To early traders it was known as 'the White Plains', either from the white balsam ( Gnaphalium polycephalum) which was said to have covered it, or from the heavy mist that local tradition suggests hovered over the swamplands near the Bronx River. History Early history Īt the time of the Dutch settlement of Manhattan in the early 17th century, the region had been used as farmland by the Weckquaeskeck tribe, a Wappinger people, and was called 'Quarropas'. According to the city government, the daytime weekday population is estimated at 250,000. The city's total population was 59,599 in the 2020 census, up from 53,077 at the 2010 census. Its downtown (Mamaroneck Avenue) is 25 miles (40 km) north of Midtown Manhattan. White Plains is located in south-central Westchester County.

It is the 29th-largest municipality in the state of New York, an inner suburb of New York City, and the county seat and commercial hub of Westchester County, a densely populated suburban county that is home to about one million people. White Plains is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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