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Erie County, New York

January 14, 2023

For other counties in the United States named Erie County, see Erie County, Pennsylvania and Erie County, Ohio.

Erie County is a county along the shore of Lake Erie in western New York State. As of the 2020 census, the population was 954,236.[1] The county seat is Buffalo, which makes up about 28% of the county's population.[2] Both the county and Lake Erie were named for the regional Iroquoian language-speaking Erie tribe of Native Americans, who lived in the area before 1654. They were later pushed out by the more powerful Iroquoian nations tribes.

Erie County
County
Left to right from top: Erie County Hall, Wendt Beach Park, Akron Falls Park, Chestnut Ridge Park, Canisius College, Gateway Park, Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
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Location within the U.S. state of New York
New York's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 42°45′N 78°47′W / 42.75°N 78.78°W / 42.75; -78.78
Country United States
State New York
Founded1821
Named forEriechronon
SeatBuffalo
Largest cityBuffalo
Government
 • County ExecutiveMark Poloncarz (D)
Area
 • Total1,227 sq mi (3,180 km2)
 • Land1,043 sq mi (2,700 km2)
 • Water184 sq mi (480 km2)  15%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total954,236
 • Density914.9/sq mi (353.2/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts26th, 27th
Websitewww.erie.gov

Erie County, along with its northern neighbor Niagara County, makes up the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area, the second largest in the State of New York behind New York City. The county's southern part is known as the Southtowns.[3] The county has seen one of the highest growth rates of any county in the State of New York from the 2010 to 2020 census.

History

When counties were established by the English colonial government in the Province of New York in 1683, present-day Erie County was part of Indian territory occupied by Iroquoian-speaking peoples. It was administered as part of New York colony. Significant European-American settlement did not begin until after the United States had gained independence with the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1783. They forced the Iroquois to cede most of their lands, as many had been allies of the British. ["They" ambiguous; reference required]

About 1800, the Holland Land Company, formed by Americans and Dutch associates, extinguished Indian claims by purchasing the land from New York, acquired the title to the territory of what are today the eight westernmost counties of New York, surveyed their holdings, established towns and began selling lots to individuals. The state was eager to attract settlers and have homesteads and businesses developed. At this time, all of western New York was included in Ontario County.

As the population increased, the state legislature created Genesee County in 1802 out of part of Ontario County. In 1808, Niagara County was created out of Genesee County. In 1821, Erie County was created out of Niagara County, encompassing all the land between Tonawanda Creek and Cattaraugus Creek.[4] The first towns formed in present-day Erie County were the Town of Clarence and the Town of Willink. Clarence and Willink comprised the northern and southern portions of Erie county, respectively. Clarence is still a distinct town, but Willink was quickly subdivided into other towns. When Erie County was established in 1821, it consisted of the towns of Amherst, Aurora, Boston, Clarence, Collins, Concord, Eden, Evans, Hamburg, Holland, Sardinia and Wales.

The county has a number of houses and other properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Erie County, New York.[5]

In 1861, the hamlet of Town Line in the Town of Lancaster voted 85–40 to secede from the Union.[6] Town Line never sought admission into the Confederate States of America and there is no evidence that men from the community ever fought for the Confederacy. Some reporting from that time indicates the vote was a joke. On January 24, 1946, as part of a nationally reported event, Town Line voted to officially return to the Union after 85 years of Union secession.[7]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,227 square miles (3,180 km2), of which 1,043 square miles (2,700 km2) (85%) is land and 184 square miles (480 km2) (15%) is water.[8]

Erie County is in the western portion of upstate New York, bordering on the lake of the same name. Part of the industrial area that has included Buffalo, it is the most populous county in upstate New York outside of the New York City metropolitan area. The county also lies on the international border between the United States and Canada, bordering the Province of Ontario.

The northern border of the county is Tonawanda Creek. Part of the southern border is Cattaraugus Creek. Other major streams include Buffalo Creek (Buffalo River), Cayuga Creek, Cazenovia Creek, Scajaquada Creek, Eighteen Mile Creek and Ellicott Creek. The county's northern half, including Buffalo and its suburbs, is known as the Northtowns and is relatively flat and rises gently up from the lake. The southern half, known as the Southtowns,[3] is much hillier. It has the northwesternmost foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The highest elevation in the county is a hill in the Town of Sardinia that tops out at around 1,940 feet (591 m) above sea level. The lowest ground is about 560 feet (171 m), on Grand Island at the Niagara River. The Onondaga Escarpment runs through the northern part of Erie County.

Rivers, streams and lakes

Adjacent counties and municipality

Major highways

Erie County routes

Main article: List of county routes in Erie County, New York

National protected area

State protected areas

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
183035,719—
184062,46574.9%
1850100,99361.7%
1860141,97140.6%
1870178,69925.9%
1880219,88423.0%
1890322,98146.9%
1900433,68634.3%
1910528,98522.0%
1920634,68820.0%
1930762,40820.1%
1940798,3774.7%
1950899,23812.6%
19601,064,68818.4%
19701,113,4914.6%
19801,015,472−8.8%
1990968,532−4.6%
2000950,265−1.9%
2010919,040−3.3%
2020954,2363.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]
1790-1960[10] 1900-1990[11]
1990-2000[12] 2010-2014[1]

As of the 2020,[13] there were 954,236 people living in the county. The population density was 915 people per square mile (353/km2). There were 438,747 housing units at an average density of 421 per square mile (162/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 72.6% White, 14.1% Black or African American, 0.6% Native American, 4.9% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.3% from other races and 5.4% from two or more races. 6.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 19.6% were of German, 17.2% Polish, 14.9% Italian, 11.7% Irish and 5.0% English ancestry according to Census 2000. 91.1% spoke English, 3% Spanish and 1.6% Polish as their first language.

