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The Town of Bedford is in the central part of the county. The town has three unincorporated , Bedford Village , and Katonah . HISTORY The Town of Bedford was founded on December 23 , 1680 when twenty-two Puritan s from Stamford , Connecticut purchased a tract of land three miles square known as the "Hopp Ground" from Chief Katonah and several other Indians for coats, blankets, wampum and cloth. Bedford was made a part of Connecticut in 1697 when a patent fixed the boundaries as a six-mile square and only when King William III Of England issued a royal decree in 1700 , to settle a boundary dispute, did Bedford became part of New York . The Town served as the County Seat of Westchester County during the American Revolutionary War after the Battle Of White Plains until Bedford was burned by the British on July 11 , 1779 . After the Revolution, Bedford was made one of two seats of County government, alternating with White Plains , until 1870 . Westchester County's oldest government building is the Court House in Bedford Village, which was built in 1787 and renovated in the 1960s . GEOGRAPHY According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 101.9 Km&2 (39.3 Mi&2 ). 96.5 km&2 (37.2 mi&2) of it is land and 5.5 km&2 (2.1 mi&2) of it is water. The total area is 5.36% water. DEMOGRAPHICS As of the Census 2 of 2000, there were 18,133 people, 5,731 households, and 4,395 families residing in the town. The Population Density was 188.0/km&2 (486.9/mi&2). There were 6,020 housing units at an average density of 62.4/km&2 (161.6/mi&2). The racial makeup of the town was 87.50% White , 7.12% Black or African American , 0.09% Native American , 1.98% Asian , 0.08% Pacific Islander , 1.88% from Other Races , and 1.36% from two or more races. 7.57% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 5,731 households out of which 41.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.5% were Married Couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.3% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.21. In the town the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.8 males. The median income for a household in the town was $100,053, and the median income for a family was $118,820. Males had a median income of $88,561 versus $47,468 for females. The Per Capita Income for the town was $53,046. 4.9% of the population and 2.4% of families were below the Poverty Line . 4.9% of those under the age of 18 and 3.3% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. COMMUNITIES AND LOCATIONS IN BEDFORD
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