Mile Square, New York
Mile Square, New York
MILE SQUARE, NEW YORK. Later in Yonkers, this place got its name when a tract of land one mile square was sold in 1676. It was the scene of skirmishes after the British landing at Pell's Point and in their movement to White Plains in October 1776.
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