Got this info from another list thoght it might help someone
The 2001 edition of the Long Island Population Survey is now online
(instructions on how to access this invaluable report follow my name).
Coincident with the April 2000 Federal Census, there were 3 important
geographic changes made to the numbers and names of communities in Nassau
and
Suffolk Counties. These 3 changes were all in the Town of Southampton,
Suffolk County.
..........The Hamlet of Northampton was created from the western and
southwestern part of the Hamlet of Riverside
..........The Hamlet of Tuckahoe was created from the northeastern part of
the Hamlet of Shinnecock Hills, and all of the area that had been known as
'Southampton unincorporated' was dissolved and absorbed into the Hamlet of
Tuckahoe.
.........The Hamlet of Water Mill (2 words) was renamed Watermill (1 word).
This resulted in a net addition of 1 community (the Hamlet of Northampton),
raising the total number of communities in the Town of Southampton to 23 (6
villages and 17 hamlets), the total number of communities in Suffolk County
to 157 (31 villages and 126 hamlets) and the total number of communities in
the combined bi-county area to 293 (2 cities, 95 villages and 196 hamlets).
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The geography of Long Island can be quite confusing, even to current
residents, let alone to those who live in other parts of the country and
have
never been to the area. Thus, the following ...
For a good town-by-town map showing all the villages and hamlets in each of
LI's 13 towns, read on:
Each year, LIPA, as successor to LILCO, publishes a report (the report is
published by LIPA, but is written by KeySpan, previously known as LILCO)
updating the census population numbers (by using people-per-electric meter
ratios) for all the 292 communities on Long Island.
There are 2 cities and 13 towns (as well as 2 Indian reservations) in the
bi-counties and the 13 towns (3 in Nassau and 10 in Suffolk) are further
sub-divided into 95 villages (incorporated municipalities) and 196 hamlets
(unincorporated areas), yielding 293 communities (2 + 95 + 196 = 293).
..............Nassau......Suffolk........Total
....cities............2..........0..............2
...villages.........64.........31.............95
.hamlets..........70........126............196
.....total.........136........157............293
The heart of this 40-page report are maps of each of the 13 towns (3 in
Nassau, 10 in Suffolk), showing the true borders of all villages and hamlets
(not the postal zone borders) in each town. The facing pages list which
communities are villages or hamlets and their populations. (You'll find
villages and hamlets that you never knew existed because they are in some
other community-named postal zone.)
I'm including after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS
definitions of county, city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone.
I consider this the best resource available in understanding the geography
and governmental organization of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
You can download a copy of the 1998, 1999 or 2000 LI Population Survey (I
prefer the 1998 version as it was converted into Adobe Acrobat better than
the 1999 or 2000 versions were converted) by going to:
http://www.lipower.org/community/#Pop. Survey
If you will be so kind, please let me know what you think of this report
after you have downloaded it.
I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.
Sincerely,
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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