[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It has borne, prior to its present name, the designations Round,1 Hollow and.Icll'erson. In the centre are the two lakes now called Mohansic. In a deed -bearing date of March 20, 1)686, conveying a tract id' land called " Kechtawong,'' extending from the mouth of the CrotOU River, north along the Hudson River to the land already owned by Van Cortlandt, thence eastward to these lakes, thence along their outlet to the Croton and so on to its mouth, the name given i> the 1 1 1 > I in ii one "Keakates," written also Keakatis. Later on the map of "The.Mannor of Cortlandt," bearing the date of 1784 they are called " Cedar Pond," from the cedar trees that abounded there. This name gave way to the Dutch one of "Crompond," which was the designation during the Revolutionary War, and later, though why so-called it is difficult to ex-plain, as they are not specially crooked, while Lake Mohegan wa.s in early times well so-named from its shape. Croton Lake, in the southern portion of the town, is artificial, being formed by a dam constructed i mss sui vc > bj Robert EnkiM. V. It. s. 1779. > Dead quoted i.y Bolton, "Hbtoryof w, »i. iir.-i. r Count,*,*1 v,.i. p, U (old I'd). YORK TO W.N. 437 across the river of that name. It is about five miles long and extends into the town of Somers. It was constructed in 1841 for the water supply of New York City.