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The Five Towns is an informal grouping of villages and hamlets in Nassau County, United States on the South Shore of western Long Island adjoining the border with Queens County in New York City. Despite the name, none of the communities is a town. The Five Towns is usually said to comprise the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst, the hamlets of Woodmere and Inwood, and "The Hewletts", which consist of the villages of Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor, and Hewlett Neck, and the hamlet of Hewlett, along with Woodsburgh.〔Barron, James. ("IF YOU'RE THINKING OF LIVING IN: FIVE TOWNS" ), ''The New York Times'', July 10, 1983. Accessed May 20, 2008. "The basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood. But the area also includes some unincorporated communities and two tiny villages, Hewlett Bay Park and Woodsburgh, that are not added to the final total."〕 North Woodmere has also been included in the grouping, although it is legally part of Valley Stream.〔Marks, Peter. ("AT WORK WITH: Wendy Kaufman; Snapple! Cackle! Pop! A Star Is Born " ), ''The New York Times'', January 4, 1995. Accessed September 15, 2008. "A native of North Woodmere, one of Long Island's Five Towns, she feels she has landed a role she was born to play."〕 The "towns" most commonly included as constituents of the "Five Towns" are all in the southwest corner of the Town of Hempstead. The name "Five Towns" dates back to 1931, when individual Community Chest groups in the area banded together to form the "Five Towns Community Chest", consisting of Inwood, Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, and Hewlett. The organization still exists (as of 2006) as a local charity, but the "Five Towns" moniker caught on as a designation for the entire area.〔"If You're Thinking of Living in: The Five Towns", ''The New York Times'', November 20, 1988. p. R11〕 A 1933 article in ''The New York Times'' references a Girl Scouts of the USA encampment by the "Five Towns Council, embracing the villages of Inwood, Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere and Hewlett", listed in order by LIRR station.〔("TO BREAK CAMP AT AEN.; Girl Scouts of Rockaways Leave Wednesday After 2 Weeks' Stay." ), ''The New York Times'', July 25, 1933, p. 16. Accessed September 15, 2008.〕 One notable characteristic of the Five Towns is that despite the reputation of the South Shore of Nassau County being more urbanized than the North Shore, the Five Towns retains hamlets that resemble areas along Long Island's Gold Coast on the North Shore with enormous mansions and exclusive private communities along the water. ==Communities== There is no official Five Towns designation. Each of these "towns" has a consecutive stop on the Far Rockaway Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. All five communities are part of the Town of Hempstead. Woodmere is the largest and most populous community in the Five Towns. The Five Towns is known regionally for its collection of wealthy villages and hamlets. The area is one of the wealthiest in New York State and has one of the highest percentages of Jewish residents in the nation.〔(Mangano: Nassau And MTA Police Launch Aggressive, Joint Initiative To Halt Five Towns Anti-Semitic Graffiti At LIRR )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Five Towns」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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