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History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900

Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900. 305 words

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. Local particulars: -- 1. Pleasantville; 4 population, 358; contained two churches. 2. Unionville (Nepperhan p. o.); population, 97; a station on the Harlem Railvoad. 3. Beekmantown; population, about 1,500; a suburb of Tarrytown; contained five churches and the Irving and Tarrytown Institutes. 4. Sleepy Hollow, 5. Upper Cross Roads, and 6. Lower Cross Roads were hamlets. New Castle. -- Population, 1,817. Local particulars: -- 1. Mount Kisco; a small village and railroad on the line of Bedford. 2. New Castle; a small scattered village near the Bedford line. 3. Chappaqua; a railroad station. 4. Sarlesville; a hamlet near the center of the town, where the town business was generally transacted. New Rochelle. -- Population, 3,519. Local particulars: -- 1. New Rochelle; an incorporated village; population, about 2,000; contained six churches and several private schools; a portion of the village and the lands surrounding it were " occupied by elegant villas and country residences of persons doing business in New York " ; the steamboat landing was " half a mile southwest of the village, on a small island connected with the main land by a stone causeway." 2. West New Rochelle, 3. Petersville,5 and 4. Upper New Rochelle were scattered villages, mostly inhabited by Germans. North Castle. -- Population, 2,487. Local particulars: -- 1. North Castle; contained a church and a few houses. 2.