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/476.1 Message Board Post: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRB.2ACE/476 On 12/28/02 (6:01:52 PM MST), a posting by Joyce Connelly ([email protected]) to the Nassau County board was 'gatewayed' to [email protected]: "I would appreciate someone telling me where in the 1860 or 1870 census I would look to find someone who was living in Manhassett, Long Island. Cannot seem to locate any town that fills the right description. Thank you so much." The Hamlet of Manhasset is in the Town of North Hempstead. Circa 1860/1870, the Hamlet of Manhasset included parts or all of several villages that incorporated and became independent. Also, circa 1860/1870, the Town of North Hempstead was then part of Queens County. Currently, Manhasset is one of those communities on Long Island where the majority of the places with a Manhasset mailing address are not in Manhasset. The pertinent geography: Manhasset is a hamlet (unincorporated area) in the central part of the Town of North Hempstead. There are 30 villages (incorporated municipalities) and 18 hamlets 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 Hamlet of Manhasset in the Town of North Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Villages of Plandome Heights, Flower Hill and Munsey Park; on the east by the Village of Roslyn Estates; on the south by the Village of North Hills; and, on the west by the Villages of Lake Success, Thomaston, Kensington and Great Neck. And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities, 64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Hamlet of Manhasset has a different border than does the "Manhasset, NY 11030" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Manhasset mailing address and not be in Manhasset). ....................................................acres ........Hamlet of Manhasset.............1,592 ........Manhasset, NY 11030............4,424 Thus, about 2 out of every 3 places with a "Manhasset, NY" mailing address are NOT in the Hamlet of Manhasset. Quickly eyeballing the map overlay of the "11030" postal ZIP code versus village and hamlet borders, the following 7 communities (7 villages and 0 hamlets) seem to be at least partially within the borders of the "Manhasset, NY" postal zone and hence places in these communities can have a "Manhasset, NY" mailing address (if the community is a village, its year of incorporation is shown inside the parenthesis): Village of Plandome Manor (1931) Village of Plandome (1911) Village of Plandome Heights (1929) Village of Munsey Park (1930) Village of Flower Hill (1931) Village of North Hills (1929) Village of Thomaston (1931) For those who have their copy of the 2001 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 Manhasset 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. 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.