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

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. Armonk; 6 contained three churches, a woolen factory, and twenty houses. 3. Kensico; 7 population, 103; contained several manufactories. 4.

Quarter Station; in the extreme southern part of the town, on the Harlem Railroad. North Salem. -- Population, 1,497. Local particulars: -- 1. North Salem; contained two churches, a paper mill, and thirty houses. 2. Salem Center; a hamlet, the seat of the North Salem Academy. 3. Purdy's Station; a station on the Harlem Railroad; contained two churches and a small woolen factory. 4. Croton Falls; a station on the Harlem Railroad. Ossining. -- Population, (5,760. Local particulars: -- 1. Sing Sing; an incorporated village; population, about 5,300; contained four churches, the Mount Pleasant Academy, a female seminary, and several other popular female schools. 2. Prospect Hill;8 a scattered settlement on the southern border. 3. Spring Valley and 4. Sparta were hamlets.

Pelham. -- Population, 1,025. Local particulars: -- 1. Pelhamville; a newly surveyed village and station on the New Haven Railroad. 2. Prospect Hill; a locality near the center of the town. 3. Pelham Priory; the seat of a young ladies' seminary, "established by the late Rev. Robert Bolton, and conducted by his daughters." Poundridge. -- Population, 1,471.