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Show One Island, but Two Names. Before Greater New York became Greater New York what was then Staten Island and Is now the borough of Hichmond was then and Is now Richmond county, says the New York Sun. The Post Oflice department has never recognized the consolidation of the municipalities and Brooklyn is still a separate post oflice, as distinct from New York as Chicago, Red Wing or Tilly Foster. Richmond county has two post offices. of-fices. Richmond, which is the county seat, and Staten island. Not many per-"' is know there is a post office on 5...ien island named Staten island. The railroad nanie is Tompkinsville. The other towns and villages in Richmond Rich-mond county are substations of the two post offices and there is one rural -delivery route. ' |