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Mount Kisco, New York

{{Short description|Village and town in the United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Village/Town of Mount Kisco

| settlement_type = Village and town

| nickname =

| motto =

| image_skyline = Mount Kisco, New York.jpg

| imagesize = 270

| image_caption = Mount Kisco Village Hall

| image_flag = Mount Kisco, NY Flag.gif

| image_seal = Mount Kisco, NY Seal.png

| image_map = Westchester County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Mount Kisco highlighted.svg

| map_caption = Location of Mount Kisco, New York

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = New York

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Westchester

| government_footnotes =

| government_type =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Gina Picinich (4MK){{cite web|last1=Rentz|first1=Neil|title=Picinich Stuns Cindrich in Mount Kisco Mayoral Race|date=8 November 2017|url=https://www.theexaminernews.com/picinich-stuns-cindrich-in-mount-kisco-mayoral-race/|publisher=The Examiner|access-date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030710/https://www.theexaminernews.com/picinich-stuns-cindrich-in-mount-kisco-mayoral-race/|url-status=live}}

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| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022|archive-date=January 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119173812/https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|url-status=live}}

| area_magnitude =

| area_total_km2 = 7.96

| area_land_km2 = 7.88

| area_water_km2 = 0.08

| area_total_sq_mi = 3.07

| area_land_sq_mi = 3.04

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.03

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 10959

| population_density_km2 = 1391.21

| population_density_sq_mi = 3603.75

| timezone = Eastern (EST)

| utc_offset = −5

| timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT)

| utc_offset_DST = −4

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 92

| elevation_ft = 302

| coordinates = {{coord|41|12|14|N|73|43|50|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| postal_code_type = ZIP Code

| postal_code = 10549

| area_code = 914

| blank_name = FIPS code

| blank_info = 36-48890

| blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

| blank1_info = 0957852

| website = [http://www.mountkiscony.gov/ www.mountkiscony.gov]

| footnotes =

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| name = Mount Kisco

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Mount Kisco is a village and town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The town of Mount Kisco is coterminous with the village. The population was 10,959 at the 2020 United States census.United States Census Bureau, 2020 Report, Mount Kisco, New York

It serves as a significant historic site along the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route.

History

The name Kisco may be connected to the Munsee word asiiskuw ("mud"), and the name of the settlement "first appeared in colonial records as Cisqua, the name of a meadow and river mentioned in the September 6, 1700 Indian deed to land in the area."Robert S. Grumet, Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity (University of Oklahoma Press, 2013), p. 62. The spelling Mount Kisko was used by the local postmaster when a post office was opened in the village sometime after 1850. The current spelling of the name was adopted in 1875, with the settlement's incorporation as a village. The town shares its name with the Kisco River, which traverses the town and goes into the Croton Reservoir.

As a village, Mount Kisco originally was half in the town of Bedford and half in the town of New Castle.Thomas Kaplan, [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/23/nyregion/despite-cuomos-mount-kisco-ties-new-castle-claims-him-too.html?_r=0 Cuomo's Home? The Address Says One Thing, the Map Another] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510082936/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/23/nyregion/despite-cuomos-mount-kisco-ties-new-castle-claims-him-too.html?_r=0 |date=May 10, 2017 }}, New York Times (April 22, 2011).[http://www.mountkisco.org/pages/mtkiscony_webdocs/about About the Town] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621211057/http://www.mountkisco.org/pages/mtkiscony_webdocs/about |date=June 21, 2015 }}, Village / Town of Mount Kisco. Mount Kisco became a town in its own right in 1978.

The Mount Kisco Municipal Complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Merestead, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, St. Mark's Cemetery, and the United Methodist Church and Parsonage are also listed.{{NRISref|version=2009a}}

Geography and climate

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of {{convert|3.1|mi2|km2}}, all land.

Mount Kisco lies within the humid continental climate zone, experiencing four distinct seasons. Winter is cold, summer is warm and humid, and spring and fall are chilly to mild.

