Under English rule it became part of the county of Yorkshire, and, in 1683, when the province was divided into counties it became part of Queens County, one of the original counties of New York. It was incorporated in the borough of Queens in New York City on January 1, 1898.
Jamaica', a neighborhood in Queens, NewYork City, was settled as a town by the English under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland.
It was incorporated in the borough of Queens in NewYork City on January 1 1898.
Jamaica is the county seat of Queens County, and as such is the location of courthouses and other administrative buildings for the County of Queens, but it is not the location of Queens Borough Hall, which is located in the neighborhood of Kew Gardens.
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