page_title: List of former municipalities in New York City
section_title: Bronx County
hierarchical_section_title: List of former municipalities in New York City / Bronx County
caption_attribution_description: English: Originally published by G.W. &amp; C.B. Colton &amp; Co., 172 William St, New York, 1867 Summary Colton's Map of the County of Westchester, from 1867
context_page_description: The City of Greater New York was formed in 1898 through the consolidation of a number of municipalities, some of which were themselves previously consolidated from smaller municipalities. The term "town" as used in the state of New York refers to county divisions often known as townships in other states.
context_section_description: The Bronx was annexed from Westchester County by New York County (and New York City) in 1874 (west of Bronx River) and 1895 (east of it).  Those two parts were established as a separate borough upon the consolidation of Greater New York in 1898, but was not legally established as a separate county, Bronx County, until 1914.
  West Bronx - annexed to New York City in 1874.
  Town of Yonkers (part) - the part that would later be incorporated into the Bronx separated as Kingsbridge in 1873
  Town of Kingsbridge - separated from Yonkers in 1873; annexed to New York in 1874
  Town of Morrisania - separated from West Farms in 1855; annexed to New York in 1874
  Village of Morrisania - incorporated within the Town of Morrisania in 1864
  Town of West Farms - separated from Westchester Town in 1846; annexed to New York in 1874
  East Bronx - annexed to New York City in 1895.
  Town of Eastchester (part) - annexed to New York in 1895
  Village of Wakefield - incorporated within the Town of Eastchester in 1889
  Town of Pelham (part) - annexed to New York in 1895
  Town of Westchester - annexed to New York in 1895
  Village of Williamsbridge - incorporated within the Town of Westchester in 1888
caption: Map of Westchester County, including the portion that would later become The Bronx, in 1867.
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