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)