Compiled
from the sources at the bottom of the page by Ellen Sadove Renck
Alternate names: Honczary/Gonchary
and the dependent villages of Istoki,
Ruda at 53°40' 25°28', Sielec/Selets at 53°40'
25°25'
and the estates and hamlets: Hancewicze,
Koniuszany Male, Minojty, Mosiewicze, Stare Mlniszcze
In 1928, Honczary
was designated as a wies (village) and gmina (town) in the First [?]
Uchastok, Lida powiat, Nowogrodskie voevodstvo of Poland. The Justice
of the Peace was in Lida and the Justice Court in Wilno. The 1928
population was 307. The railway station was seven kilometers away in
Niemen. The post office and telephone were in Niemen and telegraph were
in Lida. Honczary was the community council office with one Catholic
church, one Orthodox church, and mills.
Sources:
Ksiega Adresowa
Handlowa, Warszawa Bydgoszcz 1929
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