Thank you very much for sending me the interesting information about the 3 Babylons. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: <Soyamaven@aol.com> To: <NYSUFFOL-L@rootsweb.com>; <NY-LONGISLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <pne.anne@ntlworld.com> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 4:12 AM Subject: LOCAL NEWSPAPER > > On 8/27/05 (11:20:04 AM MDT), in a posting to NYSUFFOL-L@rootsweb.com, > Anne > in Bolton, Lancashire (pne.anne@ntlworld.com) asked, > > "I would like to write a letter to a newspaper which is local to Babylon, > Long Island, enquiring if anyone knows of any descendants of Thomas COX > and his > wife Mary Jane COX (Nee Eastwood) from Bolton, Lancashire, England who > emigrated to there in 1906. Mary Jane was my husband's great aunt. > > I would be grateful if someone could give me the name and address or > e-mail > address of a newspaper to write to." > > > For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Babylon Public > Library: > > Babylon Public Library > 24 South Carll Avenue > Babylon, NY 11702 > > Tel: 631/669-1624 > Fax: 631/669-7826 > > eMail: bablref@suffolk.lib.ny.us > > http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/babl/ > > > It is important to know that there are 3 "Babylons" (from smallest to > largest, in order of acreage): > > 1. There is the Village of Babylon > 2. There is the Babylon, NY 11702 postal zone > 3. There is the Town of Babylon > > > The pertinent geography: > > Babylon is a village (incorporated in 1893) in the southeast part of the > Town > of Babylon, in the southwest part of Suffolk County (along the > Babylon/Islip > town line). There are 3 villages (municipal corporations) and 12 hamlets > (unincorporated areas) all or partly in the Town of Babylon. 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 Village of > Babylon in the Town of Babylon is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of > North > Babylon; on the east by the Hamlet of West Islip in the Town of Islip (the > Babylon/Islip town line); on the south by the Great South Bay; and, on the > west by > the Hamlet of West Babylon. > > And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, > 31 > villages and 126 hamlets), the Village of Babylon has a different border > than > does the "Babylon, NY 11702" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Babylon > mailing address and not be in Babylon and a place can have other than a > Babylon > mailing address and be in Babylon). Those places that have a "Babylon, > NY" > mailing address that are not in the Village of Babylon are in the Hamlet > of > North Babylon and in the Hamlet of West Babylon; and, at the same time, > there are > places in the Village of Babylon with a "West Babylon, NY 11704" mailing > address. > > 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 Babylon (incorporated > in > 1893) in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 18 (map) and 19 > (population estimate). > > > I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. > > > > L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5766, > > Walter Greenspan > > * L'Shannah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH) > Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. The common greeting during Rosh ha Shannah > and > the Days of Awe. This is a shortening of "L'Shannah tovah tikatev > v'taihatem" > (or, to women, "L'Shannah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi"), which means, "May > you > be inscribed and sealed for a good year." This year, Rosh ha Shannah > begins > at sunset on Monday, October 3 on the civil calendar. > > . 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. > >