About the Village

Pelham has a rich history that includes land acquired from the Siwanoy Indians, a Revolutionary War battle, and neighborhoods that had their beginnings as real estate developments approximately 100 years ago; Chester Park, Pelham Heights, Pelhamwood, and Pelville. Pelham Village is 0.8 square miles and combined with the Village of Pelham Manor compromises the Town of Pelham, a little over 2 square miles in total. Pelham is considered New York City's first true bedroom community due to the impact of rail travel.

Articles

• "Early History of the Village of Pelham" detailed history by Blake Bell, 2002
• Brief chronological history of the Town of Pelham
• The Historic Pelham website has been archived but remains available.
• The Daily Blog has a two-part index to all of the postings to the Blog. (There are 1,534 articles published so far.) The two-part index may be found at:
  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Use the "Control+F" search function to search each of the two lengthy index pages
• Walking Tour of the Village of Pelham (PDF), includes history by neighborhood