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Re: Looking To Add To Collection Of Postal Confusions
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"Thomas W. Perrin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Look at Winthrop New York in St. Lawrence County.  The lower portion of
the Town of Stockholm has a Winthrop P.O. addresss. The telephone is
Nicholville (Nicholville Telephone Company).  The nearest hamlet is Fort
Jackson. The largest nearby town/village is Potsdam.
Good luck.

Walter Greenspan wrote:
>
> Dear NY Historians, etc.,
>
> I am looking to add to my collection of New York State postal confusions and
> would greatly appreciate any input from anywhere in NYS.
>
> A postal confusion is the result of a non-coforming postal zone, whereby a
> place has a different community name in its mailing address than the
> community where that place is actually located.
>
> I'm including a partial list of such postal confusions from Long Island
> (mostly Nassau County) after my name.
>
> Thanking you in advance for your assistance,
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Walter Greenspan
>
> This is a preliminary and partial listing of famous Long Island places that
> are Not Where You Think They Are—It's somewhat incredulous that the majority
> of places in Nassau and Suffolk Counties have a different community name in
> their mailing address than the community they are actually in,
>
> .            You Ain't Where You Think You Are
> .               Place, Community (Postal Zone)
>
> Cold Spring Harbor Lab, Village of Laurel Hollow (Cold Spring Harbor, NY)
>
> C.W. Post University, Village of Brookville (Greenvale, NY)
>
> Fishers Island, Hamlet of Fishers Island (Fishers Island, CT)
>
> Hofstra University Dorms, Hamlet of East Garden City (Hempstead, NY)
>
> Jericho Cider Mill, Village of Muttontown (Jericho, NY)
>
> Leonard's of Great Neck, Hamlet of University Gardens (Great Neck, NY)
>
> Long Island Jewish Hospital, Village of Lake Success (New Hyde Park, NY)
>
> Long Island RR Station, Village of Great Neck Plaza (   Great Neck, NY)
>
> Long Island RR Station,  Hamlet of East Northport (Northport, NY)
>
> Nassau Executive Building, Village of Garden City (Mineola, NY)
>
> Nassau County Community College, Hamlet of East Garden City (Garden City, NY)
>
> Nassau County Supreme Court, Village of Garden City (Mineola, NY)
>
> Planting Fields Arboretum, Village of Upper Brookville (Oyster Bay, NY)
>
> Republic Airport, Hamlet of East Farmingdale     (Farmingdale, NY)
>
> Roosevelt Field, Hamlet of East Garden City (Westbury, NY)
>
> Sagamore Hill, Village of Cove Neck (Oyster Bay, NY)
>
> St. Francis Hospital, Village of Flower Hill (Roslyn, NY)
>
> SUNY Farmingdale, Hamlet of East Farmingdale (Farmingdale, NY)
>
> Suffolk Old County Seat, Hamlet of Riverside (Riverhead, NY)
>
> Sunrise Mall, Hamlet of East Massapequa (Massapequa, NY)
>
> Tilles Center, Village of Brookville (Greenvale, NY)
>
> Troop L, NYS Police, Hamlet of East Farmingdale (Farmingdale, NY)
>
> Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Hamlet of East Garden City (Uniondale, NY)
>
> Walt Whitman House, Hamlet of West Hills (Huntington Station, NY)
>
> Walt Whitman Mall, Hamlet of South Huntington (Huntington Station, NY)
>
> Westbury Music Fair, Hamlet of Jericho (Westbury, NY)

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