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Subject: [NYSUF] Platt family
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 19:25:57 EST

On 2/3/04 (4:54:23 PM MST), Ray T. Smith, MD () asked,

"Sometime ago I found a study of Isaac Platt and his two sons, Joseph and
Jonah. I made one copy and was about to put the data in my genealogy when my PC
crashed and I lost the page I had typed. It stated that Isaac was one of a
group of people in Huntington who had gone to a meeting with the Governor or some
similar official, was imprisoned, released and was then exempt from paying
taxes.He owned a house on the town green which his sons inhereted and were
allowed to continue as an inn. Can anyone provide me with that information ?"


Ray, you might want to contact the Huntington Public Library and/or the the
Huntington Historical Society:

Huntington Public Library
338 Main Street
Huntington, NY 11743

Tel: 631/427-5165
Fax: 631/???-?????

eMail:

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


The Huntington Historical Society
209 Main Street
Huntington, NY 11743

Tel: 631/427-7045
Fax: 631/427-7056

eMail: ??????

http://www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org/


It is important to know that there are 3 "Huntingtons" (from smallest to
largest, in order of acreage):

1. There is the Hamlet of Huntington;

2. There is the Huntington, NY 11743 postal zone and it includes the Hamlet
of Huntington and parts of other surrounding villages and hamlets within its
service area; and,

3. There is the Town of Huntington and it includes the Huntington, NY 11743
postal zone, as well as other postal zones, within its borders.

The pertinent geography:

Huntington is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the northern part of the
Town of Huntington, Suffolk County. There are 4 villages and 15 hamlets
(unincorporated areas) all or partly in the Town of Huntington. 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
Huntington in the Town of Huntington is bordered on the north by Huntington Bay,
the Hamlet of Halesite, the Village of Huntington Bay and the Hamlet of
Centerport; on the east by the Hamlets of Centerport and Greenlawn; on the south by
the Hamlet of Huntington Station; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Cold
Spring Harbor and the Village of Lloyd Harbor.

And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31
villages and 126 hamlets), the Hamlet of Huntington has a different border
than does the "Huntington, NY 11743" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a
Huntington mailing address and not be in Huntington and a place can have other than
a Huntington mailing address and be in Huntington). Those places that have a
"Huntington, NY" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Huntington are
in the Hamlet of West Hills, the Hamlet of Greenlawn and the Hamlet of
Elwood; and, at the same time, there are places in the Hamlet of Huntington with a
"Huntington Station, NY 11746" and a "Greenlawn, NY 11740" 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 Hamlet of Huntington in the Town of
Huntington, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 16 (map) and 17 (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 place shave a
different community name in their mailing address than the community where that
place is actually located.

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