In 1810, as determined by the federal census, the population of Westchester County was 30,272; but according to an enumeration made in 1811 it had declined in the latter year to 20,307, a shrinkage of nearly 4,000. This loss is easily accounted for. Our county responded with especial alacrity to the calls of the national and State governments for troops to serve in the second war with England. The decline in population was indeed considerable in almost every township. The figures are so interesting and present a record so honorable that it is very fitting to set them down in detail here. TOWNS

POPULATION

Mount Pleasant (including Ossining) Cortlandt Bedford Westchester (including West Farms, Morrisania, and Fordkam) Yorktown Greenburgh Somers Lewisboio North Castle Yonkers New Castle Rye Poundridge North Salem Harrison Eastchester New Rochelle White Plains Mamaroneck Pelham Scarsdalc Total

3,119 2,802 3,054 2,477 2,374 2,287 1,969 1,345 1,924 1,175 1,862 1,792 1,782 1,783 1,566 1,458 1,366 1,220 1,365 954 1,291 1,243 1,278 1,185 1,249 913 1,204 1,033 1,119 825 1,039 942 996 992 693 670 496 797 267 182 259 292 30,272

26,367

It is observable that during the twenty years from 1790 to 1810 there was, so far as can be discovered from the census figures, no change in the distinguishing aspect of population in Westchester County. Although the increases in several of the towns were considerable, clearly indicating the rise of hamlets, in no case was the growth large enough to promise any extensive development. Of the townships lying on the Hudson River, Mount Pleasant (then including Ossining), Cortlandt, and Greenburgh showed the largest