Los Banos Courthouse featured on ABC30 News Please be advised: the Los Banos Courthouse Self Help Center will be closed on January 12, 2017. 1159 G St. Los Banos, CA 93635. Please be advised that a Small Claims Advisor is temporarily not available in Los Banos on Tuesdays or in Merced on Wednesdays.
The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River into a hillier section in the west, closer to Manhattan, and the flatter East Bronx, closer to Long Island. The West Bronx was annexed to New York City (then largely confined to Manhattan) in 1874, and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895.
West of the Bronx River (which bisects the borough) was annexed by NYC in 1874 while everything east of the river joined New York County by 1895. Until 1898, when NYC became an agglomeration of five boroughs, Manhattan and the Bronx were the same county: New York County. Finally, the Bronx became a county on its own in 1914. Today, the boroughs are coterminous as Manhattan occupies New York county, Brooklyn, Kings County, and so forth. My first two-part Westchester Square series, describing the Huntington Free Library, and Revolutionary War battle marker, seen here.