 
Erie County, NY Population[14]

There were 380,873 households, out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.5% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 36.1% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.04. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.3% under 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64 and 15.9% older than 65. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,567 and the median income for a family was $49,490. Males had a median income of $38,703 versus $26,510 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,357. About 9.2% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.3% of those under 18 and 7.8% of those older than 65.

2020 Census

Erie County Racial Composition[15]
Race Num. Perc.
White (NH) 678,236 71%
Black or African American (NH) 129,874 13.6%
Native American (NH) 4,667 0.5%
Asian (NH) 46,090 4.83%
Pacific Islander (NH) 199 0.02%
Other/Mixed (NH) 35,512 3.72%
Hispanic or Latino 59,658 6.25%

County government and politics

Prior to 1936, Erie County predominantly backed Republican Party candidates, with only four Democratic Party candidates winning the county in a presidential election - James Buchanan in 1856, George B. McClellan in 1864, Grover Cleveland in 1892 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912. However, starting with the 1936 election, it has turned predominantly Democratic since then, with only two Republicans carrying the county in a presidential election-- Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 and Richard Nixon in 1972, with Nixon being the most recent. In 2016, like many other counties in the Rust Belt, Donald Trump drastically expanded the Republican vote share thanks to his appeal to working-class whites and Ethnic-Catholic voters. Four years later, in 2020, Joe Biden won 267,270 votes in Erie County, more than Barack Obama in 2008. Biden's margin of victory, however, was smaller than Obama's 2008 victory within the county.

United States presidential election results for Erie County, New York[16]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 197,552 41.73% 267,270 56.46% 8,596 1.82%
2016 188,303 44.45% 215,456 50.86% 19,866 4.69%
2012 169,675 40.97% 237,356 57.31% 7,164 1.73%
2008 178,815 40.46% 256,299 57.99% 6,871 1.55%
2004 184,423 41.43% 251,090 56.41% 9,625 2.16%
2000 160,176 37.72% 240,176 56.56% 24,302 5.72%
1996 132,343 32.26% 224,554 54.74% 53,337 13.00%
1992 129,444 28.67% 196,233 43.46% 125,819 27.87%
1988 188,796 43.83% 238,779 55.43% 3,217 0.75%
1984 222,882 48.28% 237,631 51.47% 1,158 0.25%
1980 169,209 40.24% 215,283 51.20% 35,981 8.56%
1976 220,310 48.65% 229,397 50.66% 3,136 0.69%
1972 256,462 53.88% 218,105 45.82% 1,456 0.31%
1968 167,853 37.04% 250,054 55.18% 35,258 7.78%
1964 125,962 26.71% 344,910 73.14% 704 0.15%
1960 211,957 43.30% 277,203 56.62% 404 0.08%
1956 292,657 63.68% 166,930 36.32% 0 0.00%
1952 253,927 56.32% 196,378 43.56% 550 0.12%
1948 175,118 45.68% 197,618 51.55% 10,636 2.77%
1944 185,975 48.53% 195,905 51.12% 1,355 0.35%
1940 183,664 49.05% 189,779 50.68% 992 0.26%
1936 152,312 44.51% 183,555 53.64% 6,341 1.85%
1932 141,059 49.86% 131,012 46.31% 10,859 3.84%
1928 144,726 51.36% 126,449 44.87% 10,614 3.77%
1924 112,070 58.53% 40,780 21.30% 38,630 20.17%
1920 99,762 63.22% 40,436 25.63% 17,598 11.15%
1916 53,638 52.35% 45,622 44.53% 3,200 3.12%
1912 19,185 22.54% 33,518 39.38% 32,410 38.08%
1908 52,182 52.36% 45,185 45.34% 2,293 2.30%
1904 49,669 55.73% 36,582 41.04% 2,881 3.23%
1900 44,767 51.66% 39,833 45.97% 2,057 2.37%
1896 45,612 58.57% 30,172 38.74% 2,095 2.69%
1892 32,340 47.28% 32,431 47.41% 3,632 5.31%
1888 31,612 51.06% 29,543 47.71% 762 1.23%
1884 26,249 50.49% 24,759 47.62% 985 1.89%
1880 24,199 53.20% 20,848 45.83% 442 0.97%
1876 20,300 50.85% 19,533 48.93% 90 0.23%
1872 17,831 58.74% 12,467 41.07% 58 0.19%
1868 15,822 52.26% 14,454 47.74% 0 0.00%
1864 13,061 49.42% 13,370 50.58% 0 0.00%
1860 12,430 53.31% 10,885 46.69% 0 0.00%
1856 6,902 34.58% 7,536 37.76% 5,520 27.66%
1852 8,025 51.55% 7,033 45.18% 510 3.28%
1848 7,647 57.12% 3,360 25.10% 2,381 17.78%
1844 6,905 55.82% 5,050 40.82% 415 3.35%
1840 6,787 64.56% 3,687 35.07% 38 0.36%
1836 4,882 64.72% 2,661 35.28% 0 0.00%
1832 4,324 70.46% 1,813 29.54% 0 0.00%
1828 3,331 72.48% 1,265 27.52% 0 0.00%

Erie County executives

Name Party Term
Edward C. Rath Republican 1962-1969
B. John Tutuska Republican 1969-1971
Edward Regan Republican 1972-1978
Ed Rutkowski Republican 1979-1987
Dennis Gorski Democratic 1988-1999
Joel Giambra Republican 2000-2007
Chris Collins Republican 2008-2011
Mark Poloncarz Democratic 2012-Present

Elected officials

Office Name Party Hometown
County Executive Mark Poloncarz Democratic Buffalo
County Comptroller Kevin R. Hardwick Democratic Tonawanda
County Clerk Mickey Kearns Republican Buffalo
District Attorney John J. Flynn Democratic Buffalo
County Sheriff John C. Garcia Republican Buffalo

