History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900
The only locality mentioned by French in this town is Purchase (Harrison p. o.), a hamlet in the northern part, containing two Friends' meeting houses. Lewisboro. -- Population, 1,885. Local particulars: -- 1. South Salem; a scattered village, containing a church and fifteen houses. 2. Cross River; contained two churches, several manufactories, and twenty houses. 3. Golden's Bridge; a station on the Harlem Vista; a small settlement. 5. Lewisboro; a postoffice in the southern part. Mamaronei'k. -- -Population,
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particulars: -- 1. Mamaroneck; contained two :; Sci called for Washington Irving, whose 1 So called for Colonel John P. Cruger, whose homestead of Sunnyside was a short distance csiatc including Oscawana Island, was adabove. The village was formerly called Dearjacent. "Boscobel " (the original name) was the residence of Staats Morris Dyckrnan. man's, or Dearman's Landing. - So called for .'in early family named Dobbs. who k<-pt a ferry.
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churches and "several manufactories, not at present in operation." 2. Orienta,1 3. Washingtonville, 4. Chatsworth, and 5. Hickory Grove, are described as " village plats and prospective villages." 6. Kelloggsville, on the line of New Rochelle, had an extension tidemill. Morrisania. -- Population, 9,245. Local particulars: -- 1. Morrisania; population, 2,587; a railroad station; contained Saint Joseph's Ursuline Convent, an academy, and free school. 2. Mott Haven;2 population, 843; contained two churches and an extensive iron foundry. 3. Port Morris; 3 prominent for its harbor, sixty feet deep, where it was "proposed to land vessels that draw too much water to enter New York Harbor"; connected with Melrose by a branch of the Harlem Railroad two and one-half miles long. 4. Wilton, 5. Old Morrisania, 6. East Morrisania, 7. West Morrisania, 8. South Melrose, 9. East Melrose, 10. Eltona, 11. Woodstock, 12. Claremont, and 13. High Bridgeville, are described as " suburban village plats." Mount Pleasant. -- Population, 4,517.