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Dundee is a village in Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 1,725 at the 2010 census. The population was 1,725 at the 2010 census. The name was taken from Dundee , [ 2 ] the city in Scotland with a population of 148,260.
Dundee Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Dundee in Yates County, New York.Notable buildings include the former school housing the Greater Dundee Historical Society (1891), Dundee State Bank (1901), Baptist Church (1887), and a variety of mid- to late-19th century commercial buildings.
The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1528. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624.
1828 – American Institute of the City of New York founded. [26] 1829 – Workingmen's Party organized. [10] 1830 – Sociedad Benéfica Cubana y Puertorriqueña formed. [41] 1831 – University of the City of New York incorporated. [19] 1832 – Cholera pandemic reaches North America. It breaks out in New York City on June 26, peaks at 100 ...
The statue in New York. The memorial sculpture in Manhattan's Central Park was cast c. 1880 and dedicated on 2 October 1880. [1] [2] It was the first statue of Burns to be erected outside Scotland and was a gift to the City of New York from Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York and the Scottish-American community.
The Bronx was annexed from Westchester County by New York County (and New York City) in 1874 (west of Bronx River) and 1895 (east of it).Those two parts were established as a separate borough upon the consolidation of Greater New York in 1898, but was not legally established as a separate county, Bronx County, until 1914.
The history of New York City (1665–1783) began with the establishment of English rule over Dutch New Amsterdam and New Netherland. As the newly renamed City of New York and surrounding areas developed, there was a growing independent feeling among some, but the area was divided in its loyalties.
New York City was originally confined to Manhattan Island and the smaller surrounding islands that formed New York County. As the city grew northward, it began annexing areas on the mainland, absorbing territory from Westchester County into New York County in 1874 and 1895 . During the 1898 consolidation, this territory was organized as the ...