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Westchester County is a county of in the . It lies to the immediate north of the borough of the . A number of its villages and towns serve as bedroom communities for commuters to New York City, but Westchester itself is also open for business.
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is a city of 211,569 people in Westchester County. The third most populous city in state, is a suburb of and borders the .

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is a city of 60,000 people in Westchester County, . has several locations listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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is a city of about 80,000 people in Westchester County, . It is also the home of Iona College.

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is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of , immediately to the north of the borough of .

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is a city in northwestern Westchester County, New York, United States, 35 miles north of . Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940.

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is a village in Westchester County in the state of . It was one of the settings for Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".

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is a charming village in Westchester County, situated on the Hudson River, and is home to 7,600 people. It has a very small and walkable downtown with a large density of shops and restaurants, and is very nature-oriented.

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is a coastal city in Westchester County of . Best known for being home to Playland which was built in 1928, the only publicly-owned amusement park in the U.S.A, it has the feel of a charming, wealthy small town along the Long Island Sound.

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is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The Town of is coextensive with the Village of , but the community has opted to operate solely with a village government, one of several villages in the state that have a similar governmental situation.

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is a town and village in Westchester County, , United States. It is a suburb of , located 22 miles northeast of . The population was 28,218 at the 2020 census.

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is a village in the town of in Westchester County, , . It is located on the eastern bank of the , approximately 25 miles north of in , and is served by a on the Metro-North Hudson Line.

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is a village and town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The town of is coterminous with the village. The population was 10,959 at the 2020 United States census.

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is a village located within the Town of Mamaroneck in Westchester County, New York. is a suburb of , located approximately 18 miles northeast of .

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is a village in the U.S. state of and the largest part of the town of Rye in Westchester County by population. At the 2010 U.S. census, the village had a population of 28,967 and was the fifth-most populous village in New York State.

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is a village in Westchester County, , United States, located approximately 15 miles north of . It is part of the town of Eastchester.

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is a hamlet in the Town of New Castle in northern Westchester County, . Its most notable current residents are former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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is a village of 8,100 people in Westchester County, . In the first half of the 20th century, it was home to many artists, writers and communists.

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is a village in Westchester County, . Downtown is very walkable, and has many independent restaurants, boutique shops, and grocery stores.

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is a village in Westchester County located in the southwestern part of the town of in the state of , United States.

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is a town in Westchester County, . It contains villages called and Manor.

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is a village in Westchester County in the state of in the .

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is a hamlet and census-designated place within the town of , in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the New York City metropolitan area.

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is a village in Westchester County in the state of in the .

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is the name of both a village and a town in Westchester County in the state of in the .

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is a village of 6,500 people in Westchester County in the state of . It takes its name from the author Washington Irving, who lived nearby.

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is a town in . The town includes the villages of and , which are covered in separate articles.

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is an incorporated town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 17,309 at the 2020 census. is located in the northeastern part of Westchester County and contains the three hamlets of , , and .

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is a town in Westchester County in the state of in the . It contains quaint houses and IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center.

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is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. One-and-a-half miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide, with the serving as its western boundary, the Village of is approximately sixteen miles north of in southern Westchester County.

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is a village in Westchester County, , United States, within the town of Rye. The population was 9,347 at the 2010 census. has been designated as a Tree City USA for 14 years.

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is a town in Westchester County, , . The population was 5,082 at the 2020 census. The town is located toward the eastern end of the county, bordered to the north and east by the town of , by , and , to the south, , and North Castle to the west.

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is a hamlet in Westchester County in the state of . The hamlet of includes two National Historic Landmarks: Stepping Stones - Historic Home of Bill & Lois Wilson, where the respective cofounders of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon…

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is a town in Westchester County. has a quaint historical character and lush natural areas that lend to the attraction of the town.

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is a town in northwestern corner of Westchester County, . The town includes two villages — and Buchanan — as well as the hamlets of Montrose, Crugers and Verplanck.

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is a town of about 12,000 residents in northern Westchester County, about 40 miles north of in the state of .

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is a hamlet in Westchester County, , home to State University of New York at and Manhattanville College, and the headquarters of PepsiCo.

