Bronx Before 1914
The development of
the Bronx
is directly connected
to its strategic location
between New England and
New York (Manhattan)
Control over the bridges
across the Harlem River
plagued the period of
British colonial rule
Kingsbridge
built in 1693
where Broadway reached
the Spuyten Duyvil Creek
was a possession
of the lords of
Philipse Manor
The tolls they charged
were resented by
Bronx farmers
with crops and cattle to sell
in New York
It was angry farmers
who built a
"free bridge"
across the Harlem River
which led to the abandonment
of tolls
altogether
The territory
now contained within
Bronx County
was originally part of
Westchester County
one of the
12 original counties
of the English Province of
New York
The present
Bronx County
was contained in the town of
Westchester
and parts of the towns
of Yonkers
Eastchester
and Pelham
In 1846
a new town
West Farms
was created by division of
Westchester
in turn
in 1855
the town of Morrisania
was created
from West Farms
In 1873
the town of
Kingsbridge
roughly corresponding to the
modern Bronx neighborhoods
of Kingsbridge
Riverdale
and Woodlawn
was established within
the former borders of
Yonkers
The consolidation of
the Bronx
into New York City
proceeded in
two stages
In 1873
the state legislature annexed
Kingsbridge
West Farms
and Morrisania
to New York
Effective in 1874
the three towns
were abolished
in the process
On January 1, 1898
the consolidated
City of New York
was born, including
the Bronx
as one of the five distinct
Boroughs
At the same time
the Bronx's territory moved from
Westchester County
into New York County
which already contained
Manhattan
and the rest of pre-1874
New York City
On April 19, 1912
those parts of
New York County
which had been annexed from
Westchester County
in the past decades
were newly constituted as
Bronx County
the 62nd and last county
to be created by the state
effective in 1914
Bronx County's courts
opened for business
on January 2, 1914
the same day that
John P. Mitchel
started work as Mayor of
New York City
The development of
the Bronx
is directly connected
to its strategic location
between New England and
New York (Manhattan)
Control over the bridges
across the Harlem River
plagued the period of
British colonial rule
Kingsbridge
built in 1693
where Broadway reached
the Spuyten Duyvil Creek
was a possession
of the lords of
Philipse Manor
The tolls they charged
were resented by
Bronx farmers
with crops and cattle to sell
in New York
It was angry farmers
who built a
"free bridge"
across the Harlem River
which led to the abandonment
of tolls
altogether
The territory
now contained within
Bronx County
was originally part of
Westchester County
one of the
12 original counties
of the English Province of
New York
The present
Bronx County
was contained in the town of
Westchester
and parts of the towns
of Yonkers
Eastchester
and Pelham
In 1846
a new town
West Farms
was created by division of
Westchester
in turn
in 1855
the town of Morrisania
was created
from West Farms
In 1873
the town of
Kingsbridge
roughly corresponding to the
modern Bronx neighborhoods
of Kingsbridge
Riverdale
and Woodlawn
was established within
the former borders of
Yonkers
The consolidation of
the Bronx
into New York City
proceeded in
two stages
In 1873
the state legislature annexed
Kingsbridge
West Farms
and Morrisania
to New York
Effective in 1874
the three towns
were abolished
in the process
On January 1, 1898
the consolidated
City of New York
was born, including
the Bronx
as one of the five distinct
Boroughs
At the same time
the Bronx's territory moved from
Westchester County
into New York County
which already contained
Manhattan
and the rest of pre-1874
New York City
On April 19, 1912
those parts of
New York County
which had been annexed from
Westchester County
in the past decades
were newly constituted as
Bronx County
the 62nd and last county
to be created by the state
effective in 1914
Bronx County's courts
opened for business
on January 2, 1914
the same day that
John P. Mitchel
started work as Mayor of
New York City
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