Dobbs Ferry
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 City center view |
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| Location in New York | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Westchester County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 1 ′ N , 73 ° 52 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 10,875 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,726.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 8.2 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 6.3 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 64 m | ||
| Postal code : | 10522 | ||
| Area code : | +1 914 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-20698 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 970074 | ||
| Website : | www.dobbsferry.com | ||
Dobbs Ferry is a village in Westchester County in the US state of New York and belongs to the Town of Greenburgh . In 2010 the place had 10,875 inhabitants.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Dobbs Ferry has an area of 8.2 km². 6.3 km² of this is land and 1.9 km² is water. Dobbs Ferry is located on the Hudson River near New York City , west of Interstate 87 . The US Highway 9 into a north-south direction and Broadway through the local area.
history
Dobbs Ferry was named after a ferry crossing over the Hudson River. The city was founded in 1873 with the name Greenburgh. In 1882 the city was renamed.
National Register of Historic Places
The architecture of the US Post Office Dobbs Ferry is unusually detailed for a New York post office. It was therefore included in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
sons and daughters of the town
- Paul Fix (1901–1983), theater, television and film actor and screenwriter
- Oswald Garrison Villard, Jr. (1916-2004), electrical engineer
- James Poe (1921–1980), screenwriter
- John A. Wickham (born 1928), General in the US Army
- John William Ashe (1954–2016) UN official and UN ambassador
- Mark Blount (* 1975), basketball player
- Max Greenfield (born 1980), actor
- Mark Zuckerberg (* 1984), founder of Facebook
