White Plains, located about 25 miles north of New York City, is the county seat of Westchester County and the birthplace of New York State.
After the Revolutionary War and a famous battle, White Plains continued to grow into a large village connected to the city by train; its population exploded in the first decade of the 20th century.
Its central location in Westchester made White Plains the hub of 18th-Century stagecoach roads that ran from New York City to upstate New York and Connecticut.
White Plains, located about 25 miles north of New York City, is the county seat of Westchester County and the birthplace of New York State