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From: "Fred IV" <>
Subject: Fw: {not a subscriber} RE: Borough for death certificate
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:02:05 -0400
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From: "Karen Pritchett" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 5:42 PM
Subject: {not a subscriber} RE: Borough for death
certificate
> Helpful AND interesting Walter. I'm lousy at geography....
This gentleman
> was living with a sister-in-law and her husband in both
the 1920 and 1930
> censuses. In 1930, the info on the census page is as
follows:
> State - NY
> County - Nassau
> Township - Oyster Bay Township
> Incorporated Place - Farmingdale Village (Part)
> ED - 30-187
> Supervisor's District - 36
> (incidentally, the enumerator was the husband of the
sister-in-law)
>
> In your valued opinion, does this make it easier to point
to a starting
> place(i.e. Farmingdale Village or Oyster Bay)?
>
> Thanks again, Karen Pritchett
>
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>
>
>
> 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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