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Subject: [NAS] CURLEY, Robert S.
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:27:04 -0000


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For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Massapequa Public (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information and other possible sources of information):

Massapequa Public Library
523 Central Avenue
Massapequa, NY 11758

Tel: 516/798-4607
Fax: 516/798-2804

eMail:

http://www.nassaulibrary.org/massapq/


Massapequa is one of those many villages and hamlets on Long Island where the majority of the places with the community name as part of their mailing address are not in the hamlet.

The pertinent geography:

Massapequa is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the south part of the Town of Oyster Bay, in the southeast part of Nassau County, along the Oyster Bay/Hempstead town line. There are 18 villages (municipal corporations) and 18 hamlets (unincorporated areas) 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 the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of Massapequa in the Town of Oyster Bay is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of North Massapequa; on the east by the Village of Massapequa Park; on the south by the Great South Bay; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Seaford 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 Massapequa has a different border than does the "Massapequa, NY 11758" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Massapequa mailing address and not be in Massapequa).

....................................................area
......Hamlet of Massapequa............2,345
......Massapequa, NY 11758..........5,128

Thus, more than half the places with a "Massapequa, NY" mailing address are NOT in the Hamlet of Massapequa (these places are either in the Hamlet of North Massapequa or in the Hamlet of East Massapequa).

Also, complicating the matter even more, the "Massapequa, NY 11758" postal zone is a bifurcated postal zone, with two noncontiguous areas on the eastside and westside of the "Massapequa Park, NY 11752" postal zone.

For those who have their copy of the 2005 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 Massapequa 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.

Chag Sameach* Chanukah,

Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

* KHAHG sah-MEHY-ahkh = A Joyous Holiday

The 8-day rabbinic Festival of Chanukah begins Friday night, December 15.


.. 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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