Yonkers
city in Westchester County, New York, United States
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Summary
Yonkers is a city in the state of New York[1]. Yonkers ranks in the top 9% of city in the state of new york entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,228 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Westchester County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Mike Spano[5]
- Shares border with: Mount Vernon[6], Alpine[7], The Bronx[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Kamëz[9], Tagliacozzo[10], Ternopil[11]
- Postal code: 10701[12], 10702[13], 10703[14], 10704[15], 10705[16], 10710[17]
- Commons category: Yonkers, New York[18]
- Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[19]
- Local dialing code: 914[20]
- Inception: 1646[21]
- Official website: http://www.yonkersny.gov[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yonkers, New York[23]
- Population: 195,976[24], 211,569[25]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Yonkers, New York[26]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[27], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], The New Student's Reference Work[32]
- Official name: City of Yonkers[33], Yonkers[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Yonkers, New York[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Yonkers, New York[36]
- Number of households: 75,864[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Yonkers, New York[38]
- Elevation above sea level: 25 m[39]
- Area: 52.56768 km²[40], 52.567713 km²[41]
- Water as percent of area: 11.2557 percent[42]
Why It Matters
Yonkers has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Yonkers is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]