Walt Whitman was born in a county.
Born in Huntington on Long Island , Whitman worked as a journalist , a teacher , a government clerk , and -- in addition to publishing his poetry -- was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War .	Huntington	Huntington, New York	Long Island	Long Island	American Civil War	American Civil War
Long Island is a large , densely-populated island off the East Coast of the United States , beginning at New York Harbor just 0.35 miles -LRB- 0.56 km -RRB- from Manhattan Island and extending eastward into the North Atlantic Ocean .	Atlantic Ocean	Atlantic Ocean	New York	New York	East Coast	United States East Coast	United States	United States	New York Harbor	New York Harbor	Manhattan Island	Manhattan	Manhattan	Manhattan
