola/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502001033/http://mineolaamerican.com/2017/11/taste-and-style-returning-to-mineola/ |archive-date=May 2, 2018 |work=Mineola American |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Robert B. Silvers]] (1929-2017), editor of ''[[The New York Review of Books]]''<ref>[http://www.nybooks.com/contributors/robert-b-silvers/ Robert B. Silvers], ''[[The New York Review of Books]]''. Accessed June 23, 2016. " Mr. Silvers, who graduated from the University of Chicago in 1947, was born in Mineola, New York."</ref>
* [[Joe Simon]] (1913-2011), comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher
* [[Eric Staller]] (born 1947), mixed media artist
* [[Katherine Teck]] (born 1939), author and composer<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Aaron I. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16714846 |title=International encyclopedia of women composers |date=1987 |isbn=0-9617485-2-4 |edition=Second edition, revised and enlarged |location=New York |oclc=16714846}}</ref>
* [[Timothy Treadwell]] (1957-2003), bear enthusiast
* [[Gary Valentine]] (born 1961), actor and comedian
* [[Trisha Ventker]] (born 1967), author and photographic artist
* [[Tiffany Vollmer]] (born 1973), voice actress best known for portraying [[Bulma]] from ''[[Dragon Ball]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiffany Vollmer - MediaTech Institute |url=https://mediatech.edu/our-team/tiffany-vollmer/ |access-date=February 2, 2020 |website=MediaTech Institute}}</ref>
* [[Peter Walker (actor)|Peter Walker]] (born 1927), film, stage and television actor
* [[W. D. Wetherell]] (born 1948), writer of books, novels, short story collections, memoirs, essay collections, travel and history

=== Politics and government ===
* [[Lloyd Bryce]] (1851-1917), diplomat and one-term congressman of [[New York's 7th congressional district]]
* [[Steven Derounian]] (1918-2007), congressman of New York's [[New York's 2nd congressional district|2nd]] and 3rd congressional districts
* [[Herb Guenther]] (1941-2021), politician who was a member of both the [[Arizona House of Representatives]] and the [[Arizona State Senate]]
* [[Martin W. Littleton]] (1872-1934), politician and attorney known for involvement in high-profile trials during the early 1900s
* [[Carolyn McCarthy]] (born 1944), politician who served as the U.S. representative for New York's 4th congressional district from 1997 to 2015
* [[Bill Owens (congressman)|Bill Owens]], former Congressman for [[New York's 23rd congressional district|New York's 23rd District]]
* [[Ed Ra]] (born 1981), Republican member of the [[New York State Assembly]], representing the 19th district
* [[Gerry Studds]] (1937-2006), Democratic congressman of [[Massachusetts]] who was [[List of the first LGBT holders of political offices|the first]] member of Congress to be [[openly gay]]
* [[Frances Townsend]] (born 1961), US Homeland Security Adviser under President [[George W. Bush]]<ref>Douglas, William. [http://www.mcclatchydc.com/latest-news/article24447976.html "From Long Island to the West Wing, Frances Townsend has come a long way"], [[McClatchy DC]], July 25, 2005. Accessed June 23, 2016. "Born: Dec. 28, 1961, in Mineola, N.Y.; raised in Wantagh, N.Y."</ref>
* [[Mitchell Van Yahres]] (1926-2008), Democrat [[List of mayors of Charlottesville, Virginia|mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia]] and served in the [[Virginia House of Delegates]]
* [[Paula Xinis]] (born 1968), [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the District of Maryland]], appointed by [[Barack Obama|former President Barack Obama]]
* [[Frank E. Young (physician)|Frank E. Young]] (1931-2019), physician who served as [[Commissioner of Food and Drugs]] and deputy assistant secretary in the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]]

=== Academia and journalism ===
* [[Elizabeth Bunce]] (1915-2003), [[Geophysics|geophysicist]] who became the first female chief scientist of an oceanic expedition at [[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]]
* [[Michael Burns (actor)|Michael Burns]] (born 1947), historian and retired actor
* [[Donald C. Hood]] (born 1941), professor in Psychology and Professor of [[Ophthalmology|Ophthalmic Science]] in the Department of Psychology at [[Columbia University]]
* [[Elliot G. Jaspin]] (born 1946), [[1979 Pulitzer Prize|1979]] winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting]]<ref><!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> [https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/17/archives/sketches-of-winners-of-the-pulitzer-prizes-in-journalism-the-arts.html "Sketches of Winners of the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, the Arts and Letters"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 17, 1979. Accessed June 23, 2016. "Elliot G. Jaspin... Born in Mineola, L.I."</ref>
* [[Monroe Karmin]] (1929-1999), journalist who won a [[1967 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize in 1967]]
* [[Jonathan LaPook]] (born 1953), physician in [[internal medicine]] and [[gastroenterology]]
* [[Paul A. Libby]] (1921-2021), professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the [[University of California, San Diego]]
* [[John F. Murray]] (1927-2020), [[pulmonologist]] best known for his work on [[acute respiratory distress syndrome]] (ARDS)
* [[Deborah Nickerson]] (1954-2021), professor of genome sciences at the [[University of Washington]]
* [[Gary Schwartz]] (born 1944), psychologist, author, [[Parapsychology|parapsychologist]] and professor at the [[University of Arizona]]
* [[Frank Wilczek]] (born 1951), [[Theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]], [[mathematician]] and [[Nobel laureate]]

