Mohegan Lake, New York

Lake Mohegan, commonly known as Mohegan Lake,<ref>Home, Field "Mohegan Lake" in Eisenstadt, Peter R. (2005) The Encyclopedia of New York State. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p.996. Template:Isbn</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York, United States.

There is a private<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> lake, Mohegan Lake,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> also known as "Lake Mohegan",<ref>Lake Mohegan at Google Maps</ref> with beaches<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which are occasionally closed for swimming due to harmful algal blooms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The town was home to several former summer bungalow colonies in the 1950s and 1960s. They included the Skyview Colony and Lakeview Colony off U.S. Route 6.<ref>Brown, Betsy (March 8, 1987) "Use of Cottages for Homeless Sites Stirs Cortlandt Zoning Dispute" The New York Times</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Etymology

Mohegan Lake was named "Lake Mohegan" in 1859 by William Jones, who owned the Mount Pleasant Hotel on the eastern side of the lake.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Mohegan were a tribe of Native Americans once associated with the Pequot of easternmost Connecticut, who were pushed successively west to the area of the Housatonic River during the 17th and into the 18th century. There is no indication of them ever inhabiting northern Westchester County in the vicinity of Peekskill, or any other nearby area.

The change in syntax, reversing the modern community's name to "Mohegan Lake", dates back to the early 1970s, before which residents commonly referred to it as "Lake Mohegan", the name still used by the United States Census Bureau for the CDP.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The population in the 2010 Census was 6,010.

Geography

Mohegan Lake is located at Template:Coord (41.318568, -73.848029). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 5.52%, is water.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 5,979 people, 1,975 households, and 1,520 families residing in the CDP. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 2,052 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.75% White, 6.89% African American, 0.33% Native American, 2.91% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 2.78% from other races, and 2.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or, Latino of any race were 9.70% of the population.

There were 1,975 households, out of which 43.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.2% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.7% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.26.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 28.8% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $80,719, and the median income for a family was $88,903. Males had a median income of $59,219 versus $39,648 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $29,945. About 3.5% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.2% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Historic places

St. George's Church, built in 1911-12 and designed by Hewett & Bottomley in the Romanesque Revival style, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 2012.<ref>"Asset Detail: St. George's Church" National Register of Historic Places Database</ref>

St. Mary Church has a marker commemorating cadets of the Mohegan Lake School, a military academy for boys from 1880 to 1934.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the church is the last reminder of the school's existence.

Education

Almost all of the Lake Mohegan census-designated place is in the Lakeland Central School District, while a small portion in the south is in the Yorktown Central School District.<ref name=CensusSDMap2020>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref>

External links

• Mohegan Lake Improvement District
• Town of Yorktown