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Yorktown Heights, New York |
Town of Yorktown & Yorktown Heights
New York (NY) 10598
The Town of Yorktown consists of 10 hamlets. For more information on these individual hamlets, please visit one of the following pages:
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Yorktown is a town in Westchester County, New York, in the suburbs of New York City about 38 miles north of midtown Manhattan. The town lies on the north border of Westchester county.
The Jefferson Valley Mall, in the hamlet of Jefferson Valley, is home to approximately 90 stores, including Sears, Macy*s, H&M, Aeropostale, Hollister, Gamestop and Foot Locker. The food court includes Burger King and Subway. The mall opened in 1987.
Yorktown Heights is home to the Guiding Eyes For The Blind headquarters, located on Granite Springs Road. Yorktown is also the home of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, designed by the well-known Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen. It hosts the yearly Greasestock festival at the 18th century history landmark Peter Pratt's Inn, a showcase of alternative fuel vehicles.
Yorktown once had five stations along the New York and Putnam Railroad — Kitchawan, Croton Lake, Croton Heights, Yorktown Heights and Amawalk. The railroad failed, was purchased by the New York Central, and finally abandoned. The old right of way is now part of North County Trailway which runs North as far as Carmel, NY. There is currently no rail service in Yorktown, but the stations of Croton-Harmon, Mount Kisco, Pleasantville or Cortlandt are 15-20 minutes away.
A Little History:
The Town of Yorktown has a rich historical heritage beginning with the earliest known inhabitants — Mohegan, Osceola, Amawalk, Kitchawan and Mohansic — all familiar names of local places. The Mohegans of the Algonquin Nation lived within the present-day boundary of Yorktown.
In 1788, the township was officially incorporated as Yorktown, commemorating the decisive Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown near Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781.
Returning from the battle of Yorktown, the French Army camped at the current site of Yorktown's French Hill Elementary School, where cannonballs and other materials have been found. Although rumors hold that George Washington passed through Yorktown, no factual records confirm this.
During the town's bicentennial in 1988, Yorktowners took stock of their historic heritage including that of the 19th and 20th centuries and commemorated their community's participation in events that led up to the birth and growth of the United States. A Bicentennial Committee reviewed the Town's still remaining historic sites and determined which were to be preserved as a reminder of that past and a link between the Yorktown of yesterday and the Yorktown of tomorrow.
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