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In [[New York (state)|New York]], a '''hamlet''' is a community that is not [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a village, i.e. an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]]. Hamlets usually have names based off of a local school district, post office, or fire district.<ref name="Suffolk GIS">{{cite map|url=http://gis.co.suffolk.ny.us/landviewer/index.html|title=General Land Information|publisher=Suffolk County Department of Information Technology|access-date=2010-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917075125/http://gis.co.suffolk.ny.us/landviewer/index.html|archive-date=2010-09-17|url-status=live}}</ref> Because a hamlet has no government of its own, the town it is in provides municipal services and government.{{sfn|Local Government Handbook|p=67}}

[[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]] makes maps that give hamlet boundaries,<ref name="Suffolk GIS" /> but towns with Suffolk County also publish maps that conflict both in the number of hamlets and their boundaries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Map of hamlets and villages within the Town of Islip|url=http://www.townofislip-ny.gov/about-islip/town-map}} {{cite web|title=Map of North Bay Shore CDP|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US3651495&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607182436/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US3651495&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on|archive-date=June 7, 2011|df=mdy}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Appendix 11B Decorative Community Gateway Signing and/or Landscaping on State Highway Right of Way|url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/design/dqab/hdm/hdm-repository/chapt_11B.pdf|access-date=2009-04-16|publisher=New York State Department of Transportation|page=8}}</ref> The NYSDOT and local governments also provide community identification signs on some [[Scenic byway|scenic byways]] to be placed at the roadside boundaries of hamlets, as decided by the sign provider.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Urban Design Project|title=The Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway: Volume 2- Corridor Management Plan; Section VII. The Signage Plan|url=http://scenic.ap.buffalo.edu/report/WNYSSB_XII_The_Signage_Plan.pdf|access-date=2010-09-06|publisher=[[University at Buffalo, State University of New York|University at Buffalo (SUNY)]]|page=XII–3 (PDF 5)|archive-date=2010-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622125833/http://scenic.ap.buffalo.edu/report/WNYSSB_XII_The_Signage_Plan.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Many hamlets have welcome signs at the gateways to the hamlets.<ref>{{cite web|title=Town of Williamson Route 21 & 104 Gateway Study: Executive Summary|url=http://www.gtcmpo.org/Docs/PlansStudies/WilliamsonGatewayStudyExecutiveSummary.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726134451/http://www.gtcmpo.org/Docs/PlansStudies/WilliamsonGatewayStudyExecutiveSummary.pdf|archive-date=July 26, 2011|access-date=2009-10-07|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Some hamlets are former villages that have ended their incorporation ([[Old Forge, New York|Old Forge]] in [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer County]]; [[Rosendale Village, New York|Rosendale]], in [[Ulster County, New York|Ulster County]]; and [[Andes (hamlet), New York|Andes]] in [[Delaware County, New York|Delaware County]], for example).{{sfn|Local Government Handbook|pp=72-73}}
[[File:2017-09-10_12_28_14_Sign_for_the_Hamlet_of_Sand_Lake_in_the_Town_of_Sand_Lake_at_the_intersection_of_New_York_State_Route_43_and_New_York_State_Route_66_in_Sand_Lake,_Rensselaer_County,_New_York.jpg|right|thumb|Sign for the Hamlet of Sand Lake within the Town of Sand Lake]]

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