Pound Ridge
| Pound Ridge, New York | |
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| Town | |
 Location of Pound Ridge, New York |
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| Coordinates: 41°12′28″N 73°34′47″W / 41.20778°N 73.57972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Westchester |
| Founded | 1788 |
| Government | |
| • Town Supervisor | Richard Lyman (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.5 sq mi (60.8 km2) |
| • Land | 22.8 sq mi (59.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.7 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 614 ft (187 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,104 |
| • Density | 220/sq mi (84/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 10576 |
| Area code(s) | 914 |
| FIPS code | 36-59685 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979394 |
| Website | http://www.townofpoundridge.com |
Pound Ridge is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 5,104 at the 2010 census.
The town is located in the eastern corner of the county, bordered by Stamford, Connecticut, to the south, Bedford, New York, to the west and Lewisboro, New York, to the north and east.
In the early seventeenth century Pound Ridge was inhabited by Native Americans who spoke the Munsee language and were members of the Wappinger Confederacy. The geographical boundaries of the tribes within the Confederacy are unclear. Pound Ridge has been variously listed as within the territory of the Kitchawong, Siwanoy and Tankiteke tribes. These claims are not necessarily exclusive as tribal boundaries were not fixed and the land used by different tribes was often interlaced or shared. Interaction with Europeans caused Indians to change their settlement locations over time. Furthermore, the territories listed in sales to Europeans by particular tribal chiefs are not strict guides to the boundaries of tribal control or occupancy. The Siwanoy are generally agreed to have lived along the north Long Island Sound Coast with a maximum range extending from Hell Gate to Norwalk, Connecticut. The Tankiteke appear to have occupied eastern Westchester County and Fairfield County. The territory of the Kitchawong is thought to have extended from the Croton River to Anthony's Nose along the Hudson and some distance east from the river.
The Wappinger Confederacy participated in Kieft's War which began in 1640 as a result of escalating tensions over land use, livestock control, trade and taxation between the Dutch West India Company colony of New Netherland and neighboring native peoples. In March 1644 a Wappinger Confederacy village in present-day Pound Ridge was attacked by a mixed force of 130 Dutch and English soldiers under the command of Captain John Underhill. This event is now known as the Pound Ridge Massacre. The attackers surrounded and burnt the village in a night attack killing between 500 and 700 Indians. The dead included 25 members of the Wappinger tribe, with the remainder being either Tankiteke or Siwanoy or both. The New Netherland force lost one man killed and fifteen wounded. More casualties were suffered in this attack than in any other single incident in the war. Shortly after the battle four Wappinger Confederacy sachems arrived in the English settlement of Stamford to sue for peace.
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