Here are a few pre-1850 Post Offices established in Richmond County.
Source: New York Postal History: The Post Offices and First Postmasters from
1775 to 1980

It would appear that what is now Tompkinsville had the first federal post
office in Richmond County in 1815, followed in 1822 by the countyseat.

Name & Date Established; any change of name before 1898:

Castleton: 8 April 1815 >>Tompkinsville [1825]
Cityville: 21 January 1830 >> North Shore [1840] {>> West New Brighton 1870}
Richmond: 20 April 1822
Richmond Valley: 7 February 1829 .... closed 1863
Rossville: 6 February 1824  .... closed 1826
Rossville: 19 September 1835
South Side: 15 May 1849 >> Sea Side [1872]
Stapleton: 7 April 1847

David Roberts
Hollywood, MD

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gale Harris" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [NYHIST-L] Information about villages in Richmond County


> According to Holden's Staten Island, revised and
> editted by Dick Dickenson in 2002(originally the
> Resource Manual for Schools and Community), p. 98.
> New Brighton, Edgewater and Port Richmond became
> incorporated villages in 1866 followed by Tottenville
> in 1869.  Edgewater was comprised of Tompkinsville,
> Stapleton, and Clifton.  Richmond aka Richmond Town or
> Richmondtown was part of the township of Southfield
> Richmond wasthe county seat from the 18th century
> until the beginning of the 20th century.  Borough Hall
> was completed in 1906 but some county offices remained
> at Richmond until 1919.  Most old town and village
> records are in the Municipal Archives at 31 Chambers
> Street or stored in their Brooklyn warehouse.  The
> historical society at Historic Richmond Town also has
> significant holdings of Borough and Village records.
> I usually check both places to be on the safe side.
> Gale Harris, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC
> --- Walter Greenspan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > < 1 > Can anyone please supply the dates of
> > incorporation and, for
> > Richmondtown the town(s) in which it was located:
> >
> > Richmondtown in ?????
> >
> > Port Richmond in Northfield
> >
> > Edgewater in both Middletown and Southfield
> >
> > Tottenville in Westfield
> >
> >
> > < 2 > Are these all the villages (municipal
> > corporations) that ever existed
> > in Richmond County?  If there were any others
> > villages, can you please provide
> > their dates of incorporation and the town(s) in
> > which they were located.
> >
> >
> > < 3 > Were any of these villages dissolved or
> > annexed by some other
> > muncipality prior to January 1, 1898?
> >
> > Thanking you in advance for your kind attention to
> > this matter,
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Walter Greenspan
> > Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY
> >
>
>
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