Editing Larchmont, New York (section)

===Establishment of village===
The New York legislature created Mamaroneck as a town in 1788, which includes a part of the Village of Mamaroneck, The Village of Larchmont, and the unincorporated area in the Town of Mamaroneck. This three part division occurred in the 1890s to meet the growing demand for municipal services which the town could not provide.<ref>Fulcher, William Gershom. ''Mamaroneck Through the Years''. Larchmont, The Larchmont Times, 1936</ref> At the time, a town was defined as only being able to provide basic government functions leaving residents of Larchmont in need of adequate water supply, sewage disposal, garbage collection, and police and fire protection. In 1891 the residents of Larchmont Manor obtained a charter from the legislature in which they incorporated that section of Town into a village. In order to comply with a law requiring incorporated villages to have at least 300 inhabitants per square mile, the boundaries of the newly incorporated Larchmont village were expanded beyond the Manor's {{convert|288|acre|km2}} to include land to its north and south of the railroad, and east to Weaver Street.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7DE173CF936A25757C0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all If You're Thinking of Living in: Larchmont], by Jerry Cheslow, ''NY Times'', April 15, 1990</ref>

After the advent of the automobile, Larchmont quickly transitioned from a [[resort town|resort community]] into one of the earliest suburbs in the United States, catering to wealthy individuals commuting to and from New York City for work on a daily basis. Many of the Victorian "cottages" and a grand hotels (such as the Bevan House and Manor Inn) remain to this day, though these have been converted to other uses such as private residences. The [[Larchmont Yacht Club]] hosts an annual Race Week competition (2007 marked the 110th running of this event). It is adjacent to [[Manor Park, Larchmont|Manor Park]], which was designed by Jeremiah Towle, an early summer resident of Larchmont Manor and an engineer. The Larchmont Shore Club (near the Larchmont Yacht Club) hosts an annual [[Swim Across America]] challenge, across [[Long Island Sound]].

Larchmont and neighboring [[Mamaroneck (town), New York|Mamaroneck]] and [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]] are noted for their significant [[French American]] populace mostly due to the French-American School of New York.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9404EED81F39F934A35756C0A9669C8B63 For Expatriate Families, A Home Away From Home; Foreign Enclaves Dot the Landscape as County Attracts Temporary Residents], By Lisa W. Foderaro, ''The NY Times'', May 7, 2000</ref>

[[Larchmont, Los Angeles]] is likely named after Larchmont.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lombard|first=Patricia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRrSCgAAQBAJ|title=Larchmont|date=2015|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-3411-8|language=en}}</ref>