Welcome to the Manhasset Historical Society- your site for news, history, and events, all relating to Manhasset!

Manhasset is an ever-evolving community; therefore, we created an ever-evolving website to match! Manhasset has been home to important writers, actors, athletes, artists, and intellectuals, all of whom have had profound influences on the community as a whole. With easy access to the Long Island Railroad and a growing high school population, the town of Manhasset features an abundance of commuters and students, all of whom constitute the character and being of our vibrant community. This website will serve as a means to document the communal contributions of the town’s many talented residents, and chart their evolution through history.

Manhasset’s quiet suburbs and friendly families are only the surface of the complex organizational influences that dominate this town. Beneath the surface of the family-style living, there exists a growing innovative and developmental progress– largely the product of the town’s student body– that has grown synonymous with the Manhasset name.
Charting Manhasset’s history is essential in understanding our community, our impacts thereupon, and our place in the broader American societal fabric. We hope you will engage with us on this important analysis of one of New York’s most historically and culturally significant municipalities.