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/jUB.2ACI/1124.1 Message Board Post: On 2/1/06 (6:51:46 PM MST), in a posting to the Suffolk County Ancestry Board that was 'gatewayed' to NYSUFFOL-L@rootsweb.com, Pauline Salmon (lordsalmon@cox.net) asked, "Captain Frank Ward had a ship out in Montauk in the 1970's. Do not find information about him now. Anyone have information regarding Frank." For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Montauk Library (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information and other possible sources of information): Montauk Library P.O. Box 700 Montauk, NY 11954 Tel: 631/668-3377 Fax: 631/???-???? eMail: mntklib@suffolk.lib.ny.us http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/mntk/ The pertinent geography: Montauk is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the extreme east part of the Town of East Hampton, in the extreme southeast part of Suffolk County. There are currently 2 villages (municipal corporations) and 7 hamlets all or partly in the Town of East Hampton. 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 Montauk is bordered on the north and east by Long Island Sound; on the south by the Atlantic Ocean; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Napeague. And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 32 villages and 125 hamlets), the Hamlet of Montauk has a different border than does the "Montauk, NY 11954" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Montauk mailing address and not be in Montauk). Those places that have a "Montauk, NY" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Montauk are in the Hamlet of Napeague. 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 Hamlet of Montauk in the Town of East Hampton, Suffolk County on pages 15 & 32 (map) and 33 (population estimate). I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY 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.