County legislature

District Title Name Party Hometown
1 Howard Johnson Democratic Buffalo
2 Chair April N.M. Baskin Democratic Buffalo
3 Lisa M. Chimera Democratic Kenmore
4 Kevin Hardwick Democratic Tonawanda
5 Jeanne Vinal Democratic Amherst
6 Christopher D. Greene Republican Clarence
7 Majority Leader Timothy J. Meyers Democratic Cheektowaga
8 Frank Todaro Republican Cheektowaga and Lancaster
9 John Gilmour Democratic Hamburg
10 Minority Leader Joseph Lorigo Conservative West Seneca
11 John J. Mills Republican Orchard Park

Education

School districts

See also: List of school districts in New York

School districts include:[17]

"Special act" school districts

As of the 2010 U.S. Census some parts of this county were not in a defined school district, with some undefined land and some undefined water.[19]

Higher education

Attractions and recreation

Erie County is home to three professional teams—the NFL's Buffalo Bills, the NHL's Buffalo Sabres and the NLL's Buffalo Bandits, along with Division I's Buffalo Bulls and MILB's Buffalo Bisons. The city of Buffalo also features the Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, Burchfield-Penney Art Center and Albright-Knox Art Gallery (all located within a mile of each other in the Delaware Park System), Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens and Buffalo Museum of Science, in addition to tourist districts such as Canalside and Larkinville. The Erie County Fair, held every August in the Town of Hamburg from 1820 to 2019 (the 2020 event, like much everything else across the country, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), is one of the largest county fairs in the United States.[20]

Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry

The Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry was established in 1925 with four parks spanning 2,280 acres (9.2 km2). As of 2003, the county managed 38 properties, totaling approximately 11,000 acres (45 km2) of land. Management objectives include providing and maintaining recreational space and the conservation of the county's natural and historic resources.[21] A 2003 Master Plan identified several broad categories of parks operated by the county, including heritage parks, waterfront parks, conservation parks, special purpose parks and forest management areas.[21]

Heritage parks

Erie County's heritage parks include the five original county parks that were established during the 1920s and 1930s. These parks are examples of multiple-use sites with significant scenic, natural and historic features. Each park has unique man-made structures of historical character, many constructed as part of the Works Progress Administration movement in the 1930s.[22]

Waterfront parks

Waterfront parks include the significant scenic sites and recreational trail systems along the county's Lake Erie shoreline.[22]

Conservation parks

 
View of the Scoby Dam at Scoby Dam Park.

These largely-undeveloped parks are managed primarily for conservation of the natural environment and passive nature-based outdoor recreation activities. These lands are intended to generally remain in a natural state.[22]

Special purpose parks

Special purpose parks have unique characteristics that provide specific recreational functions within the county's park system.[22]

Forest management areas

Forest management areas are managed by the Erie County Bureau of Forestry, which was established in 1927. These areas include several thousand acres of mostly-coniferous plantation style forest, much of which was planted on abandoned farmland by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. These areas are located mostly in the rural southern portion of the county.[23] These lands have limited recreation potential, mostly in the form of trails. Management of these lands is focused on natural resource conservation, in addition to potential commercial resource extraction of timber products or maple syrup.[22][23]

Communities

# Location Population (2010) Type Area
1 †Buffalo 278,349 City Greater Buffalo
2 Cheektowaga 75,178 CDP Greater Buffalo
3 Tonawanda 58,144 CDP Greater Buffalo
4 West Seneca 44,711 CDP Greater Buffalo
5 Lackawanna 19,949 City Greater Buffalo
6 Kenmore 15,423 Village Greater Buffalo
7 Depew 15,303 Village Greater Buffalo
8 Tonawanda 15,130 City Greater Buffalo
9 Eggertsville 15,019 CDP Greater Buffalo
10 Lancaster 10,352 Village Greater Buffalo
11 Hamburg 9,409 Village Greater Buffalo
12 East Aurora 6,236 Village Greater Buffalo
13 Harris Hill 5,508 CDP Greater Buffalo
14 Williamsville 5,300 Village Greater Buffalo
15 Grandyle Village 4,629 CDP Greater Buffalo
16 Springville 4,296 Village Southern
17 Lake Erie Beach 3,872 CDP Southern
18 Sloan 3,661 Village Greater Buffalo
19 Eden 3,516 CDP Southern
20 Orchard Park 3,246 Village Greater Buffalo
21 Wanakah 3,199 CDP Greater Buffalo
22 Akron 2,868 Village Northeast
23 ‡Gowanda 2,709 Village Southern
24 Clarence 2,646 CDP Greater Buffalo
25 Alden 2,605 Village Northeast
26 Elma Center 2,571 CDP Greater Buffalo
27 Blasdell 2,553 Village Greater Buffalo
28 North Boston 2,521 CDP Southern
29 Town Line 2,367 CDP Northeast
30 Angola 2,127 Village Southern
31 Billington Heights 1,685 CDP Greater Buffalo
32 Angola on the Lake 1,675 CDP Southern
33 North Collins 1,232 Village Southern
34 Holland 1,206 CDP Southern
35 Farnham 386 Village Southern
- Highland-on-the-Lake N/A CDP Southern
- University at Buffalo N/A CDP Buffalo

