New Rochelle

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New Rochelle
Nickname : Queen City of the Sound
New Rochelle (New York)
New Rochelle
New Rochelle
Location in New York
Basic data
Foundation : 1899
State : United States
State : new York
County : Westchester County
Coordinates : 40 ° 55 ′  N , 73 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 55 ′  N , 73 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 77,062 (as of 2010)
Population density : 2,875.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 34.3 km 2  (approx. 13 mi 2 ) of
which 26.8 km 2  (approx. 10 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 15 m
Postcodes : 10801-10805
Area code : +1 914
FIPS : 36-50617
GNIS ID : 979271
Website : www.newrochelleny.com

New Rochelle [ rəˈʃɛl, roʊ- ] is a city in Westchester County in the US state of New York . The city is approximately 16 miles from Grand Central Terminal . In 1900 there were still 14,720 residents in New Rochelle. In 1910 there were 28,867, in 1920 36,213 and in 1940 58,408. In 2010 the population was 77,062. The name of the city comes from the French Huguenot fortress La Rochelle .

history

17th century

The origin of New Rochelle is the contract of sale between Thomas Pell and the Siwanoy Indians for Pelham Manor in 1654.

1687 bought from Thomas Pell's nephew, John Pell, the wealthy merchant and governor of New York, Jakob Leisler , as representative for the Huguenots, 24 square kilometers of land and received an additional 0.4 square kilometers for a French church building.

In 1689, thousands of Huguenots came to the area after the French King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes . They named their new settlement after the port from which they had set out: La Rochelle. Even today there is a monument in Hudson Park that commemorates the French settlers.

Once again in 1689, John and Rachell Pell donated 25 km² of New Rochelle land to Jacob Leisler. The donation was linked to the condition, “as an Acknowledgment to the Lord of the said Manor one Fatt Calfe on every fouer and twentieth day of June yearly and every Year Forever (if demanded)”.

18th century

In 1775 General George Washington stopped in New Rochelle on his way to Cambridge , Massachusetts , where he was to take command of the army of the united colonies.

In October 1776 the British Army occupied New Rochelle and Larchmont . General Sir William Howe set up headquarters on the heights of North Avenue across from Eastchester Road. The British relief troops, 4,000 Hessians and Waldeckers under Lieutenant-General Baron Wilhelm zu Innhausen and Knyphausen landed at Davenport Neck. The British left New Rochelle on October 25, destroying the infrastructure. After the Battle of White Plains two days later, in which the British retained the upper hand, but the Americans under Washington were able to regroup, the area around New Rochelle was recognized as neutral.

During the 18th century, New Rochelle, with a population of 692 in 1790, became a larger village. 1.2 km² of land was honored in 1784 by the State of New York in recognition of his service to independence to the American patriot Thomas Paine .

19th century

In 1892 the New Rochelle Public Library was built at Trinity School. In the same year Rose Hill Gardens was laid out as one of the largest botanical gardens in the country in the 19th century. The first orchids in the United States were grown here.

20th century

In New Rochelle, as part of the judicial repeal of segregation between blacks and whites, the city government was ordered by the United States Supreme Court in 1962 to reallocate the school districts because of the Lincoln School, which was built exclusively for blacks , as they had been deliberately drawn to the separation between black and white be. The Lincoln School finally closed in 1965.

geography

The City of New Rochelle is located on Long Island Sound . It is the second largest city in Westchester County after Yonkers . New Rochelle is one of the most important suburbs of New York City. It is located about two miles from the Bronx .

Culture

In the early 20th century, New Rochelle was home to the first US film studios.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Other personalities

Web links

Commons : New Rochelle, New York  - collection of images, videos, and audio files