Talk:Suffolk County, New York

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I hate to criticize what has been done here, but I think that someone needs to start all over and reorganize this page.

[edit] Fisher's Island

This entry doesn't mention Fisher's island at all, but it's part of Suffolk County. The town lists need to include it.

Fisher's Island is indeed part of Suffolk County, however, it is not a town, it is a hamlet. There are only ten towns within the County of Suffolk.

[edit] Peconic County?

It's been 17 years since I lived there, but I believe that the proposed "new" county would consist of the five eastern towns (Riverhead, East Hampton, Southampton, Shelter Island and Southold) and has been provisionally named "Peconic" county. The idea has been kicking around for...since I left, and probably for quite a long time before that. Probably the best way to confirm this would be to review bills introduced in the State Assembly? Ellsworth 21:50, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I just changed the wording on the Peconic County mention. I felt that the wording was not neutral. I also added a link to the WP describing the process, so that we do not need to duplicate it here. Hope this meets with approval. -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 13:44, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

this place rocks!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Woehtopwaht3opht9p34ht034ht934 (talk • contribs) 22:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Water boundaries

GoogleEarth shows county boundaries as extending only to 5 miles from "shore". Long Island Sound is more than 10 miles across as some points, so it seems that not every county north of Suffolk would have a water bounsary with Suffolk Co. --JimWae (talk) 20:17, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

My source, as is almost always the case with my U.S. geographical and population information that I have provided, is the United States Census Bureau. You might take a look at their maps at [1] (You'll have to pick out a location in particular.) I think that they might be a little more "official" source than Google, from whom I don't know what their ultimate source is. Backspace (talk) 00:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)