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Westchester County, New York
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About Westchester County

Westchester County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York, bordering the Long Island Sound and the Byram River to its east and the Hudson River on its west. The county is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States census, the county had a population of 1,004,456, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 55,344 (5.8%) from the 949,113 counted in 2010. Westchester covers an area of 450 square miles (1,200 km2), consisting of six cities, 19 towns, and 23 villages. Established in 1683, Westchester was named after the city of Chester, England.

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Facts

Westchester County at a glance

County seat
White Plains
Population
1,004,457 (2020)
Land area
500 sq mi
Founded
1683

Communities

Largest communities in Westchester County

  1. Yonkers211,569
  2. Greenburgh95,397
  3. New Rochelle79,726
  4. Mount Vernon73,893
  5. White Plains County seat59,559

Background

History of Westchester County

At the time of European contact in the 16th and 17th centuries, this region was a part of Lenape Country, properly called Lenapehoking. The Lenape, also known as the 'Delaware' Nation, are an Algonquian people, related to large nations like the Wampanoag, Anishinaabe, Abenaki, and the Powhatan of Tsenacommacah as well as neighboring communities like the Manhattans, Weckquaesgeek and Siwanoy bands of the Wappinger in the south, and Tankiteke, Sintsink and Kitchawank Wappinger in the north. The first European explorers to visit the Westchester area were Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 and Henry Hudson in 1609. Dutch settlers began arriving in the 1620s, followed by settlers from England in the 1640s. Westchester County was one of the original twelve counties of the Province of New York, created by an act of the New York General Assembly in 1683.

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