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Place Name
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Dobbs Ferry
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Place Status (Type)
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suburb
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Population
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9,940 (1990)
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Location
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Westchester County, New York (NY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°00'N
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Longitude
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73°52'W
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Dobbs Ferry
, suburb (
3 sq mi/7.8 sq km; 1990 pop.
9,940) of N.Y. city, Westchester co., SE N.Y.,
16 mi/26 km N of the city, on the Hudson R.;
41°00'N 73°52'W. It is mostly residential but has a chemical
research laboratory. Dobbs Ferry is the site of Livingston Manor, where
George Washington and Marshal Rochambeau of France are said to
have planned the Yorktown Campaign. Seat of Mercy Col. and Masters
School for Girls; Children's Village, a rehabilitation school for
boys, is also there. Inc. 1873.
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