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Subject: [NYSUF] Islip Town Records
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:57:04 EST

On 2/3/04 (5:30:56 AM MST), in a posting to
, David Roberts () asked,

"What do you know about vital records from the Town of Islip?"

I think the best route would be to ask the Town Clerk of the Town of Islip:

Town Clerk
Town of Islip
Islip Town Hall
655 Main Street
Islip, NY 11751-3651

Tel: 631/224-5490
Fax: 631/???-????

eMail: ?????

http://www.???.???.???


Currently, there are 4 villages (incorporated municipalities) and 22 hamlets
(unincorporated areas) all or partly in the Town of Islip. (I'm including
after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS definitions of county, city,
town, village, hamlet and postal zone.)

These 26 communities are (if a village, year of incorporation):

Bayport
Bay Shore
Baywood
Bohemia
Brentwood
Brightwaters (1916)
Central Islip
East Islip
Fire Island (part)
Great River
Hauppauge (part)
Holbrook (part)
Holtsville (part)
Islandia (1985)
Islip
Islip Terrace
North Bay Shore
North Great River
Oakdale
Ocean Beach (1921)
Ronkonkoma
Saltaire (1917)
Sayville
West Bay Shore
West Islip
West Sayville

part = indicates a village or hamlet that straddles town boundaries.


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 Town of Islip and all the villages
and hamlets within the Town of Islip, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 20 (map)
and 21 (population estimate).


I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Happy Tu B'Shvat, the Jewish Arbor Day celebrating the New Year for trees
(begins Friday, February 6 at sunset),

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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