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If you haven't already done so, for questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Riverhead Free Library (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information and other possible sources of information):
Riverhead Free Library
330 Court Street
Riverhead, NY 11901
Tel: 631/727-3228
Fax: 631/727-4762
eMail: rflref@suffolk.lib.ny.us
http://river.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
It is important to know that there are 3 "Riverheads" (from smallest to largest, in order of acreage):
1. There is the Hamlet of Riverhead;
2. There is the "Riverhead, NY 11901" ZIP Code postal zone, and it includes the Hamlet of Riverhead and parts of 6 other adjacent hamlets within its service area; and,
3. There is the Town of Riverhead, and it includes 7 hamlets as well as the "Riverhead, NY 11901" ZIP Code postal zone and 9 other ZIP Code postal zones, within its borders.
The pertinent geography:
Riverhead is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the central part of the Town of Riverhead, in the northeast part of Suffolk County, along the Riverhead/Southampton town line. There are no villages (municipal corporations) and 7 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or partly in the Town of Riverhead (Riverhead is the only town in either Suffolk or Nassau County without any villages within its borders). 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 Riverhead in the Town of Riverhead is bordered on the north by Long Island Sound; on the east by the Hamlet of Northville and the Hamlet of Aquebogue; on the south by the Hamlet of Riverside in the Town of Southampton (the Riverhead/Southampton Town line); and, on the west by the Hamlet of Calverton and the Hamlet of Baiting Hollow.
For a map of the Hamlet of Riverhead:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cf/Riverhead-village-map.gif
And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 32 villages and 125 hamlets), the Hamlet of Riverhead has a different border than does the "Riverhead, NY 11901" ZIP Code postal zone (i.e., a place can have a "Riverhead, NY 11901" mailing address and not be in the Hamlet of Riverhead). These places that have a "Riverhead, NY 11901" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Riverhead are in the Hamlet of Northampton, the Hamlet of Riverside and the Hamlet of Flanders in the Town of Southampton, as well as in the Hamlet of Baiting Hollow, the Hamlet of Northville and the Hamlet of Aquebogue in the Town of Riverhead.
For those who have their copy of the 2007 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 Riverhead in the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 26 (map) and 27 (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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