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Subject: [NYSUFFOL] Lindenhurst
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:12:34 EST


Barbara & Suffolk-Rootsers, etc.,


On 12/07/1999 (7:56:41 PM EST), Barbara () asks,

"Your list of cities leaves me wondering about Lindenhurst. I thought it was
in Suffolk County. Am I wrong? If it isn't, where should you post inquiries
about Lindenhurst?"

First, there are no cities in Suffolk County.

Suffolk County is divided into 10 towns and 2 Indian Reservations. The 10
towns are further divided into 31 villages and 125 hamlets.

Lindenhurst is a village (incorporated in 1923) in the Town of Babylon.
Lindenhurst is also a postal zone and the borders of the Village of
Lindenhurst and the "Lindenhurst, NY" postal zone are different. Thus, a
place can have a "Lindenhurst, NY" mailing address but not be in the Village
of Lindenhurst. (Places in the Hamlet of North Lindenhurst, the Hamlet of
Copiague and the Hamlet of West Babylon may have "Lindenhurst, NY" mailing
addresses.)

Most people are confused. Mostly because of the problems caused by
non-conforming postal zones. (I'm including some information after my name
on how you can access some good maps of the area.)

If the Village of Lindenhurst maintains vital records, then you should
contact the village clerk directly. If the Village of Lindenhurst choses not
to maintain these records, then you would want to contact the Town Clerk for
the Town of Babylon.


Good luck.

Walter Greenspan


Each year, LIPA, as successor to LILCO, publishes a report (the report is
published by LIPA, but is written by KeySpan, previously known as LILCO)
updating the census population numbers (by using people-per-electric meter
ratios) for all the 292 communities on Long Island.

There are 2 cities and 13 towns (as well as 2 Indian reservations) in the
bi-counties and the 13 towns (3 in Nassau and 10 in Suffolk) are further
sub-divided into 95 villages and 195 hamlets, yielding 292 communities (2 +
95 + 195 = 292).

. Nassau Suffolk Total

. cities 2 0 2
. villages 64 31 95
. hamlets 70 125 195

. total 136 156 292


The heart of this 40-page report are maps of each of the 13 towns (3 in
Nassau, 10 in Suffolk), showing the true borders of all villages and hamlets
(not the postal zone borders) in each town. The facing pages list which
communities are villages or hamlets and their populations. (You'll find
villages and hamlets that you never knew existed because they are in some
other community-named postal zone.)

I consider this the best resource available in understanding the geography
and governmental organization of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

If you will be so kind, please let me know what you think of this report
after you have downloaded it.

The following are the instructions to obtain a copy of the 1998 LI Population
Survey:

First, the report is in Adobe Acrobat format (*.pdf) and thus you will need
Adobe Acrobat to open the file. You can obtain a free copy of Acrobat Reader
(1.7 mb storage space required) by clicking on:

<A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html">AdobeAcrobatFre
e Reader</A>


If your clicker don't work so well, then type in:

http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html


Once you have Acrobat Reader, then go to:

<A HREF="http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/">SuffolkWeb</A>;


If your clicker don't work so well, then type in:

http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/

Once at the Suffolk Web site, click on the button for GOVERNMENT and then at
the GOVERNMENT page, click on the button for the LI Population Survey.

The Population Report is 1,672K and takes about 5 minutes or so to download.

For those who want to go directly to the LI Population Survey, click on:

<A HREF="http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/govdocs/lipa.pdf">lipa.pdfatwww.suffolk.
lib.ny.us</A>


If your clicker don't work so well, then type in:

http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/govdocs/lipa.pdf


This is an "exact" copy of the 1998 Long Island Population Survey Report, only
excluding the cover page (and I do not know anyone, other than Mrs. Kessel,
who will be upset because they won't be able to see a picture of LIPA
Chairman, Richard Kessel that is on the reverse side of the cover).

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