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Hi betty raynor-davis,
For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Freeport Memorial Library (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information and other possible sources of information):
Freeport Memorial Library
144 West Merrick Road
Freeport, NY 11520
Tel: 516/379-3274
Fax: 516/868-9741
eMail: reffr@nassaulibrary.org
http://www.nassaulibrary.org/freeport/
The pertinent geography:
First named Great South Woods, the area was later called Raynor South and later still Raynortown after Edward Raynor who settled the area in 1659, Freeport is a village (incorporated in 1892) in the south-center part of the Town of Hempstead, in the south-central part of Nassau County. There are 22 villages (municipal corporations) and 36 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or partly in the Town of Hempstead. There are 2 cites 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 Freeport is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Roosevelt; on the east by the Hamlet of Merrick; on the south by the off shore islands; and, on the west by the Hamlets of Baldwin Harbor and Baldwin.
And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities, 64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Village of Freeport has a different border than does the "Freeport, NY 11520" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Freeport, NY mailing address and not be in Freeport).
.............................................acres
.....Village of Freeport..............3,174
.....Freeport, NY 11520............3,618
A little more than 1 out of every 10 places with a "Freeport, NY" mailing address are NOT in the Village of Freeport. These places with a "Freeport, NY" mailing address that are not in the Village of Freeport may be in either the Hamlet of Merrick, the Hamlet of Roosevelt or the Hamlet of Baldwin Harbor, also in the Town of Hempstead.
For those who have their copy of the 2005 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 Freeport (incorporated in 1892) in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County on pages 5 & 8 (map) and 9 (population estimate).
I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.
Chag Sameach Sukkot*,
Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY
* KHAHG sah-MEHY-ahkh = A Joyous Holiday. The 7-day Jewish Biblical Festival of Sukkot (soo-KOHT) will begin on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei, which this year begins at sunset on Friday, October 6, and commemorates the forty-year period following the Exodus from Egypt during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert, living in temporary shelters (the Christian version of this Jewish Biblical Festival is called Tabernacles).
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.
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