† - County Seat

‡ - Not Wholly in this County

Towns

 
Map showing the municipalities of Erie County

Hamlets

Indian reservations

See also

References

  1. ^ a b . United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  2. ^ . National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Smyczynski, Christine A. (2005). "Southern Erie County - "The Southtowns"". Western New York: From Niagara Falls and Southern Ontario to the Western Edge of the Finger Lakes. The Countryman Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-88150-655-9.
  4. ^ The Burned-Over District: Evolution of County Boundaries. Oliver Cowdery Home Page 2009-01-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 7 December 2008.
  5. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  6. ^ Klein, Christopher (October 18, 2018). "This New York Village Seceded from the Union...for 85 Years". History (American TV channel). from the original on March 29, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  7. ^ Kwiatkowski, Jane (September 7, 2011). "Secessionist hamlet takes stroll down memory lane; Hamlet of Town Line marks its unique role in the Confederacy". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ . United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on May 19, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  9. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  10. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  11. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  12. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  13. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  14. ^ (PDF). esd.ny.gov. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008.
  15. ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Erie County, New York".
  16. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  17. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Erie County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 25, 2022. - Text list
  18. ^ "District Information & History". Randolph Academy Union Free School District. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  19. ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Erie County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 25, 2022. - Text list
  20. ^ "Carnival Warehouse" (PDF). CarnivalWarehouse.com. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  21. ^ a b Erie County (N.Y.) Department of Parks, Recreation, & Forestry; Erie County (N.Y.) Department of Environment & Planning; Parsons; Envision: The Hough Group; Paradigm Consulting; Wendel-Duchscherer Architects & Engineers (2003). Erie County Parks System Master Plan - Executive Summary (PDF). Erie County. pp. 1–16. (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ a b c d e Erie County (N.Y.) Department of Parks, Recreation, & Forestry; Erie County (N.Y.) Department of Environment & Planning; Parsons; Envision: The Hough Group; Paradigm Consulting; Wendel-Duchscherer Architects & Engineers (2003). Erie County Parks System Master Plan, Volume 1, Section 3 - Overall System Framework (PDF). Erie County. pp. 1–13. (PDF) from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ a b "Bureau of Forestry". Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry (Erie.gov). from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  • "Erie County School Districts 2003-2004". New York State Education Department. Retrieved November 12, 2007.

Further reading

  • Sullivan, James; Williams, Melvin E.; Conklin, Edwin P.; Fitzpatrick, Benedict, eds. (1927), "Chapter IV. Erie County.", History of New York State, 1523–1927 (PDF), vol. 2, New York City, Chicago: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., p. 563-72, hdl:2027/mdp.39015019994048, Wikidata Q114149636

External links

 
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Erie County (New York).
 
Wikisource has the text of a 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article about Erie County, New York.
  • Erie County Bureau of Forestry Trails
  • Erie County Government website (county overview )
  • Erie County Fair
  • Erie County at Curlie
  • The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York
  • The Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority website a New York state public-benefit corporation

