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Greenburgh, New York
Greenburgh is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 86,764 at the 2000 census. Paul J. Feiner has been Town Supervisor since 1991.
The Town of Greenburgh is in the western part of the county.
Geography
The west town line, marked by the Hudson River, is the border of Rockland County, New York. Interstate 87 passes through the town.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.2 square miles (93.7 km²), of which, 30.5 square miles (79.0 km²) of it is land and 5.7 square miles (14.7 km²) of it (15.64%) is water.
Communities and locations in Greenburgh
Roughly half of Greenburgh's population lies within the town's six incorporated villages. The rest of the population lives in the unincorporated area of the town of Greenburgh, outside any villages.
Villages
Greenburgh contains six villages:
Ardsley
Dobbs Ferry
Elmsford
Hastings-on-Hudson
Irvington
Tarrytown
Unincorporated Greenburgh
Unincorporated Greenburgh consists of the formerly rural areas of the township outside the villages. While hamlets are not recognized as municipal entities in New York State, most properties in Unincorporated Greenburgh are classified within one of the township's three federally recognized zones, each known as a census-designated place. In Unincorporated Greenburgh, these three CDPs generally correspond to a fire district.
Fairview
Greenville (commonly known as Edgemont)
Hartsdale
Other unincorporated areas in Greenburgh outside of three main CDPs include the neighborhoods of:
North Elmsford
South Ardsley
East Irvington
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