Westchester County

Latitude of center
41.1763° or 41° 10′ 35″ north
Longitude of center
-73.7908° or 73° 47′ 27″ west
Population
949,000
Elevation
614 feet (187 metres)
IATA airport code
HPN
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2000823195
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5144050
Wiki­data ID
Q54066
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yiddish—“Westchester County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Westchester County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ويستتشستر”
  • Armenian: “Վեսթչեսթեր շրջան”
  • Armenian: “Վեստչեստեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Westchester”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vestçester”
  • Balinese: “County Westchester, New York”
  • Balinese: “County Westchester”
  • Basque: “Westchester konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Westchester County, New York”
  • Bavarian: “Westchester County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Ўэстчэстар”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Уэстчэстэр”
  • Belarusian: “Уэстчэстэр (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Уэстчэстэр”
  • Bishnupriya: “ৱেস্টচেস্টার কাউন্টি, নিউ ইয়র্ক”
  • Bishnupriya: “ৱেস্টচেস্টার কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Уестчестър”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Westchester”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Westchester”
  • Cebuano: “Westchester County”
  • Chechen: “Уэстчестер (гуо, Нью-Йорк)”
  • Chechen: “Уэстчестер”
  • Chinese: “Westchester Kūn”
  • Chinese: “威徹斯特郡”
  • Chinese: “威斯特徹斯特郡”
  • Chinese: “西徹斯特郡”
  • Chinese: “韦斯特切斯特县”
  • Corsican: “cuntea di Westchester”
  • Czech: “Westchester County”
  • Danish: “Westchester County”
  • Dutch: “Westchester County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة ويستتشستر ( نيويورك)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة ويستتشستر”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Uestĉestro”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Westchester”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Westchester”
  • Estonian: “Westchesteri maakond”
  • Finnish: “Westchesterin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Westchester”
  • French: “Comté de Westchester”
  • Galician: “Condado de Westchester”
  • Georgian: “უესტჩესტერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Westchester County”
  • Gilaki: “وستچستر ٚ شأرستان (نيۊیؤرک)”
  • Gilaki: “وستچستر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Γουέστσεστερ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז וסטצ’סטר”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז וסטצסטר”
  • Hungarian: “Westchester megye”
  • Indonesian: “Westchester County, New York”
  • Indonesian: “Westchester County”
  • Irish: “Contae Westchester, Nua-Eabhrac”
  • Irish: “Contae Westchester”
  • Italian: “contea di Westchester”
  • Italian: “Contea di Westchester”
  • Japanese: “ウェストチェスター・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “ウエストチェスター・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “ウェストチェスター郡”
  • Japanese: “ウエストチェスター郡”
  • Korean: “웨스트체스터 군”
  • Korean: “웨스트체스터군”
  • Latin: “Westchester Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Westchester County”
  • Luxembourgish: “Westchester County”
  • Malayalam: “വെസ്റ്റ്ചെസ്റ്റർ കൗണ്ടി”
  • Marathi: “वेस्टचेस्टर काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “وستچستر شهرستان (نیویورک)”
  • Mazanderani: “وستچستر شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Westchester Kūn”
  • Moksha: “Вэстчэстэр”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Westchester County”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Westchester County”
  • Norwegian: “Westchester County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان وستچستر، نیویورک”
  • Persian: “شهرستان وستچستر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Westchester”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Westchester”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Westchester, New York”
  • Romanian: “comitatul Westchester”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Westchester”
  • Russian: “Уэстчестер”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Westchester”
  • Scots: “Westchester Coontie”
  • Scots: “Westchester Coonty”
  • Serbian: “Округ Вестчестер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Westchester County, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Westchester County”
  • Slovak: “Okres Westchester”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Westchester”
  • Slovenian: “Westchester County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Westchester (Nueva York)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Westchester”
  • Swedish: “Westchester County”
  • Tagalog: “Westchester County, New York”
  • Tagalog: “Westchester County”
  • Tajik: “шаҳристони Уэстчестер”
  • Tatar: “Вестчестер”
  • Tatar: “Уэстчестер”
  • Tumbuka: “Westchester”
  • Turkish: “Westchester County, N.Y.”
  • Turkish: “Westchester County, New York”
  • Turkish: “Westchester County, NY”
  • Turkish: “Westchester County”
  • Turkish: “Westchester ilçesi, N.Y.”
  • Turkish: “Westchester ilçesi, New York”
  • Turkish: “Westchester ilçesi, NY”
  • Turkish: “Westchester ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Вестчестер”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹچیسٹر کاؤنٹی، نیویارک”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹچیسٹر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Westchester”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Westchester, New York”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Westchester, Nữu Ước”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Westchester”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Westchester, New York”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Westchester”
  • Welsh: “Westchester County, Efrog Newydd”
  • Welsh: “Westchester County”
  • Western Armenian: “Ուեսթչեսթըր”
  • Western Panjabi: “وسٹچسٹر کاؤنٹی”
  • Yiddish: “וועסטשעסטער קאונטי”

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