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Subject: [NYSUF] Lindenhurst schools
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 14:02:11 EDT

On 9/7/03 (11:53:19 AM MDT), Barbara Gallas () asked,

"I finally found my father, Harry Beaver, on the 1910 census living on
Wellwood Avenue in Lindenhurst. I can imagine him as one of the boys standing at the
Railroad Station on the photo accompanying the Community Profile of
Lindenhurst. Does anyone know the name of the elementary school he would have attended
in that area? Also, I noticed his older brother worked at a button factory.
Anyone know what its name might have been? I have an old picture that I
believe was taken there."


For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Lindenhurst Memorial
Library:

Lindenhurst Memorial Library
1 Lee Avenue
Lindenhurst, NY 11757-5399

Tel: 631/957-7755
Fax: 631/957-7114

eMail:

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


The pertinent geography:

Lindenhurst is a village (incorporated in 1923) in the southern part of the
Town of Babylon, Suffolk County. There are 3 villages and 12 hamlets
(unincorporated areas) 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 Village of
Lindenhurst in the Town of Babylon is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of
North Lindenhurst; on the east by the Hamlet of West Babylon; on the south by the
Great South Bay; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Copiague and the Hamlet of
North Amityville.

And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31
villages and 126 hamlets), the Village of Lindenhurst has a different border
than does the "Lindenhurst, NY 11757" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a
Lindenhurst mailing address and not be in Lindenhurst and a place can have other
than a Lindenhurst mailing address and be in Lindenhurst). Those places that
have a "Lindenhurst, NY" mailing address that are not in the Village of
Lindenhurst are in the Hamlet of North Lindenhurst; and, at the same time, there
are places in the Village of Lindenhurst with a "West Babylon, NY 11704" mailing
address.

For those who have their copy of the 2002 or earlier edition 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 Village of Lindenhurst
(incorporated in 1923) 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.

L'Shannah Tovah & Happy 5764,

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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