Coordinates: 42°45′N 78°47′W / 42.75°N 78.78°W / 42.75; -78.78

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For other counties in the United States named Erie County see Erie County Pennsylvania and Erie County Ohio Erie County is a county along the shore of Lake Erie in western New York State As of the 2020 census the population was 954 236 1 The county seat is Buffalo which makes up about 28 of the county s population 2 Both the county and Lake Erie were named for the regional Iroquoian language speaking Erie tribe of Native Americans who lived in the area before 1654 They were later pushed out by the more powerful Iroquoian nations tribes Erie CountyCountyLeft to right from top Erie County Hall Wendt Beach Park Akron Falls Park Chestnut Ridge Park Canisius College Gateway Park Buffalo and Erie County Botanical GardensFlagSealLocation within the U S state of New YorkNew York s location within the U S Coordinates 42 45 N 78 47 W 42 75 N 78 78 W 42 75 78 78Country United StatesState New YorkFounded1821Named forEriechrononSeatBuffaloLargest cityBuffaloGovernment County ExecutiveMark Poloncarz D Area Total1 227 sq mi 3 180 km2 Land1 043 sq mi 2 700 km2 Water184 sq mi 480 km2 15 Population 2020 Total954 236 Density914 9 sq mi 353 2 km2 Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern Summer DST UTC 4 EDT Congressional districts26th 27thWebsitewww wbr erie wbr govErie County along with its northern neighbor Niagara County makes up the Buffalo Niagara Falls metropolitan area the second largest in the State of New York behind New York City The county s southern part is known as the Southtowns 3 The county has seen one of the highest growth rates of any county in the State of New York from the 2010 to 2020 census Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Rivers streams and lakes 2 2 Adjacent counties and municipality 2 3 Major highways 2 3 1 Erie County routes 2 4 National protected area 2 5 State protected areas 3 Demographics 3 1 2020 Census 4 County government and politics 4 1 Erie County executives 4 2 Elected officials 4 3 County legislature 5 Education 5 1 School districts 5 2 Higher education 6 Attractions and recreation 6 1 Erie County Department of Parks Recreation and Forestry 6 1 1 Heritage parks 6 1 2 Waterfront parks 6 1 3 Conservation parks 6 1 4 Special purpose parks 6 1 5 Forest management areas 7 Communities 7 1 Towns 7 2 Hamlets 7 3 Indian reservations 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksHistory EditWhen counties were established by the English colonial government in the Province of New York in 1683 present day Erie County was part of Indian territory occupied by Iroquoian speaking peoples It was administered as part of New York colony Significant European American settlement did not begin until after the United States had gained independence with the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1783 They forced the Iroquois to cede most of their lands as many had been allies of the British They ambiguous reference required About 1800 the Holland Land Company formed by Americans and Dutch associates extinguished Indian claims by purchasing the land from New York acquired the title to the territory of what are today the eight westernmost counties of New York surveyed their holdings established towns and began selling lots to individuals The state was eager to attract settlers and have homesteads and businesses developed At this time all of western New York was included in Ontario County As the population increased the state legislature created Genesee County in 1802 out of part of Ontario County In 1808 Niagara County was created out of Genesee County In 1821 Erie County was created out of Niagara County encompassing all the land between Tonawanda Creek and Cattaraugus Creek 4 The first towns formed in present day Erie County were the Town of Clarence and the Town of Willink Clarence and Willink comprised the northern and southern portions of Erie county respectively Clarence is still a distinct town but Willink was quickly subdivided into other towns When Erie County was established in 1821 it consisted of the towns of Amherst Aurora Boston Clarence Collins Concord Eden Evans Hamburg Holland Sardinia and Wales The county has a number of houses and other properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Erie County New York 5 In 1861 the hamlet of Town Line in the Town of Lancaster voted 85 40 to secede from the Union 6 Town Line never sought admission into the Confederate States of America and there is no evidence that men from the community ever fought for the Confederacy Some reporting from that time indicates the vote was a joke On January 24 1946 as part of a nationally reported event Town Line voted to officially return to the Union after 85 years of Union secession 7 Geography EditAccording to the U S Census Bureau the county has a total area of 1 227 square miles 3 180 km2 of which 1 043 square miles 2 700 km2 85 is land and 184 square miles 480 km2 15 is water 8 Erie County is in the western portion of upstate New York bordering on the lake of the same name Part of the industrial area that has included Buffalo it is the most populous county in upstate New York outside of the New York City metropolitan area The county also lies on the international border between the United States and Canada bordering the Province of Ontario The northern border of the county is Tonawanda Creek Part of the southern border is Cattaraugus Creek Other major streams include Buffalo Creek Buffalo River Cayuga Creek Cazenovia Creek Scajaquada Creek Eighteen Mile Creek and Ellicott Creek The county s northern half including Buffalo and its suburbs is known as the Northtowns and is relatively flat and rises gently up from the lake The southern half known as the Southtowns 3 is much hillier It has the northwesternmost foothills of the Appalachian Mountains The highest elevation in the county is a hill in the Town of Sardinia that tops out at around 1 940 feet 591 m above sea level The lowest ground is about 560 feet 171 m on Grand Island at the Niagara River The Onondaga Escarpment runs through the northern part of Erie County Rivers streams and lakes Edit Buffalo River Cattaraugus Creek Cayuga Creek Cazenovia Creek Eighteen Mile Creek Ellicott Creek Lake Erie Niagara River Scajaquada Creek Tonawanda Creek Adjacent counties and municipality Edit Niagara County north Genesee County northeast Wyoming County southeast Cattaraugus County south Chautauqua County southwest Niagara Region Ontario Canada northwestMajor highways Edit Interstate 90 New York State Thruway Interstate 190 Niagara Thruway Interstate 290 Youngmann Expressway Interstate 990 Lockport Expressway U S Route 20 Southwestern Boulevard Transit Road Broadway U S Route 20A Big Tree Road U S Route 62 South Park Avenue