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For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Longwood Public Library (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information and other possible sources of information):
Longwood Public Library
800 Middle Country Road
Middle Island, NY 11953
Tel: 631/924-6400
Fax: 631/924-7538
eMail:
http://longwood.suffolk.lib.ny.us/reference.html
http://longwood.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
The pertinent geography:
First referred to as Millville and then Yamphanke (an Indian word meaning “bank of the river”), Yaphank is a hamlet (an unincorporated community) in the central part of the Town of Brookhaven, in the central part of Suffolk County. There are 8 villages (municipal corporations) and 36 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or partly in the Town of Brookhaven. 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 Yaphank (including the Brookhaven National Laboratory) is bordered on the north by the Hamlets of Gordon Heights, Middle Island and Ridge; on the east by the Hamlet of Shirley; on the south by the Hamlets of Brookhaven and North Bellport; and, on the west by the Hamlets of North Bellport and Medford.
And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 32 villages and 125 hamlets), the Hamlet of Yaphank has a different border than does the "Yaphank, NY 11980" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Yaphank mailing address and not be in Yaphank and a place can have other than a Yaphank mailing address and be in Yaphank). Those places that have a "Yaphank, NY" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Yaphank are in the Hamlet of Medford and the Hamlet of Middle Island; and, at the same time, there are places in the Hamlet of Yaphank with an "Upton, NY 11973", a "Medford, NY 11763" and a "Middle Island, NY 11953" mailing address.
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 Hamlet of Yaphank in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 24 (map) and 25 (population estimate).
I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.
Regards,
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.
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