Chautauqua County, New York
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About Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 127,657. Its county seat is Mayville, and its largest city is Jamestown. Its name is believed to be the lone surviving remnant of the Erie language, a tongue lost in the 17th century Beaver Wars; its meaning is unknown and a subject of speculation. The county was created in 1808 and organized in 1811. The county is part of the Western New York region of the state.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Facts
Chautauqua County at a glance
- County seat
- Mayville
- Population
- 127,657 (2020)
- Land area
- 1,500 sq mi
- Founded
- 1811
Communities
Largest communities in Chautauqua County
- JamestownPopulation 28,712
- PomfretPopulation 13,035
- DunkirkPopulation 12,743
- FredoniaPopulation 9,585
- EllicottPopulation 8,768
Background
History of Chautauqua County
Prior to European colonization, most of what is now Chautauqua County was inhabited by the indigenous Erie people prior to the Beaver Wars in the 1650s. French forces traversed the territory beginning in 1615. The Seneca Nation conquered the territory during the Beaver Wars and held it through the next century until siding with the British crown, their allies for most of the 18th century, against the American revolutionaries in the American Revolutionary War. Chautauqua County was organized by the state legislature during the development of western New York after the American Revolutionary War and the ratification of The Treaty of Canandaigua, between the United States and the Council of the Six Nations. It was officially separated from Genesee County on March 11, 1808. This partition was performed under the same terms that produced Cattaraugus and Niagara counties.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Chautauqua County — county websitechautauquacountyny.gov
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