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Port Chester village (1990 pop. 24,728), Westchester co., SE N.Y., a suburb of New York City, on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Byram River, and on the Conn. border; settled after 1660, inc. 1868. Primarily residential, it produces some household goods. Gen. Israel Putnam had his headquarters there in 1777-78. Several colonial homes remain.

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Port Chester, New York/USA Saw Pits Founded in the 1660s with a name that alluded to its timber industry. In 1837 it was renamed, possibly after the city of Chester or the county of Cheshire in England. On the coast, ‘Port’ was added to distinguish it from other cities simply called Chester, of which there is one in New York State and others in nearby states.

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