Hamlet (New York)
In New York, a hamlet is a community that is not incorporated as a village, i.e. an unincorporated community. Hamlets usually have names based off of a local school district, post office, or fire district.[1] Because a hamlet has no government of its own, the town it is in provides municipal services and government.[2]
Suffolk County makes maps that give hamlet boundaries,[1] but towns with Suffolk County also publish maps that conflict both in the number of hamlets and their boundaries.[3] Nevertheless, all land not within a village is administered by the town.
Most of the rest of New York's hamlets have less defined boundaries, and most towns have areas that are not considered to be a part of any hamlet. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) puts hamlet names on rectangular green signs with white lettering at roadside locations of its choosing.[4] The NYSDOT and local governments also provide community identification signs on some scenic byways to be placed at the roadside boundaries of hamlets, as decided by the sign provider.[5] Many hamlets have welcome signs at the gateways to the hamlets.[6]
Some hamlets are former villages that have ended their incorporation (Old Forge in Herkimer County; Rosendale, in Ulster County; and Andes in Delaware County, for example).[7]
Hamlet (New York) Media
- Town and village halls, Monroe, NY.jpg
Separate municipal buildings for (at that time) the town and village of Monroe in Orange County
- AlbanyNYCityHall.jpg
- Wards of New York City 1683.svg
The wards of New York City as established in 1683
- New York Municipalities.png
- 2024-06-20 14 48 46 Sign for the hamlet of West Sand Lake at the intersection of New York State Route 43 and New York State Route 150 in the West Sand Lake section of Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York.jpg
Sign for the Hamlet of West Sand Lake within the Town of Sand Lake, New York
- Village of Pomona, Rockland County.png
The village of Pomona (red) in Rockland County is partly within two different towns.
- 5 Boroughs Labels New York City Map.svg
The five boroughs of New York City:*1. Manhattan *2. Brooklyn*3. Queens *4. The Bronx*5. Staten Island
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Suffolk County Department of Information Technology. General Land Information [map].
- ↑ Local Government Handbook, p. 67.
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- ↑ Local Government Handbook, pp. 72-73.