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Subject: James Funeral Homes
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:28:57 EST

On 11/7/05 (7:10:51 AM MST), in a psoting to ,
Stefanie () asked,

"When I was growing up in Matza-pizza there was a James Funeral Home on
Broadway closer to the Massapequa train station than the one that was on Broadway
and Boundary Ave. Is that considered Plainedge?"


North Broadway and Boundary Avenue seems to be at the border between the
Hamlet of Plainedge and the Hamlet of North Massapequa, to the immediate west of
their border with the Hamlet of South Farmingdale.

So, I would guess that if the James Funeral Home was on the north side of the
media of Boundary Avenue, then it would be in the Hamlet of Plainedge.

Plainedge is one of those many villages and hamlets on Long Island where none
of the places in the community have a the hamlet's name as part of their
mailing address.

The pertinent geography:

Plainedge is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the southeast part of the
Town of Oyster Bay, in the southeast part of Nassau County, (along the Oyster
Bay/Hempstead town line), Nassau County. There are 18 villages (municipal
corporations) and 18 hamlets 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 Hamlet of
Plainedge in the Town of Oyster Bay is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of
Bethpage; on the east by the Hamlet of South Farmingdale; on the south by the
Hamlet of North Massapequa; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Levittown in the
Town of Hempstead (the Oyster Bay/Hempstead town line).

And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities,
64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Hamlet of Plainedge has a different border
than does the postal zone that services its area. In this case, there is no
"Plainedge, NY" postal zone:

.........................................acres
......Hamlet of Plainedge......930
......Plainedge, NY ?????.....none

All places within the Hamlet of Plainedge have a "Massapequa, NY 11758", a
"Levittown, NY 11756", a "Bethpage, NY 11714" or a "Farmingdale, NY 11735"
mailing address.

For those who have their copy of the 2004 or earlier edition 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 Hamlet of Plainedge 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 places have a
different community name in their mailing address than the community where that
place is actually located.

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