The total population of Westchester County in 1860 was 99,497 -- all but reaching the hundred thousand mark. So far in our narrative, whilst progressively noticing the principal aspects of local change and development, we have not devoted any formal attention to the minuter facts of conditions in the townships and their numerous localities severally; and as the year 1800 is a convenient one for such a detailed review, we shall now give the needful space to it, avoiding, however, unnecessary repetitions. We shall here take the townships in alphabetical order, including under each township head various pertinent particulars for the local communities. The population statistics by towns are from the federal census of 1800; most of the other facts (including village populations) are extracted from a valuable work published at Syracuse in 1800 -- the "Gazetteer of the State of New York," by J. II. French.

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particulars: -- 1. Bedford; contained a court house Local 3,639. Population, Bedford. (still in use in 1860), two churches, the Bedford Academy, a Eemale Institute, and thirty A] houses. 2 Bedford Station, on the Harlem Railroad; contained ten houses. 3. Katonah; contained thirty houses. 4. Mount Kisco, a station on the Harlem Railroad; contained 200 5. Whitlockville, « a station on the Harlem Railroad near the north border." inhabitants. Cortlandt.-- Population, 10,074. Local particulars :-- 1 . Peekskill ; an incorporated village ; population, 3,538; contained ten churches, the Peekskill Academy, four boarding schools, a bank, newspaper office, six iron foundries (chiefly engaged in the manufacture of stoves and plows, and giving employment to 300 men), two machine shops, two tobacco factories, a pistol lty