Westmere, New York
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| Country | United States |
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| State | New York |
| Region | Capital District |
| County | Albany |
| Municipality | Town of Guilderland |
| Elevation | 292 ft (89 m) |
| Coordinates | 42°41′29″N 73°52′34″W / 42.69139°N 73.87611°WCoordinates: 42°41′29″N 73°52′34″W / 42.69139°N 73.87611°W |
| Area | 3.2 sq mi (8 km2) |
| - land | 3.2 sq mi (8 km2) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population | 7,284 (2010) |
| Density | 2,259.8/sq mi (873/km2) |
| Settled | 1920s |
| Named | 1940s |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP Code | 12203, 12084, 12159 |
| Area code | 518 |
| FIPS code | 36-80423 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0970925 |
 Location in Albany County and the state of New York.
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Westmere is a hamlet in the town of Guilderland, Albany County, New York. Since the 1970 Census a census-designated place (CDP) has been established with the name of Westmere for tabulating the population of what the census has defined as the boundaries for Westmere. The population was 7,284 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of the neighboring city of Albany. U.S. Route 20 (Western Avenue) bisects the community and is the major thoroughfare and main street. Along Western Avenue are numerous strip malls, shopping plazas, and commercial buildings, with residential use on the side streets to the north and south. Crossgates Mall, the Capital District's largest shopping mall, is in Westmere's northeastern corner.
Westmere as a settled place is of recent origin, though being along the Great Western Turnpike, built in 1799, it was always a place migrants passed through on their way from Albany and New England to the western frontier. A toll gate existed on the turnpike roughly where Highland Estates is located. Even before the turnpike was built, 300 wagons (and sleighs in the winter) passed through in 1796 what would later become Westmere. After World War I development began to encroach on the rural wooded area with mostly bungalows and cottages. This would accelerate in the post-war era after World War II and in the 1940s is when the name Westmere would be given to this area. Westmere was the fastest growing section of the town of Guilderland in this period.
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