Mamaroneck
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Location in New York
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Westchester County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 57 ′ N , 73 ° 44 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 29,707 (as of 2016) | ||
| Population density : | 1,737.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 36.4 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 17.1 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 0 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 10543, 10538, 10583 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-44842 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 979188 | ||
| Website : | www.townofmamaroneck.org | ||
Mamaroneck is a town in Westchester County in the state of New York in the United States .
geography
Mamaroneck is on Long Island Sound east of Yonkers . The place has 29,707 inhabitants (as of 2016).
structure
- Larchmont ( Village ), 6,157 inhabitants (as of 2017)
- Mamaroneck (Village), 19,423 inhabitants (as of 2017)
- unincorporated areas (Unincorporated Areas)
history
The land belonged to the settlement area of the Siwanoy Indians and was bought in 1661 by the English merchant John Richbell for the trade in tools, clothes and implements. In 1700 the settlement had about 80 inhabitants. On May 17, 1788, the place was officially founded by the state of New York.
economy
Mamaroneck is the seat of the comic book publisher Archie Comics . The 36-hole golf course Winged Foot Golf Club , which was built in 1921 by Albert Warren Tillinghast , is located in the village .
The place has a port.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Richard Mott (1804–1888), politician
- Morgan Farley (1898–1988), actor
- Roger Conant (1909–2003), herpetologist and conservationist
- Elizabeth Berridge (born 1962), actress
- Kevin Dillon (born 1965), actor
- Michael Green , screenwriter and film producer
Associated with Mamaroneck
- John Murphy Farley (1842–1918), Archbishop of New York (died in Mamaroneck)
- Mary Mallon ( Typhoid Mary ; 1869–1938), Irish immigrant (worked in Mamaroneck)
- Frank Joseph Goldsoll (1873–1934 / 1935), American-French businessman (house owner in Mamaroneck)
- Ralph A. Gamble (1885–1959), lawyer and politician (Counsel for Mamaroneck)
- Katharine Cornell (1893–1974), actress (attended Miss Merrill's School)
- Esther Goldfrank (1896–1997), anthropologist (died in Mamaroneck)
- Edwin B. Dooley (1905–1982), politician (Mayor of Mamaroneck)
- Robert Kenner (* 1950), producer and director (comes from Mamaroneck)
- Kristin Holby (* 1951), actress and model (graduated from Mamaroneck High School)
- Elizabeth Kolbert (* 1961), journalist (attended Mamaroneck High School)
- Matt Dillon (born 1964), actor (attended Mamaroneck High School)
- Jennifer Bransford (* 1968), actress (attended Mamaroneck High School)
- Elon Gold (* 1970), actor, screenwriter and producer (attended school in Mamaroneck)
- Emily Wickersham (* 1984), actress and model (grew up in Mamaroneck)
literature
- Edward Floyd de Lancey: History of the Town of Mamaroneck in the County of Westchester and State of New York. New York NY 1886 ( archive.org ).
Web links
- Website of Mamaroneck (English)
- Site on the history of Mamaroneck (English)
- Information about Mamaroneck on roadsidethoughts.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mamaroneck town-NY, New York Demographics Data on towncharts.com
- ↑ Larchmont on worldpopulationreview.com
- ↑ Mamaroneck on worldpopulationreview.com
- ^ Roger Ebert: Interview with Matt Dillon , April 24, 1983