Editing Westchester County, New York (section)

==Communities==
[[File:Westchester Municipalities (updated).png|thumb|Municipalities in Westchester County, New York]]
Westchester County has six [[city (New York)|cities]], 19 [[town (New York)|towns]], and 23 [[village (New York)|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 (New Rochelle, New York)|Residence Park]], [[Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights Historic District|Rochelle Park and Heights]] and [[Sutton Manor (New Rochelle)|Sutton Manor]].

The six [[Political subdivisions of New York State#City|cities]] in the county are:<ref name="planning.westchestergov.com">{{Cite web |url=http://planning.westchestergov.com/municipal-profiles |title=American Community Survey Municipal Profiles |date=December 4, 2012 |website=Westchester County Government: Department of Planning}}</ref>
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!Name!! data-sort-type="number"|Population!! data-sort-type="number"|Area (mi<sup>2</sup>)!! data-sort-type="number"|Density<br>(Pop. per mi<sup>2</sup>)!! data-sort-type="number"|Founded/first<br>incorporated!!class="unsortable"|Notes
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|[[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]]||195,976||20.3||10,818.2||1646 / 1854||3rd most populated city in New York State  
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|[[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]]||77,062||13.2||6,973.5||1688 / 1899||7th most populated city in New York State
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|[[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]]||67,292||4.4||15,288||1664 / 1853||8th most populated city in New York State
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|[[White Plains, New York|White Plains]]||56,853||9.9||5,820||1721||11th most populated city in New York State, also Westchester [[county seat]]
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|[[Peekskill, New York|Peekskill]]||23,583||5.5||5,189.7||1684 / 1816||29th most populated city in New York State
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|[[Rye (city), New York|Rye]]||15,720||20.0||2,710||1660 / 1904||37th most populated city in New York State, also the name of a town
|}

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. The largest city in the county by population is [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]] with over 211,000 residents. The city with the highest population density is [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]] with a density of 15,564 individuals per square mile.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://planning.westchestergov.com/municipal-profiles |title=American Community Survey Municipal Profiles |date=December 4, 2012 |publisher=Westchester County Government: Department of Planning}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://planning.westchestergov.com/images/stories/Census/MunProfiles/westchestercounty_2005-2009.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201124642/http://planning.westchestergov.com/images/stories/Census/MunProfiles/westchestercounty_2005-2009.pdf |archive-date=February 1, 2017 |url-status=live |title=Westchester County Municipal Profiles |publisher=Westchester County Department of Planning}}</ref>

The towns of Harrison, Mount Kisco, and Scarsdale are [[coterminous municipality|coterminous]] with the villages of the same names. 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 [[Political subdivisions of New York State#Hamlet|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 [[Political subdivisions of New York State#Census-designated place|census-designated places]] (CDPs), which are defined by the U.S. [[United States Census Bureau|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.

ZIP Codes in Westchester often are not coterminous with the actual municipality borders, causing mailing addresses to sometimes differ from the actual municipal location in which a property resides. For instance, the ZIP Codes for [[Bronxville, New York|Bronxville]], [[Larchmont, New York|Larchmont]], [[Rye, New York|Rye]], and [[Scarsdale, New York|Scarsdale]] contain large areas that lie outside of those municipalities.

All of the towns have [[Justice Courts (New York)|justice courts]], and some of the villages do as well.

The towns are listed as follows:<ref name="planning.westchestergov.com"/>

* 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.'')

