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Subject: [NYSUF] Re: Deer Park obit
Date: 6 Jan 2003 14:10:13 -0700

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On 1/6/03 (1:34:18 PM MST), as part of an eMail posted to the Suffolk County board and 'gatewayed' to , Sonya () asked,

"I found info that a gggrandmother was "born" in Deer Park, NY, but in looking online, I see there is no place to "write" to. I was told by someone that I should contact the Town of Babylon. Can someone verify this as well?"

Deer Park is a hamlet in the Town of Babylon and thus you would want to contact the Town Clerk for the Town of Babylon:

Town Clerk
Town of Babylon
200 East Sunrise Highway
Lindenhurst, NY 11757

Tel: 631/957-3000
Fax: 631/957-7440

http://www.babylonli.com/contact/index.cfm


The pertinent geography:

Deer Park is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the northeastern part of the Town of Babylon, inside the almost right angle formed by the Babylon/Huntington and Babylon/Islip town lines in Suffolk County. There are 3 villages (incorporated areas) and 12 hamlets all or partly in the Town of Babylon. There are no cities and 10 towns in Suffolk County. There are 2 Indian reservations in Suffolk 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 Deer Park in the Town of Babylon is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Dix Hills in the Town of Huntington (the Babylon/Huntington town line); on the east by the Hamlets of Brentwood and Baywood in the Town of Islip (the Babylon/Islip town line); on the south by the Hamlet of North Babylon; and, on the west by the Hamlets of Wyandanch and Wheatley Heights.

And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31 villages and 126 hamlets), the hamlet and the postal zone that use the same name, have much different borders: Thus, there may be places with a Deer Park, NY mailing address that are not in Deer Park and there may be places in Deer Park with other than a Deer Park, NY mailing address.

For those who have their copy of the 2001 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 if Deer Park in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 18 (map) and 19 (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 places have a different community name in their mailing address than the community where that place is actually located.

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