=== Business ===
* [[Kenneth Chenault]] (born 1951), CEO of [[American Express]]<ref><!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->[https://books.google.com/books?id=SzsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21 "Kenneth Chenault Picked To be American Express' New CEO In 2001"], [[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]. May 17, 1999. Accessed June 23, 2016. "By 1993, the Mineola, NY, native was named president of American Express Travel Related Services U.S."</ref>
* [[Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.]], former chairman of IBM and former chairman of the [[Carlyle Group]]
* [[Lou Gerstner]] (born 1942), businessman, best known for his tenure as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of [[IBM]]
* [[Stu Shea]] (born 1957), business executive and intelligence professional
* [[Bronson Thayer]] (1939-2016), chairman of the board and past chief executive officer of Bay Cities Bank

=== Sports ===
* [[Bob Bill]] (1940-2012), football player and businessman
* [[Aud Brindley]] (1923-1957), basketball player for the [[New York Knicks]]
* [[Gary Christenson (baseball)|Gary Christenson]] (born 1953), former [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] who played for two seasons<ref>{{Cite web |title=Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals Box Score: April 13, 1980 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA198004130.shtml |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Xavier Edwards]] (born 1999), [[professional baseball]] [[infielder]] for the [[Miami Marlins]]
* [[Julia Elbaba]] (born 1994), former [[Professional Tennis Players Association|professional tennis]] player
* [[Jack Emmer]], all-time winningest [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] men's college lacrosse coach for [[Army Black Knights men's lacrosse|Army]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usma.edu/dcomm/pv/050527/emmer.htm |title=Emmer retires as lacrosse's winningest active coach |website=[[United States Military Academy]] |date=May 27, 2005 |last=Zuhlke |first=Jim |access-date=June 1, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Steve Falteisek]] (born 1972), former Major League Baseball pitcher for the [[Montreal Expos]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steve Falteisek Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/faltest01.shtml |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]
* [[Luis Felipe Fernandes]] (born 1996), professional [[Association football|soccer]] player who currently plays for [[USL Championship]] side [[Sacramento Republic FC|Sacramento Republic]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=USA - L. Fernandes - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/luis-felipe-fernandes/441533/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230320053734/https://int.soccerway.com/players/luis-felipe-fernandes/441533/ |archive-date=2023-03-20 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=int.soccerway.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jimmy Hines]] (1903-1986), [[professional golfer]]
* [[Cannon Kingsley]] (born 2001), professional tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cannon Kingsley {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cannon-kingsley/k0db/overview |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=ATP Tour |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Pete Koegel]] (1947-2023), professional baseball [[first baseman]], [[catcher]], and [[outfielder]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pete Koegel Stats, Height, Weight, Research & History {{!}} Baseball Almanac |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=koegepe01 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=www.baseball-almanac.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
* [[Warren Koegel]] (born 1949), professional football player and college athletics administrator
* [[B. J. LaMura]] (born 1981), professional baseball pitcher who played for Italy in the 2009 [[World Baseball Classic]]
* [[Kevin Lowe (lacrosse)|Kevin Lowe]], retired professional [[lacrosse]] player who played professional [[box lacrosse]] in the [[National Lacrosse League]] and  professional [[field lacrosse]] in [[Major League Lacrosse]]
* [[Manny Matos (soccer)|Manny Matos]] (born 1953), retired American [[soccer]] player who played professionally in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]] and [[MISL I|Major Indoor Soccer League]]
* [[Len Mattiace]] (born 1967), professional golfer, formerly of the [[PGA Tour]] and now playing on the [[PGA Tour Champions]]
* [[Carlos Mendes]] (born 1980), defender for [[Major League Soccer]] side [[New York Red Bulls]]
* [[Brian Mullan]] (born 1978), former professional soccer player who played for the [[Los Angeles Galaxy]], [[San Jose Earthquakes]], [[Houston Dynamo]], and [[Colorado Rapids]] in Major League Soccer
* [[Garrett Pilon]] (born 1998), son of former NHLer [[Rich Pilon]], Garrett plays in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] for the [[Washington Capitals]] and [[Hershey Bears]] of the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL)
* [[Douglas Razzano]] (born 1988), former competitive [[figure skater]] and the 2014 [[ISU Challenger Series|CS]] [[Ice Challenge]] champion
* [[John Valentin]] (born 1967), former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/valenjo02.shtml John Valentin Statistics and History], [[Baseball-Reference.com]]. Accessed June 23, 2016.</ref>
* [[Lillian Watson]] (born 1950), former competition swimmer, a two-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in three events<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-17 |title=Pokey Watson Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/pokey-watson-1.html |access-date=2025-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165448/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/pokey-watson-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-17 |title=Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de MÃ©xico Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke Final {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/womens-200-metres-backstroke-final.html |access-date=2025-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090347/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/womens-200-metres-backstroke-final.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
* [[Chris Weidman]] (born 1984), [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC Middleweight Champion]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Weidman |url=https://www.ufc.com/athlete/chris-weidman |access-date=July 31, 2017 |publisher=[[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]}}</ref>

=== Other notable persons ===
* [[James L. Fowler]] (1931-2015), marine who was the founder of the [[Marine Corps Marathon]]
* [[Marie Jerge]] (born 1953), former bishop of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]
*[[Diane Macedo]] (born 1982), news anchor for [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]
* [[Gregory Parkes]] and [[Stephen D. Parkes]] (born 1964 and 1965, respectively), prelates of the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]

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* [http://www.mineolachamber.com/ Mineola Chamber of Commerce]

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