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* [[Bedford (town), New York|Bedford]], containing no villages:
** (''contains the CDPs of [[Bedford (CDP), New York|Bedford]], [[Bedford Hills, New York|Bedford Hills]] and [[Katonah, New York|Katonah]]'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no CDP'')
* [[Cortlandt, New York|Cortlandt]], containing two villages:
** [[Buchanan, New York|Buchanan]]
** [[Croton-on-Hudson, New York|Croton-on-Hudson]]
** (''contains the CDPs of [[Crugers, New York|Crugers]], [[Montrose, New York|Montrose]] and [[Verplanck, New York|Verplanck]]'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no village or CDP, including the community of [[Cortlandt Manor, New York|Cortlandt Manor]]'')
* [[Eastchester (town), New York|Eastchester]], containing two villages:
** [[Bronxville, New York|Bronxville]]
** [[Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York|Tuckahoe]]
** (''contains the CDP of [[Eastchester (CDP), New York|Eastchester]], which encompasses all area outside the villages'')
* [[Greenburgh, New York|Greenburgh]], containing six villages:
** [[Ardsley, New York|Ardsley]]
** [[Dobbs Ferry, New York|Dobbs Ferry]]
** [[Elmsford, New York|Elmsford]]
** [[Hastings-on-Hudson, New York|Hastings-on-Hudson]]
** [[Irvington, New York|Irvington]]
** [[Tarrytown, New York|Tarrytown]]
** (''contains the CDPs of [[Fairview, Westchester County, New York|Fairview]], [[Edgemont, New York|Greenville]] and [[Hartsdale, New York|Hartsdale]]'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no village or CDP'')
* [[Harrison, New York|Harrison]], coterminous with the village of the same name (''includes the communities of [[Purchase, New York|Purchase]] and [[Harrison, New York|West Harrison]]'')
* [[Lewisboro, New York|Lewisboro]], containing no villages:
** (''contains the CDP of [[Goldens Bridge, New York|Goldens Bridge]]'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no CDP, including the communities of [[Cross River, New York|Cross River]], Lewisboro, [[South Salem, New York|South Salem]], [[Vista, New York|Vista]] and [[Waccabuc, New York|Waccabuc]]'')
* [[Mamaroneck (town), New York|Mamaroneck]], containing two villages:
** [[Larchmont, New York|Larchmont]]
** [[Mamaroneck (village), New York|Mamaroneck]] (''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, New York|Mount Pleasant]], containing three villages:
** [[Briarcliff Manor, New York|Briarcliff Manor]] (''This village is shared with the Town of Ossining.'')
** [[Pleasantville, New York|Pleasantville]]
** [[Sleepy Hollow, New York|Sleepy Hollow]] (''formerly named North Tarrytown'')
** (''contains the CDPs of [[Hawthorne, New York|Hawthorne]], [[Thornwood, New York|Thornwood]] and [[Valhalla, New York|Valhalla]]'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no village or CDP, including the community of [[Pocantico Hills, New York|Pocantico Hills]]'')
* [[New Castle, New York|New Castle]], containing no villages:
** (''contains the CDPs of [[Chappaqua, New York|Chappaqua]] and [[Millwood, New York|Millwood]]'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no CDP'')
* [[North Castle, New York|North Castle]], containing no villages:
** (''contains the CDP of [[Armonk, New York|Armonk]]'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no CDP, including the communities of [[Banksville, New York|Banksville]] and [[North White Plains, New York|North White Plains]]'')
* [[North Salem, New York|North Salem]], containing no villages:
** (''contains the portion of the CDP of [[Peach Lake, New York|Peach Lake]] that is not in [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam County]]'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no CDP, including the communities of [[Croton Falls, New York|Croton Falls]], [[Purdys, New York|Purdys]] and [[Salem Center, New York|Salem Center]]'')
* [[Ossining (town), New York|Ossining]], containing two villages:
** [[Briarcliff Manor, New York|Briarcliff Manor]] (''This village is shared with the Town of Mount Pleasant.'')
** [[Ossining (village), New York|Ossining]] (''The village of Ossining is contained within the Town of Ossining.'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no village or CDP, including the community of Crotonville'')
* [[Pelham (town), New York|Pelham]], containing two villages:
** [[Pelham (village), New York|Pelham]] (''The Village of Pelham is contained within the Town of Pelham.'')
** [[Pelham Manor, New York|Pelham Manor]]
** (''The villages cover the entire area of the town.'')
** (''The village of [[North Pelham, New York|North Pelham]] existed from 1896 to 1975, when it was merged into the village of Pelham.'')
* [[Pound Ridge, New York|Pound Ridge]], containing no villages:
** (''contains the CDP of [[Scotts Corners, New York|Scotts Corners]]'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no CDP, including the community of [[Pound Ridge, New York|Pound Ridge]]'')
* [[Rye (town), New York|Town of Rye]] (''Rye is also the name of a city.''), containing three villages:
** [[Mamaroneck (village), New York|Mamaroneck]] (''This village is shared with the Town of Mamaroneck. The portion in Rye is unofficially also called "Rye Neck". The city of Rye separates Mamaroneck from the rest of the town of Rye.'')
** [[Port Chester, New York|Port Chester]]
** [[Rye Brook, New York|Rye Brook]] (''Prior to 1982, Rye Brook was the unincorporated area of the Town of Rye, and still shares the same [[ZIP Code]] as Port Chester.'')
** (''The villages cover the entire area of the town.'')
* [[Scarsdale, New York|Scarsdale]], coterminous with village of same name
* [[Somers, New York|Somers]], containing no villages:
** (''contains the CDPs of [[Heritage Hills, New York|Heritage Hills]], [[Lincolndale, New York|Lincolndale]] and [[Shenorock, New York|Shenorock]]'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no CDP, including the communities of [[Amawalk, New York|Amawalk]], [[Baldwin Place, New York|Baldwin Place]], [[Granite Springs, New York|Granite Springs]], and Somers'')
* [[Yorktown, New York|Yorktown]], containing no villages:
** (''contains the CDPs of [[Crompond, New York|Crompond]], [[Jefferson Valley, New York|Jefferson Valley-Yorktown]], [[Mohegan Lake, New York|Lake Mohegan]], [[Shrub Oak, New York|Shrub Oak]] and [[Yorktown Heights, New York|Yorktown Heights]]'')
** (''plus additional area belonging to no CDP, including the community of [[Kitchawan, New York|Kitchawan]]'')
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