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Subject: Borough for death certificate
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:13:44 EDT

On 6/1/05 (3:01:09 PM MDT), in a posting to , Karen
Pritchett () asked,

"I have obtained several birth, marriage & death certs from the Municipal
Archives (with fabulous service, I might add). Now I have a death date for
Joseph Frederick Winkler who died June 13, 1931 in Farmingdale, Long Island, NY.
My problem is, when I order the certificate, they want to know which borough to
search. They offer Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens (also Staten Island,
but not this particular year). Which borough should I specify for this place
of death at this time?"


Farmingdale is a village (municipal corporation) in the Town of Oyster Bay,
Nassau County. BUT, as the "Farmingdale, NY 11735" postal zone serves an area
larger than the Village of Farmingdale in both the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County and the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, then depending on in which
municipality the death took place, you would want to contact either the Village
Clerk for the Village of Farmingdale, the Town Clerk for the Town of Oyster Bay
or the Town Clerk for the Town of Babylon:

Village Clerk
Village of Farmingdale
361 Main Street
Farmingdale, NY 11735

Tel: 516/249-0093
Fax: 616/????-????

eMail: ???????

http://www.farmingdalevillage.org/officials.html


Office of the Town Clerk
Town of Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay Town Hall
54 Audrey Avenue
Oyster Bay, NY 11771

Tel: 516/624-6332
Fax: 516/???-????

eMail: ?????

http://www.oysterbaytown.com/


Office of the Town Clerk
Town of Babylon
Babylon Town Hall
200 East Sunrise Highway
Lindenhurst, NY 11757

Tel: 631/957-3000
Fax: 631/957-7440

eMail: ?????

http://www.townofbabylon.com/contact/index.cfm


While the Village of Farmingdale is in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County,
the majority of places that have a "Farmingdale, NY" mailing address are in
the Hamlet of East Farmingdale, Town of Babylon, Suffolk County because the
"Farmingdale, NY" postal zone is a bi-county postal zone.

The pertinent geography:

Farmingdale is a village (incorporated in 1904) in the southeast part of the
Town of Oyster Bay, in the east part of Nassau County (along the Oyster
Bay/Babylon town line and the Nassau/Suffolk County line ). There are 18 hamlets
(unincorporated areas) and 18 villages (municipal corporations) all or partly
within the Town of Oyster Bay. There are 2 cities and 3 towns in Nassau County.
(I'm including after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS
definitions of county, city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone.)

Beginning on its northern border and proceeding clockwise, the Village of
Farmingdale in the Town of Oyster Bay is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of
Old Bethpage; on the east by the Hamlet of East Farmingdale, Town of Babylon,
Suffolk County (the Oyster Bay/Babylon Town line and the Nassau/Suffolk County
line); on the south by the Hamlet of South Farmingdale; and, on the west by
the Hamlets of Plainedge and Bethpage.

And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities,
64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Village of Farmingdale has a different border
than does the "Farmingdale, NY 11735" postal zone (actually, the majority of
places with a Farmingdale mailing address are NOT in Farmingdale).

................................................acres
......Village of Farmingdale...........696
......Farmingdale, NY 11735......2,708*

* This is the portion in Nassau County only; the majority of the area of the
"Farmingdale, NY 11735" postal zone is in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County.

In addition to the Farmingdale addresses in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk
County, about 3 of every 4 Farmingdale addresses in Nassau County are also not in
the Village of Farmingdale (these paces with a Farmingdale address that are
not in the Village of Farmingdale are in the Hamlet of South Farmingdale and the
Hamlet of Plainedge).

For those who have their copy of the 2004 or earlier editions of the LI
Population Survey or have already downloaded the report from the Long Island Power
Authority web site (eMail me directly if you need instructions on how to
access and download the report), you'll find the Village of Farmingdale
(incorporated in 1904) in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County on pages 5 & 11 (map) and
12 (population estimate).

I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Regards,

Walter Greenspan


Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Postal Zones in New York State

New York State is divided into counties.

County
A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state, created to
perform state functions; a "regional" government All counties are divided into
cities, towns and Indian reservations.

City
A city is a unique governmental entity with its own special charter. Cities
are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods which are informal geographic
areas.

Town
A town is a municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the
state except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be
sub-divided into villages and hamlets.

Village
A village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily by
the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves with
municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar to those of a
city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal
geographic areas.

Hamlet
A hamlet is an unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed
at-large by the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which
are informal geographic areas.

Postal Zone "City" and "Town"
A postal zone "City" and "Town" is an administrative district established by
the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town"
may not (but are encouraged to) conform to municipal or community borders.
Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet
location.


Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of
non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of place shave a
different community name in their mailing address than the community where that
place is actually located.

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