Bailey Avenue Niagara Falls Boulevard U S Route 219 Southern Expressway New York State Route 5 Hamburg Turnpike Buffalo Skyway Main Street New York State Route 16 Seneca Street New York State Route 33 Kensington Expressway Genesee Street New York State Route 39 New York State Route 78 Transit Road New York State Route 179 Milestrip Expressway Road New York State Route 198 Scajaquada Expressway New York State Route 263 Grover Cleveland Highway Millersport Highway New York State Route 240 Orchard Park Road Harlem Road New York State Route 277 Union Road New York State Route 324 Grand Island Boulevard Sheridan Drive New York State Route 354 Clinton Street New York State Route 400 Aurora Expressway Erie County routes Edit Main article List of county routes in Erie County New York National protected area Edit Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic SiteState protected areas Edit Amherst State Park Town of Amherst Beaver Island State Park Town of Grand Island Buckhorn Island State Park Town of Grand Island Buffalo Harbor State Park City of Buffalo Evangola State Park Towns of Brant and Evans Great Baehre Swamp Wildlife Management Area Town of Amherst Hampton Brook Woods Wildlife Management Area Village of Hamburg Knox Farm State Park Town of East Aurora Motor Island Wildlife Management Area Town of Grand Island Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area Town of Akron Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve Town of Cheektowaga Spicer Creek Wildlife Management Area Town of Grand Island Strawberry Island State Park Town of Townawanda Tillman Road Wildlife Management Area Town of Clarence Woodlawn Beach State Park Town of Hamburg Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area Town of Collins Demographics EditHistorical populationCensus Pop 183035 719 184062 46574 9 1850100 99361 7 1860141 97140 6 1870178 69925 9 1880219 88423 0 1890322 98146 9 1900433 68634 3 1910528 98522 0 1920634 68820 0 1930762 40820 1 1940798 3774 7 1950899 23812 6 19601 064 68818 4 19701 113 4914 6 19801 015 472 8 8 1990968 532 4 6 2000950 265 1 9 2010919 040 3 3 2020954 2363 8 U S Decennial Census 9 1790 1960 10 1900 1990 11 1990 2000 12 2010 2014 1 As of the 2020 13 there were 954 236 people living in the county The population density was 915 people per square mile 353 km2 There were 438 747 housing units at an average density of 421 per square mile 162 km2 The racial makeup of the county was 72 6 White 14 1 Black or African American 0 6 Native American 4 9 Asian 0 03 Pacific Islander 2 3 from other races and 5 4 from two or more races 6 3 of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race 19 6 were of German 17 2 Polish 14 9 Italian 11 7 Irish and 5 0 English ancestry according to Census 2000 91 1 spoke English 3 Spanish and 1 6 Polish as their first language Erie County NY Population 14 There were 380 873 households out of which 29 6 had children under the age of 18 living with them 46 5 were married couples living together 13 7 had a female householder with no husband present and 36 1 were non families 30 5 of all households were made up of individuals and 12 5 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 41 and the average family size was 3 04 In the county the population was spread out with 24 3 under 18 8 7 from 18 to 24 28 4 from 25 to 44 22 7 from 45 to 64 and 15 9 older than 65 The median age was 38 years For every 100 females there were 91 6 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 87 8 males The median income for a household in the county was 38 567 and the median income for a family was 49 490 Males had a median income of 38 703 versus 26 510 for females The per capita income for the county was 20 357 About 9 2 of families and 12 2 of the population were below the poverty line including 17 3 of those under 18 and 7 8 of those older than 65 2020 Census Edit Erie County Racial Composition 15 Race Num Perc White NH 678 236 71 Black or African American NH 129 874 13 6 Native American NH 4 667 0 5 Asian NH 46 090 4 83 Pacific Islander NH 199 0 02 Other Mixed NH 35 512 3 72 Hispanic or Latino 59 658 6 25 County government and politics EditPrior to 1936 Erie County predominantly backed Republican Party candidates with only four Democratic Party candidates winning the county in a presidential election James Buchanan in 1856 George B McClellan in 1864 Grover Cleveland in 1892 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 However starting with the 1936 election it has turned predominantly Democratic since then with only two Republicans carrying the county in a presidential election Dwight D Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 and Richard Nixon in 1972 with Nixon being the most recent In 2016 like many other counties in the Rust Belt Donald Trump drastically expanded the Republican vote share thanks to his appeal to working class whites and Ethnic Catholic voters Four years later in 2020 Joe Biden won 267 270 votes in Erie County more than Barack Obama in 2008 Biden s margin of victory however was smaller than Obama s 2008 victory within the county United States presidential election results for Erie County New York 16 Year Republican Democratic Third partyNo No No 2020 197 552 41 73 267 270 56 46 8 596 1 82 2016 188 303 44 45 215 456 50 86 19 866 4 69 2012 169 675 40 97 237 356 57 31 7 164 1 73 2008 178 815 40 46 256 299 57 99 6 871 1 55 2004 184 423 41 43 251 090 56 41 9 625 2 16 2000 160 176 37 72 240 176 56 56 24 302 5 72 1996 132 343 32 26 224 554 54 74 53 337 13 00 1992 129 444 28 67 196 233 43 46 125 819 27 87 1988 188 796 43 83 238 779 55 43 3 217 0 75 1984 222 882 48 28 237 631 51 47 1 158 0 25 1980 169 209 40 24 215 283 51 20 35 981 8 56 1976 220 310 48 65 229 397 50 66 3 136 0 69 1972 256 462 53 88 218 105 45 82 1 456 0 31 1968 167 853 37 04 250 054 55 18 35 258 7 78 1964 125 962 26 71 344 910 73 14 704 0 15 1960 211 957 43 30 277 203 56 62 404 0 08 1956 292 657 63 68 166 930 36 32 0 0 00 1952 253 927 56 32 196 378 43 56 550 0 12 1948 175 118 45 68 197 618 51 55 10 636 2 77 1944 185 975 48 53 195 905 51 12 1 355 0 35 1940 183 664 49 05 189 779 50 68 992 0 26 1936 152 312 44 51 183 555 53 64 6 341 1 85 1932 141 059 49 86 131 012 46 31 10 859 3 84 1928 144 726 51 36 126 449 44 87 10 614 3 77 1924 112 070 58 53 40 780 21 30 38 630 20 17 1920 99 762 63 22 40 436 25 63 17 598 11 15 1916 53 638 52 35 45 622 44 53 3 200 3 12 1912 19 185 22 54 33 518 39 38 32 410 38 08 1908 52 182 52 36 45 185 45 34 2 293 2 30 1904 49 669 55 73 36 582 41 04 2 881 3 23 1900 44 767 51 66 39 833 45 97 2 057 2 37 1896 45 612 58 57 30 172 38 74 2 095 2 69 1892 32 340 47 28 32 431 47 41 3 632 5 31 1888 31 612 51 06 29 543 47 71 762 1 23 1884 26 249 50 49 24 759 47 62 985 1 89 1880 24 199 53 20 20 848 45 83 442 0 97 1876 20 300 50 85 19 533 48 93 90 0 23 1872 17 831 58 74 12 467 