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Subject: [NAS] Obits lookups - East Meadow and Massapequa, NY
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:16:54 -0400
Mark Trainor,
For Massapequa:
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 2006 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.
Regards,
Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY
. 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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