

There were 4,246 housing units at an average density of 1,976.4 per square mile (762.5/km 2). The population density was 5,523.4 people per square mile (2,130.9/km 2). Demographics Historical populationĪs of the census of 2000, there were 12,107 people, 4,149 households and 3,190 families residing in the town. Catharine's Church in the Village of Pelham was retained as a worship center. In 2014 it was announced that the two parishes would merge, with the newer, larger Our Lady of Perpetual Help building designated as the parish church. The mission evolved to become Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, with its own church building.

Catharine's to serve as a separate “mission”. Grant, who owned a chain of five-and-ten cent stores, gave property in Pelham Manor to St. The school building was converted to a Parish Center to provide space for Religious Education classes, parish activities and groups to meet. Catharine's School closed bringing to an end 75 years of Catholic education in the parish. At the end of the school year in 1983 St. A school was established in 1904, staffed by the Sisters of St. Catharine's became a separate parish with Rev. In July 1896 a frame church was built in the newly incorporated village of Pelham on land donated by Mr. Catharine's was originally a mission church of St Gabriel's parish in New Rochelle.

The Pelham Picture House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. Such a merger is unlikely under current conditions.įor many years after 1916, Pelham was the headquarters of the Sanborn Map Company, which produced Sanborn maps. Given the differences in debt levels, tax rates, population and tax base such a consolidation has been opposed by many Pelham Manor residents. There is a grassroots movement to continue the consolidation of services in order to reduce taxes. The Village of Pelham and the Village of Pelham Manor share several services such as school and recreational activities. In 1975, the villages of North Pelham and Pelham merged, forming the present village of Pelham. In 1896, the village of North Pelham and the village of Pelham incorporated. In 1891, the village of Pelham Manor incorporated. In 1889, the town was incorporated at its current boundaries. It included all of City Island and present-day Pelham Bay Park east of the Hutchinson River. The Town of Pelham was part of Westchester County when it was established by the post-Revolution New York State legislature in 1788. He named his manor "Pelham" in honor of his tutor, Pelham Burton. In 1654, Thomas Pell bought the area within the present-day town from the Siwanoy Indians.