41 07 58 0 19 1868 15 822 52 26 14 454 47 74 0 0 00 1864 13 061 49 42 13 370 50 58 0 0 00 1860 12 430 53 31 10 885 46 69 0 0 00 1856 6 902 34 58 7 536 37 76 5 520 27 66 1852 8 025 51 55 7 033 45 18 510 3 28 1848 7 647 57 12 3 360 25 10 2 381 17 78 1844 6 905 55 82 5 050 40 82 415 3 35 1840 6 787 64 56 3 687 35 07 38 0 36 1836 4 882 64 72 2 661 35 28 0 0 00 1832 4 324 70 46 1 813 29 54 0 0 00 1828 3 331 72 48 1 265 27 52 0 0 00 Erie County executives Edit Name Party TermEdward C Rath Republican 1962 1969B John Tutuska Republican 1969 1971Edward Regan Republican 1972 1978Ed Rutkowski Republican 1979 1987Dennis Gorski Democratic 1988 1999Joel Giambra Republican 2000 2007Chris Collins Republican 2008 2011Mark Poloncarz Democratic 2012 PresentElected officials Edit Office Name Party HometownCounty Executive Mark Poloncarz Democratic BuffaloCounty Comptroller Kevin R Hardwick Democratic TonawandaCounty Clerk Mickey Kearns Republican BuffaloDistrict Attorney John J Flynn Democratic BuffaloCounty Sheriff John C Garcia Republican BuffaloCounty legislature Edit District Title Name Party Hometown1 Howard Johnson Democratic Buffalo2 Chair April N M Baskin Democratic Buffalo3 Lisa M Chimera Democratic Kenmore4 Kevin Hardwick Democratic Tonawanda5 Jeanne Vinal Democratic Amherst6 Christopher D Greene Republican Clarence7 Majority Leader Timothy J Meyers Democratic Cheektowaga8 Frank Todaro Republican Cheektowaga and Lancaster9 John Gilmour Democratic Hamburg10 Minority Leader Joseph Lorigo Conservative West Seneca11 John J Mills Republican Orchard ParkEducation EditSchool districts Edit See also List of school districts in New York School districts include 17 Akron Central School District Alden Central School District Amherst Central School District Attica Central School District Buffalo City School District Cheektowaga Central School District Cheektowaga Maryvale Union Free School District Cheektowaga Sloan Union Free School District Clarence Central School District Cleveland Hill Union Free School District Depew Union Free School District East Aurora Union Free School District Eden Central School District Evans Brant Central School District Lake Shore a k a Lake Shore Central School District Frontier Central School District Grand Island Central School District Gowanda Central School District Hamburg Central School District Holland Central School District Iroquois Central School District Kenmore Tonawanda Union Free School District Lackawanna City School District Lancaster Central School District North Collins Central School District Orchard Park Central School District Springville Griffith Institute Central School District Sweet Home Central School District Tonawanda City School District West Seneca Central School District Williamsville Central School District Yorkshire Pioneer Central School District Special act school districts Randolph Academy Union Free School District In 2011 it took the territory of another special act district Hopevale Union Free School District 18 As of the 2010 U S Census some parts of this county were not in a defined school district with some undefined land and some undefined water 19 Higher education Edit Buffalo State College Canisius College Daemen College D Youville University Erie Community College Hilbert College Medaille College Trocaire College University at Buffalo Villa Maria College Bryant amp Stratton CollegeAttractions and recreation EditErie County is home to three professional teams the NFL s Buffalo Bills the NHL s Buffalo Sabres and the NLL s Buffalo Bandits along with Division I s Buffalo Bulls and MILB s Buffalo Bisons The city of Buffalo also features the Buffalo Zoo Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Burchfield Penney Art Center and Albright Knox Art Gallery all located within a mile of each other in the Delaware Park System Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens and Buffalo Museum of Science in addition to tourist districts such as Canalside and Larkinville The Erie County Fair held every August in the Town of Hamburg from 1820 to 2019 the 2020 event like much everything else across the country was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic is one of the largest county fairs in the United States 20 Erie County Department of Parks Recreation and Forestry Edit The Erie County Department of Parks Recreation and Forestry was established in 1925 with four parks spanning 2 280 acres 9 2 km2 As of 2003 the county managed 38 properties totaling approximately 11 000 acres 45 km2 of land Management objectives include providing and maintaining recreational space and the conservation of the county s natural and historic resources 21 A 2003 Master Plan identified several broad categories of parks operated by the county including heritage parks waterfront parks conservation parks special purpose parks and forest management areas 21 Heritage parks Edit Eternal Flame Falls in Chestnut Ridge Park Erie County s heritage parks include the five original county parks that were established during the 1920s and 1930s These parks are examples of multiple use sites with significant scenic natural and historic features Each park has unique man made structures of historical character many constructed as part of the Works Progress Administration movement in the 1930s 22 Akron Falls Park Established in 1933 acquired by Erie County in 1947 Chestnut Ridge Park Established by Erie County in 1926 Como Lake Park Established in 1923 acquired by Erie County in 1926 Ellicott Creek Park Established by Erie County in 1926 Emery Park Established by Erie County in 1925 Waterfront parks Edit Waterfront parks include the significant scenic sites and recreational trail systems along the county s Lake Erie shoreline 22 Bennett Beach Park Isle View Park Riverwalk Park Wendt Beach ParkConservation parks Edit View of the Scoby Dam at Scoby Dam Park These largely undeveloped parks are managed primarily for conservation of the natural environment and passive nature based outdoor recreation activities These lands are intended to generally remain in a natural state 22 Boston Forest Eighteen Mile Creek Park Franklin Gulf Park Sgt Mark A Rademacher Memorial Park commonly known as Hunters Creek Park Scoby Dam ParkSpecial purpose parks Edit Special purpose parks have unique characteristics that provide specific recreational functions within the county s park system 22 Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Elma Meadows Golf Course Grover Cleveland Golf Course Sprague Brook ParkForest management areas Edit Forest management areas are managed by the Erie County Bureau of Forestry which was established in 1927 These areas include several thousand acres of mostly coniferous plantation style forest much of which was planted on abandoned farmland by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s