INTRODUCTION. 



THE POPULATION OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. 



1846 1S75 



1SS0 



Bedford 



Cortlandt 



Greenburgh 



Eastchester 



Harrison 



Lewisboro 



Mount Pleasant. 

 Mamaroneck.... 



Newcastle 



New Rochelle . . 

 North Castle..... 

 North Salem.... 



Ossin-ing« 



Pelham 



Poundridge 



Rye 



Scarsdale 



Somers& 



Wesechester) 

 West Farms j c ' 

 White Plains..., 



Yorktown 



Yonkers 



725 



738 

 205 

 369 

 039 

 511 

 962 

 780 

 495 

 977 

 010 

 228 

 312 

 4S6 

 427 

 180 

 341 

 761 



052 



ir.5 



27S 

 517 



3,744 



11.928 

 10,928 

 8,294 

 1,431 

 1,550 

 5,411 

 1,425 

 2,242 

 4,678 

 1,818 

 1,583 

 8,533 

 1,538 

 1,000 

 5,369 

 529 

 1,600 



6,560 



2,757 



2,650 



17,282 



3,732 



12,664 



9,862 



8,737 

 1,494 

 1,614 

 5,450 

 1,863 

 2,297 

 5.277 

 1,818 

 1,694 

 8,769 

 2,540 

 1,044 

 6,577 

 614 

 1,638 



6,789 



3,168 



2,481 

 18,924 



103,564 



109,036 



Present population, 109,050. 



" The County of Westchester comprises a very important section of 

 this State ; washed on the west by the Hudson, on the south by the East 

 River and Long Island Sound, it enjoys very superior advantages for 

 trade and commerce, with a fine soil for agriculture, and a charming di- 

 versity of surface and of elegant situation ; while its contiguity to the 

 great commercial metropolis of North America, completes a proud su- 

 periority of geographical position. The north-west corner is consider- 

 ably broken by the south-east border of the Highlands, of a mountain 

 character; and a range of hills of moderate height extends from York 

 Island toward the north-east extremity, on which are situated the heights 

 and hills much known in the Revolutionary war, particularly in the year 

 1776. Besides Harlem, Hudson and East Rivers, forming the boun- 

 daries, there are several small streams that afford many mill seats. 



a Name changed to Ossin-ing in 1S46. See Sess. Laws, chap. 30, sec. 5. 



b Part of Somers annexed to Newcastle. See Laws of 1S4G, chap. 249. 



c West Farms erected from part of Westchester. See Sess. Laws, 1S4, chap. 279. 



