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| Reply To: | A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." < [log in to unmask]> |
| Date: | Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:28:44 -0400 |
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"Hamlet" is a designation for unincorporated areas within towns.
Sometimes unincorporated areas in popular usage are called "villages,"
but technically that's not correct--so towns may have villages and
unincorporated areas, including hamlets. Levittown, for example, though
it has a population of more than 50,000, is a hamlet, not an
incorporated village (it's also a school and library district and postal
zip area). Incorporated villages and cities have their own mayor, etc.
Natalie Naylor
Hofstra University
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