Hempstead is one of the three
towns in
Nassau County,
New York,
United States, occupying the southwest part of the county. Twenty-two incorporated
villages are completely or partially in the town. Hempstead's combined population was 759,757 at the 2010 Census, the majority of the population of the county and by far the most of any town in New York. Also, a
village named
Hempstead is within the Town.