White Plains, New York, United States

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🇺🇸 :NY: White Plains is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, and the eleventh-largest city in the state. An inner suburb of New York City, it is the county seat and commercial hub of Westchester, a densely populated suburban county. White Plains is located in south-central Westchester, with its downtown (Mamaroneck Avenue) 25 miles (40 km) north of Midtown Manhattan. According to the city government, with the influx of commuters, the daytime weekday population is estimated at 250,000. The city was ranked third in the top 10 places to live in New York for 2014, according to national online real estate brokerage Movoto.

History At the time of the Dutch settlement of Manhattan in the early 17th century, the region had been used as farmland by the Weckquaeskeck tribe, a Wappinger people, and was called "Quarropas". To early traders it was known as "the White Plains", either from the white balsam (gnaphalium polycephalum) which was said to have covered it, or from the heavy mist that local tradition suggests hovered over the swamplands near the Bronx River. The first non-native settlement came in November 1683, when a party of Connecticut Puritans moved westward from an earlier settlement in Rye and bought about 4,400 acres (18 km²), presumably from the Weckquaeskeck. However, John Richbell of Mamaroneck claimed to have earlier title to much of the territory through his purchase of a far larger plot extending 20 miles (32 km) inland, perhaps from a different tribe. The matter was not settled until 1721, when a Royal Patent for White Plains was granted by King George II.

In 1758, White Plains became the seat of Westchester County when the colonial government for the county left West Chester, which was located in what is now the northern part of the borough of the Bronx, in New York City. The unincorporated village remained part of the Town of Rye until 1788 when the town of White Plains was created.

On July 9, 1776, a copy of the Declaration of Independence was delivered to the New York Provincial Congress, which was meeting in the county courthouse. The delegates quickly adopted a resolution approving the Declaration, thus declaring both the colony's independence and the formation of the State of New York. The Declaration itself was first publicly read from the steps of the courthouse on July 11.

During September and October 1776, troops led by George Washington took up positions in the hills of the village, hotly pursued by the British under General Sir William Howe, who attacked on October 28. The Battle of White Plains took place primarily on Chatterton Hill, (later known as "Battle Hill", and located just west of what was then a swamp but is now the downtown area) and the Bronx River. Howe's force of 4,000–6,000 British and Hessian soldiers required three attacks before the Continentals, numbering about 1,600 under the command of Generals Alexander McDougall and Israel Putnam, retreated, joining Washington's main force, which did not take part in the battle. Howe's forces had suffered 250 casualties, a severe loss, and he made no attempt to pursue the Continentals, whose casualties were about 125 dead and wounded. Three days after the battle Washington withdrew north of the village, which was then occupied by Howe's forces. But after several inconclusive skirmishes over the next week Howe withdrew on November 5, leaving White Plains to the Continentals. Ironically, one of Washington's subordinates, Major John Austin, who was probably drunk after having celebrated the enemy's withdrawal, reentered the village with his detachment and proceeded to burn it down. Although he was court-martialed and convicted for this action, he escaped punishment.

Economy The economy of White Plains revolves around large companies that have relocated to the city such as ITT, Xylem, Bunge and Combe. Other companies based in White Plains include Alliance Bernstein, Dannon, Fifth Street Finance Corp., the New York Power Authority, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Krasdale Foods (which supplies products for the C-Town supermarket chain), Nine West, Acadia Realty Trust and AboveNet, as well as the US headquarters of "Heineken USA" Heineken. At the turn of the second millennium, there was a boom in commercial businesses and residential living and as a result the city's infrastructure grew substantially with two double towers being 40 plus stories and both being high-end apartments.

White Plains, New York, United States 
<b>White Plains, New York, United States</b>
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White Plains has a population of over 57,866 people. White Plains also forms the centre of the wider Westchester County which has a population of over 1,004,457 people. It is also a part of the larger New York metropolitan area.

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Antipodal to White Plains is: 106.233,-41.033

Locations Near: White Plains -73.7667,41.0333

🇺🇸 New Rochelle -73.786,40.949 d: 9.5  

🇺🇸 Yonkers -73.887,40.942 d: 14.3  

🇺🇸 Orangetown -73.918,41.091 d: 14.2  

🇺🇸 Greenwich -73.6,41.033 d: 14  

🇺🇸 Clarkstown -73.967,41.117 d: 19.2  

🇺🇸 Stamford -73.542,41.052 d: 18.9  

🇺🇸 The Bronx -73.883,40.833 d: 24.3  

🇺🇸 Manhasset -73.683,40.783 d: 28.7  

🇺🇸 Flushing -73.805,40.765 d: 30  

🇺🇸 Harlem -73.933,40.8 d: 29.5  

Antipodal to: White Plains 106.233,-41.033

🇦🇺 Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 18821.4  

🇦🇺 Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 18748.5  

🇦🇺 Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 18726  

🇦🇺 City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 18710.5  

🇦🇺 Albany 117.867,-35.017 d: 18797.7  

🇦🇺 Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 18690.2  

🇦🇺 Perth 115.857,-31.953 d: 18690.3  

🇦🇺 Wanneroo 115.803,-31.747 d: 18675.2  

🇦🇺 Guildford 115.973,-31.9 d: 18679  

🇦🇺 Midland 116.01,-31.888 d: 18675.8  

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