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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. 267 words

Sclmylerville; population, about 300; a scattered village on Throgg's Neck. 4. Integrity; near Bronxdale; had a tape factory. 5. Connersville, 6. Wakefield,°7. Centreville, and 8. Unionport, were "modern villages." Fort Schuyler, at the extremity of Throgg's Neck, wasmenbegun the United States government in 1833, and was built to accommodate 1,250 and by to mount 318 cannon. West Farms. -- Population, 7,098. Local particulars: -- 1. West Farms; a "large village," containing four churches, a carpet factory, molding mill, and gristmill. 2. Fordham; a railroad station; contained four churches and Saint John's College.1 2. Tremont,3 3. Central Morrisania, 4. Williams's Bridge, and 5. Fairmount, were "modern villages." 6. Claremont; a small village on the line of Morrisania. White Plains. -- Population, 1,846. The only locality mentioned by French is White Plains village, containing the "old and new county buildings, three churches, and several private seminaries," and having a population of about 1,000. Yonkers. -- Population, 11,848. Local particulars: -- 1. Yonkers; an incorporated village; population in 1859, 0,800; contained nine churches, several private seminaries, two banks, two newspaper offices, and various manufactories 2. Spuyten Duyvil; the seat of several large foundries; inhabited chiefly by operatives. 3. Tuckahoe; a station on the Harlem Railroad; Hodgman's rubber goods manufactory employed about seventy -five hands. 4. Kingsbridge. 5. Riverdale; "a group of villas, and a railroad station." 6. South Yonkers ; a postoffice. Yorktown. -- Population, 2,231. Local particulars: -- 1. Crompond (Yorktown p. o.), 2. Jefferson Valley, and 3. Shrub Oak, were hamlets. A rolling mill, wire factory, gristmill, and sawmill had been erected two miles west of Croton dam.