Welcome to Pound Ridge
Pound Ridge is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 5,104 at the 2010 census. The town is located toward the eastern end of the county, bordered to the north and east by the town of Lewisboro, by Stamford, Connecticut and New Canaan, Connecticut, to the south, Bedford, New York, and North Castle to the west.
History
In the early seventeenth century Pound Ridge was inhabited by Native Americans who spoke the Munsee language and were members of the Wappinger Confederacy. The geographical boundaries of the tribes within the Confederacy are unclear. In 1925 Westchester County purchased over 4,000 acres of land in northern Pound Ridge and adjacent Lewisboro to create the Pound Ridge Reservation. The park was renamed the Ward-Pound Ridge Reservation in 1938 after the park planner and longtime Republican county leader William L. Ward. From 1933 to 1940 the Reservation was host to a Civilian Conservation Corp camp known variously as Camp SP-9, Camp No. 24 and Camp Merkel after the parks superintendent for Westchester County.
Communities
Pound Ridge – the historic hamlet of Pound Ridge in the center of the town, which contains the Pound Ridge Community Church, the Hiram Halle Memorial Library, the Pound Ridge Museum, as well as many privately owned Hiram Halle restorations here in the Pound Ridge Historic District. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Sarles Corners – a hamlet west of Scotts Corners; originally named Taylor's Corner.
Scotts Corners – a hamlet in the southern part of the town which serves as the business district. This is where the post office and firehouse are located.
Pound Ridge Recreation
The mission of the Pound Ridge Recreation Department is to create and promote recreational, cultural and play opportunities for all town residents and to enrich their lives by preserving and enhancing the town's parks and natural areas.
The Pound Ridge Recreation Department offers many seasonal as well as ongoing programs throughout the year.
At the Town Park, there are ball fields, tennis and basketball courts, delightful playgrounds, swimming pools, as well as benches and grills for picnicking. Other activities, such as exercise programs, little league, tennis, basketball, and other sports are open to all ages.
Pound Ridge Education
The local school is the Pound Ridge Elementary School, one of five K5 schools in the Bedford Central School District. Older children take the bus to the Fox Lane Campus in Bedford, where the middle and high schools are located.
