jennchris, just as is the case on Lawn Guyland, what people refer to colloquially as "towns" are actually villages and hamlets, which are within actual towns; and, because villages and hamlets are referred to as "towns", then, many times, the error is compounded when actual towns are referred to as "townships".
Also, many colloquially refer to a "downtown business district" in a hamlet as a "village".
http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...-glossary.html may be of some help to you in understanding the geography of "New Yawk".
When you do find a house that you like, you can find out in which community (city, village or CDP) that house is actually located, which is oftentimes different from the community named in that house's mailing address, by using the Census Bureau's
online address search function. (CDP or
Census
Designated
Place is the Census Bureau equivalent for a hamlet in "New Yawk".)
And, very importantly, among other things, the Census Bureau's
online address search function also indicates in which school district an address is located.
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