Mount Kisco, New York

The name Kisco may be connected to the Munsee word asiiskuw ("mud"), and the name of the settlement "first appeared in colonial records as Cisqua, the name of a meadow and river mentioned in the September 6, 1700 Indian deed to land in the area."^[4] The spelling Mount Kisko was used by the local postmaster when a post office was opened in the village sometime after 1850.^[4] The current spelling of the name was adopted in 1875, with the settlement's incorporation as a village.^[4] The town shares its name with the Kisco River, which traverses the town and goes into the New Croton Reservoir.^[4]

As a village, Mount Kisco originally was half in the town of Bedford and half in the town of New Castle.^[5][6] Mount Kisco became a town in its own right in 1978.^[4][5]

Mount Kisco Municipal Complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Merestead, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, St. Mark's Cemetery, and the United Methodist Church and Parsonage are also listed.^[7]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km²), all land.

Mount Kisco lies within the humid continental climate zone, experiencing four distinct seasons. Winter is cold, summer is warm and humid, and spring and fall are chilly to mild.

As of the 2013 United States Census^[10] there were 11,067 people, 4,128 households, and 2,447 families residing in the village. The population density was 3,194.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,233.2/km²). There were 4,103 housing units at an average density of 1,312.7 units per square mile (506.8 units/km²). The large number of small businesses, retail stores, and financial and medical offices swells the daytime population to more than 20,000. The racial makeup of the village was 77.79% White, 5.99% African American, 0.28% Native American, 4.24% Asian, 9.03% from other races, and 2.67% from two or more races. Of the population 24.54% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,993 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.7% were non-families. Of all households 31.7% were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.09.