On 8/22/05 (10:13:59 AM MDT), in a posting to NYNASSAU-L@rootsweb.com, Alverda Boyce (Alverda_Boyce@aporter.com) asked, "Does anyone know where Jackson Heights got its name? My ancestors were the Jackson's who were among the first Patentee's in Hempstead. I am not from that area and have only been to New York City a few times but I understand there is an area called "Jackson Heights" and would be very interested to know if the area was named after my Jackson's." Jackson Heights was a hamlet in the Town of Newtown in Queens County and is currently a neighborhood in the northwest section of the NYC Borough of Queens: http://www.queenslibrary.org/gallery/past_exhibits/burgh/map.htm For the origin of the name "Jackson Heights" you may be able to get an answer from the Queens Historical Society, the Long Island Studies Institute or the Long Island Division of the Queens Borough Public Library: Queens Historical Society 143-35 37th Avenue New York (Flushing P.O.), NY 11354 Tel: 718/939-0647, ext 17 Fax: 718/539-9885 eMail: info@queenshistoricalsociety.org http://www.queenshistoricalsociety.org/ Long Island Studies Institute West Campus Library Hofstra University 619 Fulton Avenue Hempstead, NY 11549-4575 Tel: 516/463-6411 Fax: 516/463-6441 eMail: lisi@hofstra.edu http://www.hofstra.edu/Libraries/WestCampus/SpecialCollections/sc_lisi_main.cf m Long Island Division Queens Borough Public Library 89-11 Merrick Boulevard New York (Jamaica P.O.), NY 11432 Tel: 718/990-0700 Fax: 718/???-???? Contact information: http://www.queenslibrary.org/infoline/email.asp Long Island Division: http://www.queenslibrary.org/central/longisland/ Home page: http://www.queenslibrary.org/ If/when you do find out the origin of the name "Jackson Heights", please be so kind as to post this info on the list. Thank you. I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5766, Walter Greenspan * L'Shannah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH) Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. The common greeting during Rosh ha Shannah and the Days of Awe. This is a shortening of "L'Shannah tovah tikatev v'taihatem" (or, to women, "L'Shannah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi"), which means, "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year." This year, Rosh ha Shannah begins at sunset on Monday, October 3 on the civil calendar.