Maspeth was the first European settlement in Queens County in 1642.  Two hundred years later, two farms were broken into lots and sold for development.  Population grew from 56 houses in 1852 to 1,449 residents in 1875 and 4,300 in 1898.

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• Gazetteer of the State of New York, J.H. French, 1860
• Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolian Area, Estelle M. Guzik, 1989
• Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States, Christina K Schaefer, 1997
• American Passenger Arrival Records, Michael Tepper, 1993
• The Census Book, William Dollarhide, 2000
• Vital Records Handbook, Thomas Jay Kemp, 2000
• The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy, Val D. Greenwood, 2000
• Old Queens, N.Y. in Early Photographs, Vincent F Seyfried, William Asadorian, 1991
• New York City 5 Borough StreetAtlas, Geographia May Company 2004