{{Weather box

|collapsed = Y

|location = Mt. Kisco, New York

|single line = Y

|Jan high F = 34

|Feb high F = 39

|Mar high F = 47

|Apr high F = 59

|May high F = 69

|Jun high F = 78

|Jul high F = 82

|Aug high F = 81

|Sep high F = 73

|Oct high F = 62

|Nov high F = 51

|Dec high F = 40

|Jan low F = 19

|Feb low F = 21

|Mar low F = 29

|Apr low F = 39

|May low F = 49

|Jun low F = 58

|Jul low F = 63

|Aug low F = 62

|Sep low F = 54

|Oct low F = 43

|Nov low F = 35

|Dec low F = 25

|Jan precipitation inch = 3.58

|Feb precipitation inch = 3.20

|Mar precipitation inch = 4.22

|Apr precipitation inch = 4.42

|May precipitation inch = 4.35

|Jun precipitation inch = 4.71

|Jul precipitation inch = 4.81

|Aug precipitation inch = 4.39

|Sep precipitation inch = 4.57

|Oct precipitation inch = 4.68

|Nov precipitation inch = 4.38

|Dec precipitation inch = 4.03

|source 1 = {{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/10549 |title=Monthly Averages for Mount Kisco, NY (10549) |publisher=Weather.com |access-date=May 16, 2012 |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813055258/http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/10549 |url-status=live }}

|date=May 2012

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Demographics

{{US Census population

|align=left

|1880= 728

|1890= 1095

|1900= 1346

|1910= 2802

|1920= 3944

|1930= 5127

|1940= 5941

|1950= 5907

|1960= 6805

|1970= 8172

|1980= 8025

|1990= 9108

|2000= 9983

|2010= 10877

|2020= 10959

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|url-status=live}}

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File:Chief Kisco Close Up in Late Autumn.jpg

File:Mount Kisco, New York Main Street in Late Autumn.jpg

File:Mount Kisco, New York Access Road in Autumn.jpg

File:Phragmite Glow.jpg glowing in the marshes on the peninsula trail]]

As of the 2013 United States Census{{cite web|url = http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3648890.html|publisher = United States Census Bureau|access-date = January 31, 2008|title = State & County QuickFact|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120518004555/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3648890.html|archive-date = May 18, 2012|url-status = dead}} there were 11,067 people, 4,128 households, and 2,447 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|3,194.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,103 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,312.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}. The large number of small businesses, retail stores, and financial and medical offices swells the daytime population to more than 20,000. The racial makeup of the village was 77.79% White, 5.99% African American, 0.28% Native American, 4.24% Asian, 9.03% from other races, and 2.67% from two or more races. Of the population 24.54% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,993 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.7% were non-families. Of all households 31.7% were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 37.0% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $62,699, and the median income for a family was $68,219. Males had a median income of $45,428 versus $40,040 for females. The per capita income for the village was $32,424. About 7.4% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over.

Mount Kisco is socioeconomically diverse. Though most residents are middle to upper middle class professionals, Mount Kisco is home to a sizable number of working class Hispanic immigrants who primarily reside in the downtown core. In contrast, sprawling estates and equestrian farms are to be found farther away from the center of town. Worth millions of dollars, these properties are occasionally of a historic nature, many dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These bucolic country roads, meadows, and rolling hills are often technically within neighboring Bedford, though they share Mount Kisco's ZIP Code and post office. Residents in this overlapping zone may use either a Bedford Corners or Mount Kisco mailing address.

Housing in Mount Kisco is tremendously varied, consisting of apartment buildings, co-ops, condominiums, townhomes, single-family homes, historic Colonials and Victorians, and multimillion-dollar estates.

Infrastructure

=Transportation=

There are several modes of transport in Mount Kisco.{{cite web|url=http://www.mountkisco.org/pages/mtkiscony_webdocs/trans|title=Village / Town of Mount Kisco, New York - Transportation|first=Village / Town of Mount Kisco, New|last=York|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516025145/http://www.mountkisco.org/pages/mtkiscony_webdocs/trans|archive-date=May 16, 2015}}

Notable people

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References

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External links

{{Commons category|Mount Kisco, New York}}

  • [http://www.mountkiscony.gov/ Town of Mount Kisco official website]
  • [http://www.mtkisco.com/ Mount Kisco Chamber of Commerce]

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{{Westchester County, New York}}

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Category:Villages in New York (state)

Category:Towns in Westchester County, New York

Category:Towns in New York (state)

Category:Towns in the New York metropolitan area

Category:1875 establishments in New York (state)

Category:Populated places established in 1875