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Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: question / hamlets & villages


> In a message dated 8/3/2000 10:20:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > Walter Greenspan wrote:
> >
> >  >
> >  > Then there is the Village of Saranac Lake:  it's in 3 towns and 2
> counties!
> >
> >  >
> >  > The Village of Saranac Lake is in the Towns of Harrietstown, St.
Armand
> > and
> >  > North
> >  > Elba and in the counties of Franklin and Essex.
> >  >
> >  > Interestingly, the Village of Saranac Lake is within the border of
only
> > one
> >  > postal zone:  "Saranac Lake, NY 12983", which services an area larger
> than
> >  > the village.
> >  >
> >
> >  None of the above to be confused with, of course, the hamlet and town
of
> >  Saranac in Clinton County a few miles down the Saranac River from
> >  Saranac Lake!
> >
> >  Tom
> >
> One of my all time favorites is from Massachusetts.  There are no
> incorporated villages in Massachusetts, only towns and cities which differ
> only by their form of government.  The entire state is divided into towns
and
> cities which do not overlap.  However, some settlements think of
themselves
> as villages ... sort of like NY's hamlets.  There is a town of Montague in
> Franklin County, Mass., along the Connecticut River about ten miles south
of
> the New Hampshire line.  There are several distinct settled areas in the
town
> of Montague, each with its own center and identity, but all part of the
> overall town.  One settlement is called "Montague City."  I don't know if
the
> sign is still there but back in the 70's and early 80's when I lived in
the
> area, there was a sign as you approached Montague City announcing:
Entering
> Village of Montague City, Town of Montague.
>
> Bill, currently in Schenectady
>