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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:57:26 EST

On 2/20/04 (11:12:22 AM MST), in a posting to , Susan
() asked,

"A relative was married in Sayville in the 1970's. I would like to find her
wedding announcement and wonder if anyone on the list knows which newspaper I
would request from my library? thank you!"


For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Sayville Library
(the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information and
other possible sources of information):

Sayville Library
11 Collins Avenue
Sayville, NY 11782

Tel: 631/589-4440
Fax: 631/???-????

eMail:

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

Sayville is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the southeast part of the
Town of Islip, in the south-central part of Suffolk County. There are 4
villages and 23 hamlets all or partly in the Town of Islip. 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
Sayville in the Town of Islip is bordered on the north by the Hamlets of Bohemia
and Holbrook; on the east by the Hamlet of Bayport; on the south by the Great
South Bay; and, on the west by the Hamlets of West Sayville, Oakdale and
Bohemia.

And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31
villages and 126 hamlets), the Hamlet of Sayville has a different border than
does the "Sayville, NY 11782" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Sayville
mailing address and not be in Sayville). Those places that have a "Sayville,
NY" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Sayville are in the Hamlet
of West Sayville.

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 Sayville in the Town of
Islip on pages 14 & 20 (map) and 21 (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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