page_title: Westchester County, New York
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Westchester County, New York / Communities
caption_attribution_description: This map of the municipalities in Westchester County is an enhancement (created by me) of the original provided on the county website.
context_page_description: Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the second-most populous county on the mainland of New York, after the Bronx, and the most populous county in the state north of New York City. According to the 2010 Census, the county had a population of 949,113, estimated to have increased to 967,506 by 2019. Situated in the Hudson Valley, Westchester covers an area of 450 square miles, consisting of six cities, 19 towns, and 23 villages. Established in 1683, Westchester was named after the city of Chester, England. The county seat is the city of White Plains, while the most populous municipality in the county is the city of Yonkers, with an estimated 199,663 residents in 2018.
  The annual per capita income for Westchester was $67,813 in 2011. The 2011 median household income of $77,006 was the fifth highest in New York and the 47th highest in the United States. By 2014, the county's median household income had risen to $83,422. Westchester County ranks second in the state after New York County for median income per person, with a higher concentration of incomes in smaller households.
context_section_description: Westchester County has 6 cities, 19 towns, and 23 villages.
  Cities in Westchester have many well established sub-areas within the municipal boundaries. Many of these are similar to hamlets and date back to as early as the late 1600s such as Cooper's Corners in New Rochelle. These areas also include some of the first planned communities in the country such as New Rochelle's Residence Park, Rochelle Park and Heights and Sutton Manor.
  The six cities in the county are:
  Any land area in the county that is not contained in one of the cities is in a town. A town may have from zero to multiple villages. A village can be located in more than one town, as two of Westchester's villages are. The largest city in the county by population is Yonkers with nearly 200,000 residents. The city with the highest population density is Mount Vernon with a density of 15,564 individuals per square mile.
  The towns of Harrison, Mount Kisco, and Scarsdale are coterminous with the village of the same name. Two villages are split between two towns - Briarcliff Manor crosses the border between Ossining town and Mount Pleasant, and Mamaroneck village straddles the boundary between Mamaroneck town and Rye town.
  With the exception of the towns of Rye, Pelham, Harrison, Mount Kisco, and Scarsdale, all the towns contain area and residents which do not belong to any village. These areas may contain communities referred to as hamlets, or "unincorporated areas". Hamlets have no legal status and depend upon the town for all municipal government and services. There are also areas called census-designated places (CDPs), which are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. A CDP may or may not correspond to a hamlet.
  Because some municipalities have the same name, it is often necessary to indicate whether one is referring to the city, town, village, or hamlet. For example, the town of Rye is completely separate from the city of Rye. Pelham is the name of a town and also of a village in the town. The village of Mamaroneck is located partially in the town of Mamaroneck and partially in the town of Rye, but has nothing to do with the city of Rye.
  All of the towns have justice courts, and some of the villages do as well.
  The towns are listed as follows:
  Town
  Villages (if any), one per bullet
  CDPs (if any), all listed on a single bullet
  Communities not in a village or CDP (if any), all listed on a single bullet
  (The list of towns, villages, and CDPs is complete. The listing of additional communities should not be considered complete.)
  Bedford, containing no villages:
  (contains the CDPs of Bedford, Bedford Hills and Katonah)
  (plus additional area belonging to no CDP)
  Cortlandt, containing two villages:
  Buchanan
  Croton-on-Hudson
  (contains the CDPs of Crugers, Lake Mohegan, Montrose and Verplanck)
  (plus additional area belonging to no village or CDP, including the community of Cortlandt Manor)
  Eastchester, containing two villages:
  Bronxville
  Tuckahoe
  (contains the CDP of Eastchester, which encompasses all area outside the villages)
  Greenburgh, containing six villages:
  Ardsley
  Dobbs Ferry
  Elmsford
  Hastings-on-Hudson
  Irvington
  Tarrytown
  (contains the CDPs of Fairview, Greenville and Hartsdale)
  (plus additional area belonging to no village or CDP)
  Harrison, coterminous with the village of the same name (includes the communities of Purchase and West Harrison)
  Lewisboro, containing no villages:
  (contains the CDP of Goldens Bridge)
  (plus additional area belonging to no CDP, including the communities of Cross River, Lewisboro, South Salem, Vista and Waccabuc)
  Mamaroneck, containing two villages:
  Larchmont
  Mamaroneck (This village is shared with the Town of Rye.)
  (plus additional area belonging to no village (or CDP))
  Mount Kisco, coterminous with village of same name
  Mount Pleasant, containing three villages:
  Briarcliff Manor (This village is shared with the Town of Ossining.)
  Pleasantville
  Sleepy Hollow (formerly named North Tarrytown)
  (contains the CDPs of Hawthorne, Thornwood and Valhalla)
  (plus additional area belonging to no village or CDP, including t
caption: Municipalities in Westchester County. New York
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