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THIS MAP DATED 1850 CALLS MANORVILLE "BROOKFIELD" AND RIVERHEAD "COURT HOUSE" AND SHOWS HERMANNVILLE , A STATION WE HAD NEVER HEARD OF, NEVER SEEN ON A TIMETABLE OR ON ANOTHER MAP. |
A "NEW" 1855 COLTON MAP SHOWS HERMANNVILLE, AND SHOWS WAMPMISSIC , WHICH APPEARS ON THE 1852 - 1853 TIMETABLE. |
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY WEBSITE OFFERS A "MAP OF THE VILLAGE OF HERMANNVILLE, TOWN OF ISLIP, SUFFOLK COUNTY, LONG ISLAND". ALSO SHOWN ARE "THE VILLAGE OF LAKELAND" AND DRAWINGS OF LAKELAND STATION AND LAKE POST OFFICE AND LAKE RONKONKOMA. |
ARRT PAID THE N. Y. P. L.'S FEE OF $75.00 AND RECEIVED A HIGH RESOLUTION SCAN OF THE HERMANNVILLE MAP AND PERMISSION TO UPLOAD SAME. |
THIS MAP OF HERMANNVILLE SHOWS TWO EAST-WEST STREETS WHICH STILL EXIST - PECONIC STREET AND COMAC STREET AND A NORTH-SOUTH STREET - HERMANN AVENUE. THERE IS STILL A HERMAN AVENUE ALTHOUGH PECONIC AND COMAC STREETS DO NOT RUN THAT FAR EAST. THIS AREA IS NOW THE PART OF RONKONKOMA THAT LIES SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD. |
IN 1851 DR. PECK SOLD HIS PROPERTY TO CHARLES WOOD WHO OFFERED IT FOR SALE AS "LAKELAND FARMS". NOTICE THAT THIS MAP FROM 1851 OR SO SHOWS LAKELAND AND HERMANNVILLE AS CONTIGUOUS VILLAGES WITH PECONIC AND COMAC STREETS RUNNING THROUGH BOTH. "LAKELAND FARMS" INCLUDED THE PRESENT DAY BOHEMIA AND MUCH OF OAKDALE. |