This Long, "dog-legged" town in northeast Westchester is comprised of the hamlets of Cross River, Goldens Bridge, Lewisboro, South Salem, Vista and Waccabac, and borders on the Connecticut towns of Ridgefield and New Cannan. Each hamlet has retained a rural character and has only a few stores or government facilities. the town prides itself on the ratio of parkland to population, with over 3,000 acres reserved for recreational use.  Part of the towns eastern section was first brought by settlers from the Indians as early as 1640, at which time it was erroneously considered part of Connecticut. In 1683, a boundary dispute allowed Connecticut to retain several long Island settlements in return for New York's Keeping an equal amount of land on its northeastern border, which became know as Ye Oblong or Equivalent Lands. A deed in 1731 changer Ye Oblond into Salem Town, which later was subdivided into Upper and Lower Salem. The western portion of the township belonged to the Cortlandt Manor, 86,000 acres bestowed upon Stephanus Van Cortlandt by William III in 1697. It wasn't until the 1730's that tenant farmers moved into the area. By the middle of the 1750's, most of the manor land was being farmed. the first big sale of manor land took place in 1788, Cortlandt Manor's land was divided up among several towns, one being Salem. Two years later, the town established its present borders with Lond Pond Mountain as the dividing line between North and South Salem; in 1808, the townships name officially became South Salem.  In 1840, John Lewis, a descendant of a south salem family who made a fortune on Wall Street, enticed the town to change its name in his honor by setting up a fund for public schools. So in 1840, the town became Lewisboro. by 1859, the Lewis fund was worth 18,000; today the fund buys educational books for the library.  Lewisboro retained its self-sufficiency until the 20th Century. With the popularity of the automobile, road development and the telephone, the town became a summer retreat as the local farms were sold of. After WWII, many summer cottages were renovated for year round use and the population increased, through today, Lewisboro still attracts many summer residents.