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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:01:47 EDT

On 10/13/05 (11:44:54 PM MDT), in a posting to ,
Mary Allison Yonan () asked,

"I am intererested in finding information about Ellisons/Allisons who lived
in Hempstead in the 1600s. What genealogical or historical society, public
library and/or town historian shoud I contact?"

Bearing in mind, that in the 1600s the Town of Hempstead then included the
Town of North Hempstead, and was then part of Queens County, for questions such
as yours, you may want to contact the Town Archives of the Town of Hempstead,
the Long Island Studies Institute and the Hempstead Public Library:

Town Archives
Office of the Town Clerk
Town of Hempstead
Hempstead Town Hall
One Washington Street
Hempstead, NY 11550

Tel: 516/489-5000, X3046
Fax: 516/???-????

eMail: ?????

http://www.townofhempstead.org./content/tc/archives.html


Long Island Studies Institute
West Campus Library
Hofstra University
619 Fulton Avenue
Hempstead, NY 11549-4575

Tel: 516/463-6411
Fax: 516/463-6441

eMail:

http://www.hofstra.edu/Libraries/WestCampus/SpecialCollections/sc_lisi_main.cf
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Hempstead Public Library
115 Nichols Court
Hempstead, NY 11550

Tel: 516/481-6990
Fax: 516/481-6719

eMail:

http://www.nassaulibrary.org/hempstd/



It is important to know that there are 3 "Hempsteads" (from smallest to
largest, in order of acreage):

1. There is the Village of Hempstead = 2,327 acres
2. There is the Hempstead, NY 11550 postal zone = 2,652 acres
3. There is the Town of Hempstead = 22,621 acres


The pertinent current geography:

Hempstead is a village (incorporated in 1853) in the north-center section of
the Town of Hempstead, in the central part of Nassau County. There are 22
villages (municipal corporations) and 36 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or
partly within the Town of Hempstead. 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
Hempstead in the Town of Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Village of
Garden City and the Hamlet of East Garden City; on the east by the Hamlets of
East Garden City and Uniondale; on the south by the Hamlets of Baldwin and South
Hempstead; and, on the west by the Hamlet of West Hempstead.

And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities,
64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Village of Hempstead has a different border
than does the "Hempstead, NY 11550" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a
Hempstead mailing address and not be in the Village of Hempstead).

..........................................acres
.....Village of Hempstead.......2,327
.....Hempstead, NY 11550.....2,652

The Town of Hempstead is 22,621 acres.

As you can see from the above, about 12.5% of the places that have a
"Hempstead" mailing address are not in the Village of Hempstead. (Portions of the
Hamlets of East Garden City and South Hempstead have Hempstead, NY mailing
addresses.)

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 Hempstead (incorporated
in 1853) in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County on pages 5 & 8 (map) and 9
(population estimate).

One final statistic: the Town of Hempstead is the most populous town (or
township) in the U.S. The January 1, 2004 population is 760,675 (LIPA 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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