[Talk-us] Hamlets!

[Toby Murray]

Around here they seem to just be somewhat random areas of town. Not formal
neighborhoods or anything. Examples:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/151609519
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/151882535

I've already deleted a couple of others because they didn't make much sense
and caused odd geocoding in Nominatim.

Toby



On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net>wrote:

> On 6/21/13 9:17 AM, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
>
>> During the TIGER import, small neighborhoods were imported as hamlets.
>>
>> I am not sure what this means in rural areas, but in urban places,
>> hamlets are often just places like apartment complexes, or other
>> nondescript places.
>>
>>  i think this varies state-to-state.  the following applies to NY.
>
> hamlets are not incorporated areas and have no government functions.
>
> in urban areas, hamlets are generally once distinct communities
> that have been absorbed into larger entities. they have no legal standing,
> but frequently the postal service will still deliver based on the name.
>
> in rural areas in NY, hamlets generally have white on green road signs
> erected by the state highway department and may have a CDP boundary.
> local post offices and/or school districts may use the same name as the
> hamlet.
>
> the CDP boundaries are at best vaguely related to the post office delivery
> routes sharing the name.
>
> richard
>
>
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