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Subject: [NYSUF] Manorville Death Cert
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:28:57 EST

On 1/24/03 (12:03:33 PM MST), Brenda () asked,

"Where do I call/write for a death certificate for Manorville?"

While Manorville is a hamlet in the Town of Brookhaven, the "Manorville, NY"
postal zone includes areas in BOTH the Town of Brookhaven and the Town of
Riverhead. Thus, you may need to check with the town clerks for BOTH the
Town of Brookhaven and the Town of Riverhead.

Town Clerk
Town of Brookhaven
205 South Ocean Avenue
Patchogue, NY 11772

Tel: 631/654-7827
Fax: 631/654-7888 fax

eMail:

http://www.brookhaven.org/departments/town_clerk.asp?dept_id=15&page_id=15


Town Clerk
Town of Riverhead
200 Howell Avenue
Riverhead, NY 11901
Tel: 631/727-3200 ext 260
Fax: 631/727-6712

eMail:

http://www.riverheadli.com/rvdclerk.html


The pertinent geography:

Manorville is a hamlet (unincorporated area) in the northeast section of the
Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, along the Brookhaven/Riverhead town line.
There are 8 villages (municipal corporations) and 36 hamlets all or partly
in the Town of Brookhaven. 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
Manorville in the Town of Brookhaven is bordered on the north by the Hamlet
of Calverton in the Town of Riverhead (the Brookhaven/Riverhead town line);
on the east by the Hamlets of Calverton and Eastport; on the south by the
Hamlets of East Moriches, Center Moriches, Moriches and Mastic; and, on the
west by the Hamlets of Mastic, Shirley and Yaphank (Brookhaven National
Laboratory).

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 different borders. Thus, places with a "Manorville, NY" mailing
address may not be in Manorville and places in Manorville may not have a
"Manorville, NY" mailing address.

There may be a few places in the Hamlet of Calverton, Town of Rivehead that
have a "Manorville, NY" mailing address.

For those who have their copy of the 2002 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 Hamlet of Manorville in
the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 24 (map) and 25
(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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