Scarsdale, New York

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Scarsdale () is a coterminous town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States, 19 miles (31 km) north of New York City. It is on 6.683 square miles (17.31 km2) and is located inland within the Bronx River Valley. Scarsdale includes 17 neighborhoods which are bundled into the geographic regions of Edgewood, Fox Meadow, Greenacres, Heathcote, and Quaker Ridge. It is served by the Scarsdale station of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line. Scarsdale has six entries on the National Register of Historic Places. In the precolonial era, the village's area was inhabited by a band of the Wappinger tribes of Native Americans. Caleb Heathcote purchased land from four Native American leaders near the end of the 17th century. The town was incorporated in 1788, yet in 1908 the town opted to use a village government following annexation threats from the neighboring city of White Plains. The population has increased from 281 people when established to 18,253 at the 2020 census. The village...

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