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Brewster
Heights is a hamlet located west of Brewster village and located
in the Town of Southeast. The
first settler arrived around 1730. The area first exploited was
called "The Oblong," and was outside of the land claimed
by the Philiplse Patent.
The
Town of Southeast was founded in 1788, and formed the southeast
corner of Dutchess County, NY, whose northeast corner was the
township of North East, NY (now part of Dutchess County). In 1795,
the land that had been Southeast and Frederickstown
(now Kent) was divided into four townships, the present Southeast,
Carmel, Kent, and Patterson the latter two
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known at first as
"Frederick" and "Franklin." Southeast lost its
northern half, and expanded slightly to the west. Its most densely
populated area in the town is the Village of Brewster, NY.
As of the census
of 2000, there were 17,316 people, 6,184 households, and 4,569
families residing in the town. The population density was 540.1
people per square mile (208.5/km˛). There were 6,412 housing units
at an average density of 200.0/sq mi (77.2/km˛). The racial
makeup of the town was 92.88% White, 1.87% African American, 0.14%
Native American, 1.63% Asian, 0.09%
Pacific Islander, 2.40% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more
races. Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 8.04% of the population.
The Town of
Southeast
maintains three parks, including a beach at
Tonetta
Lake
. Its recreation department sponsors children's programs for
swimming, life saving, tennis and gynmastics. There is also an
active Little League.
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