This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lRB.2ACE/891.1 Message Board Post: On 6/20/05 4:38:00 PM MDT), in a posting to the Nassau County Ancestry Board that was 'gatewayed' to NYNASSAU-L@rootsweb.com, Mary Kirby (mjkjo@juno.com) asked, "Obit for MINNIE CAMPBELL.. Feb.1968. Bar Harbor,Crown Village,.Mass Park and Massapequa Park are listed in the SSDI information." For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Massapequa Public Library: Massapequa Public Library 40 Harbor Lane Massapequa Park, NY 11762 Tel: 516/799-0770 Fax: 516/541-2648 eMail: mpl2@nassaulibrary.org http://www.nassaulibrary.org/massapq/ The pertinent geography: Massapequa Park is a village (incorporated in 1931) in the southeast part of the Town of Oyster Bay, in the southeast part of Nassau County. There are 18 villages (municipal corporations) and 18 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or partly within the Town of Oyster Bay. There are 2 cities and 3 towns in Nassau 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 Massapequa Park in the Town of Oyster Bay is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of North Massapequa and the Hamlet of South Farmingdale; on the east by the Hamlet of East Massapequa; on the south by South Oyster Bay and the Hamlet of Massapequa; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Massapequa and the Hamlet of North Massapequa. And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities, 64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Village of Massapequa Park has a different border than does the "Massapequa Park, NY 11762" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Massapequa Park mailing address and not be in Massapequa Park). ...................................................area ....Village of Massapequa Park.....1,398 ....Massapequa Park, NY 11762...2,120 Thus, about one out of every three places with a "Massapequa Park, NY" mailing address are NOT in the Village of Massapequa Park (these places are either in the Hamlet of Massapequa or in the Hamlet of North Massapequa). For those who have their copy of the 2004 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 Massapequa (incorporated in 1931) in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County on pages 5 & 11 (map) and 12 (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.