Yonkers

city in Westchester County, New York, United States
Place city_in_the_state_of_new_york Q128114
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Yonkers

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 (6,748 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yonkers is located in Westchester County[3].
  • Yonkers is in the country of United States[4].
  • Yonkers's head of government is recorded as Mike Spano[5].
  • Yonkers's instance of is recorded as city in the state of New York[6].
  • Yonkers's shares border with is recorded as Mount Vernon[7].
  • Yonkers's shares border with is recorded as Alpine[8].
  • Yonkers's shares border with is recorded as The Bronx[9].
  • Yonkers's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kamëz[10].
  • Yonkers's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tagliacozzo[11].
  • Yonkers's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ternopil[12].
  • Yonkers's postal code is recorded as 10701[13].
  • Yonkers's postal code is recorded as 10702[14].
  • Yonkers's postal code is recorded as 10703[15].
  • Yonkers's postal code is recorded as 10704[16].
  • Yonkers's postal code is recorded as 10705[17].
  • Yonkers's postal code is recorded as 10710[18].
  • Yonkers's Commons category is recorded as Yonkers, New York[19].
  • Yonkers's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[20].
  • Yonkers's local dialing code is recorded as 914[21].
  • 1646 marks the founding of Yonkers[22].
  • Yonkers's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.941388888889, 'lon': -73.864444444444}[23].
  • Yonkers's official website is recorded as http://www.yonkersny.gov[24].
  • Yonkers's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yonkers, New York[25].
  • Yonkers has a population of {'amount': '+195976'}[26].
  • Yonkers has a population of {'amount': '+211569'}[27].

Body

Geography

Yonkers is in the country of United States[4]. Yonkers is located in Westchester County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+52.56768'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+52.567713'}[29]. Yonkers sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+25'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+195976'}[26] and {'amount': '+211569'}[27].

Designation and Status

Yonkers's instance of is recorded as city in the state of New York[6].

History and Context

1646 marks the founding of Yonkers[22].

Why It Matters

Yonkers ranks in the top 9% of city_in_the_state_of_new_york entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,748 views/month).[2] Yonkers has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Yonkers is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . yonkersny.gov. Retrieved . yonkersny.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone Eastern Time Zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website
    Water as percent of area {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+11.2557'}
    Instance of city in the state of New York
    Who's on first id 85978759, 404523397
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: yonkers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969448|yonkers (#289969448)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
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