History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 216
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] Scarsdalc 259 292 Total 30,272 26,367 It is observable that during the twenty years from 1790 to 1810 there was, so far as can be discovered from the census figures, no change in the distinguishing aspect of population in Westchester County. Although the increases in several of the towns were con-siderable, clearly indicating the rise of hamlets, in no case was the growth large enough to promise any extensive development. Of the townships lying on the Hudson River, Mount Pleasant (then including Ossining), Cortlandt, and Greenburgh showed the largest 540 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY gains — 1,195, 1,122, and 462 respectively, as against an advance of only 240 in Yonkers. On the 2d of April, 1813, occurred the incorporation of Sing Sing, the first village of Westchester County organized under the State government.