This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRB.2ACE/815.1 Message Board Post: On 12/11/04 (6:59:04 PM MST), in a posting to the Nassau County Ancestry Baord that was 'gatewayed' to NYNASSAU-L@rootsweb.com, Lori Gallagher (MegRysmom@aol.com) asked, "I am researching my husband's family history. We are looking for information on the Gallagher Sand and Gravel Company that was located in Hempstead Harbor, NY. I have a book called "Discovering Sands Point" which has reference to my husband's ancestors. We are just looking for any additional information anyone might have on the company, and more importantly, the people who ran the company (John Gallagher and Cornelius Gallagher). There is also mention of a John Murray as being a part of the company at one point. John Gallagher and John Murray appear to have leased land on June 1, 1870 for the purposes of sand mining. It also appears that the mining was finished in 1875 (which doesn't really make sense with my other information...). " For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Port Washington Public Library (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information and other possible sources of information): Port Washington Public Library One Library Drive Port Washington, NY 11050 Tel: 516/883-4400 Fax: 516/944-6855 eMail: reference@pwpl.org http://www.pwpl.org/ Sands Point is one of those communities on Long Island where the none of the places in Sands Point have a "Sands Point, NY" mailing address. The pertinent geography: Sands Point is a village (incorporated in 1932) in the northeast part of the Town of North Hempstead, in the northwest. There are 30 villages and 18 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or partly in the Town of North Hempstead. 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 Sands Point in the Town of North Hempstead is bordered on the west, north, and east by Long Island Sound; and on the south by the Hamlet of Port Washington, the Village of Port Washington North, the Village of Manorhaven and Hempstead Harbor. And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities, 64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Village of Sands has a different border than does the "Sands Point, NY" postal zone: in this case there is no "Sands Point, NY" postal zone. ..................................................acres .......Village of Sands Point...........2,743 .......Sands Point, NY....................??? All of the Village of Sands Point is in the "Port Washington, NY" postal zone and hence all places in the Village of Sands Point have a "Port Washington, NY" mailing address. (There are 6 communities -- 5 villages and 1 hamlet -- that are all or partly within the "Port Washington, NY" postal zone, and more than 3 out of every 5 places with a "Port Washington, NY" mailing address are NOT in the Hamlet of Port Washington.) For those who have their copy of the 2003 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 Sands Point (incorporated in 1932) in the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County on pages 5 & 6 (map) and 7 (population estimate). I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Happy Chanukah, Walter Greenspan The 8-day rabbinic Festival of Chanukah begins Tuesday night, December 7. 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.