Pleasantville

Welcome to Pleasantville

Pleasantville is a village in the town of Mount Pleasant, in Westchester County, New York. Pleasantville is home to a campus of Pace University and to the Jacob Burns Film Center. It was the original home of Reader’s Digest, which still uses a Pleasantville postal address. Most of The hamlets of Valhalla, Hawthorne, Pocantico Hills and Thornwood, and the villages of Pleasantville, Sleepy Hollow, and a small portion of Briarcliff Manor lie within the Town of Mount Pleasant.

History

The settlement of Pleasantville dates back to an Iroquois tribe, who raised corn there and established trading routes crossing through the present-day village before the arrival of Europeans. French Huguenot Isaac See settled here as an agent for Dutch landowner Frederick Philipse in 1695, beginning the modern history of Pleasantville.

By the time of the American Revolution, the population of the growing settlement comprised English, Dutch, and Quakers, most of whom were tenant farmers. During the Revolution, this area was part of the Neutral Ground, where there were conflicting loyalties among the settlers. British spy Major John André passed through present-Pleasantville carrying information from Benedict Arnold at Fort Clinton to the British in New York City. André lost his bearings near the present-day corner of Bedford Road and Choate Lane and was captured in Tarrytown, New York. The capture of André is often cited as a key factor in the ultimate victory of the American forces.

As the area's population grew in the early 19th century, the settlement was called Clark’s Corners, referring to property owned by Henry Clark at the intersection of Broadway and Bedford Road. This area was the village’s original commercial center. In the 1820s, the newly appointed postmaster, Henry Romer, was directed by the Postmaster General's office in Washington, D.C., to give a name to the post office planned here. Romer's proposed name, Clarksville, was rejected because another New York post office already had the name. His second choice, Pleasantville, was accepted, and the Pleasantville Post Office opened on February 29, 1828.

Community

Come experience the Pleasantville Farmers Market, the largest farmers market in Westchester, the one voted Best of Westchester in 2014, 2015 and 2016 readers of Westchester Magazine. Right in the center of Westchester County, and in the heart of the beautiful, historic walking village, the Pleasantville Farmers Market is perfectly positioned on your way to your destination or better yet, as a destination in itself. Run by Foodchester, Inc., a Pleasantville -based not-for-profit, their continuing goals are to support regional agriculture, healthy eating, community togetherness, visitorship to Pleasantville, and patronage of neighboring shops, entertainment venues, and eateries that make Pleasantville a great destination.

Education

Pleasantville is served by the Pleasantville Union Free School District, with small parts of northern Pleasantville served by the Chappaqua Central School District. The village is also home to the Bedford Road School, Pleasantville Middle School, and Pleasantville High School.

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