History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 215
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] made in 1811 it had declined in the latter year to 20,307, a shrinkage of nearly 4,000. This loss is easily accounted for. Our county re-sponded with especial alacrity to the calls of the national and State governments for troops to serve in the second war with England. The decline in population was indeed considerable in almost every township. The figures are so interesting and present a record so honorable that it is very fitting to set them down in detail here. TOWNS POPULATION 1810 1814 Mount Pleasant (including Ossining) 3,119 2,802 Cortlandt 3,054 2,477 Bedford 2,374 2,287 Westchester (including West Farms, Morrisania, and Fordkam) 1,969 1,345 Yorktown 1,924 1,175 Greenburgh 1,862 1,792 Somers 1,782 1,783 Lewisboio 1,566 1,458