Westchester County Facts
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Facts of Interest
- Population: 923,459
- Year Organized: 1683
- Area: 433 Square Miles
- County Seat: White Plains
- Main Industry: Health Care and Social Services
- County Legislators: 15
- County Nursing Homes: 1
- Colleges and Universities: 12
- State Parks: 3
- Communities: 93
- 2,713 Uniformed Police Officers
- School Districts: 47
- Named by early settlers for Chester, England.
- Home of John Jay, American Founding Father.
- Home of singer Ella Fitzgerald.
- Home of author Washington Irving.
- Home of Philipsburg Manor, home to the Philipse family of New York.
- Home of Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate.
- Home of Muscoot Farm.
- Home of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow/Burying Ground.