These areas are located mostly in the rural southern portion of the county 23 These lands have limited recreation potential mostly in the form of trails Management of these lands is focused on natural resource conservation in addition to potential commercial resource extraction of timber products or maple syrup 22 23 Communities Edit Location Population 2010 Type Area1 Buffalo 278 349 City Greater Buffalo2 Cheektowaga 75 178 CDP Greater Buffalo3 Tonawanda 58 144 CDP Greater Buffalo4 West Seneca 44 711 CDP Greater Buffalo5 Lackawanna 19 949 City Greater Buffalo6 Kenmore 15 423 Village Greater Buffalo7 Depew 15 303 Village Greater Buffalo8 Tonawanda 15 130 City Greater Buffalo9 Eggertsville 15 019 CDP Greater Buffalo10 Lancaster 10 352 Village Greater Buffalo11 Hamburg 9 409 Village Greater Buffalo12 East Aurora 6 236 Village Greater Buffalo13 Harris Hill 5 508 CDP Greater Buffalo14 Williamsville 5 300 Village Greater Buffalo15 Grandyle Village 4 629 CDP Greater Buffalo16 Springville 4 296 Village Southern17 Lake Erie Beach 3 872 CDP Southern18 Sloan 3 661 Village Greater Buffalo19 Eden 3 516 CDP Southern20 Orchard Park 3 246 Village Greater Buffalo21 Wanakah 3 199 CDP Greater Buffalo22 Akron 2 868 Village Northeast23 Gowanda 2 709 Village Southern24 Clarence 2 646 CDP Greater Buffalo25 Alden 2 605 Village Northeast26 Elma Center 2 571 CDP Greater Buffalo27 Blasdell 2 553 Village Greater Buffalo28 North Boston 2 521 CDP Southern29 Town Line 2 367 CDP Northeast30 Angola 2 127 Village Southern31 Billington Heights 1 685 CDP Greater Buffalo32 Angola on the Lake 1 675 CDP Southern33 North Collins 1 232 Village Southern34 Holland 1 206 CDP Southern35 Farnham 386 Village Southern Highland on the Lake N A CDP Southern University at Buffalo N A CDP Buffalo County Seat Not Wholly in this County Towns Edit Alden Amherst Aurora Boston Brant Cheektowaga Clarence Colden Collins Concord Eden Elma Evans Grand Island Hamburg Holland Lancaster Marilla Newstead North Collins Orchard Park Sardinia Tonawanda Wales West Seneca Map showing the municipalities of Erie County Hamlets Edit Akron Junction Alden Center Armor Athol Springs Bagdad Bellevue Big Tree Blakeley Blossom Boston Bowmansville Brant Brighton Carnegie Chaffee Clarksburg Cleveland Hill Clifton Heights Collins Center Concord Creekside Crittenden Dellwood Derby Doyle Duells Corner Dutchtown East Amherst East Concord East Eden East Elma East Seneca Ebenezer Eden Valley Ellicott Elma Evans Center Ferry Village Footes Forks Fowlerville Gardenville Getzville Glenwood Green Acres Griffins Mills Holland Hunts Corners Jerusalem Corners Jewettville Kenilworth Lake View Langford Lawtons Locksley Park Looneyville Loveland Marilla Marshfield Millersport Millgrove Morton Corners Mount Vernon Murrays Corner New Ebenezer New Oregon North Bailey North Evans Oakfield Patchin Peters Corners Pine Hill Pinehurst Pontiac Porterville Protection Sand Hill Sandy Beach Scranton Sheenwater Shirley Snyder South Cheektowaga South Newstead South Wales Spring Brook Swifts Mills Taylor Hollow Town Line Station Swormville Walden Cliffs Wales Hollow Water Valley Webster Corners Wende West Alden West Falls Weyer Williston Windom Wolcottsburg Woodlawn Woodside Wyandale Zoar Indian reservations Edit Cattaraugus Reservation Tonawanda ReservationSee also Edit New York state portalErie County Sheriff s Office Erie Township Illinois Erie Township Minnesota List of counties in New York National Register of Historic Places listings in Erie County New YorkReferences Edit a b State amp County QuickFacts United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on June 29 2011 Retrieved October 11 2013 Find a County National Association of Counties Archived from the original on May 31 2011 Retrieved June 7 2011 a b Smyczynski Christine A 2005 Southern Erie County The Southtowns Western New York From Niagara Falls and Southern Ontario to the Western Edge of the Finger Lakes The Countryman Press p 136 ISBN 0 88150 655 9 The Burned Over District Evolution of County Boundaries Oliver Cowdery Home Page Archived 2009 01 29 at the Wayback Machine accessed 7 December 2008 National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service April 15 2008 Klein Christopher October 18 2018 This New York Village Seceded from the Union for 85 Years History American TV channel Archived from the original on March 29 2020 Retrieved March 29 2020 Kwiatkowski Jane September 7 2011 Secessionist hamlet takes stroll down memory lane Hamlet of Town Line marks its unique role in the Confederacy The Buffalo News Archived from the original on July 30 2012 Retrieved September 7 2012 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link 2010 Census Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau August 22 2012 Archived from the original on May 19 2014 Retrieved January 4 2015 U S Decennial Census United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on April 26 2015 Retrieved January 4 2015 Historical Census Browser University of Virginia Library Archived from the original on August 11 2012 Retrieved January 4 2015 Population of Counties by Decennial Census 1900 to 1990 United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 19 2015 Retrieved January 4 2015 Census 2000 PHC T 4 Ranking Tables for Counties 1990 and 2000 PDF United States Census Bureau Archived PDF from the original on December 18 2014 Retrieved January 4 2015 U S Census website United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on December 18 2014 Retrieved January 31 2008 Empire State Development PDF esd ny gov Archived from the original on August 19 2008 P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2020 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Erie County New York Leip David Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections uselectionatlas org Archived from the original on March 23 2018 Retrieved November 15 2016 2020 CENSUS SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP Erie County NY PDF U S Census Bureau Retrieved July 25 2022 Text list District Information amp History Randolph Academy Union Free School District Retrieved July 25 2022 SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP 2010 CENSUS Erie County NY PDF U S Census Bureau Retrieved July 25 2022 Text list Carnival Warehouse PDF CarnivalWarehouse com Retrieved May 22 2019 a b Erie County N Y Department of Parks Recreation amp Forestry Erie County N Y Department of Environment amp Planning Parsons Envision The Hough Group Paradigm Consulting Wendel Duchscherer Architects amp Engineers 2003 Erie County Parks System Master Plan Executive Summary PDF Erie County pp 1 16 Archived PDF from the original on April 2 2015 Retrieved March 7 2015 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link a b c d e Erie County N Y Department of Parks Recreation amp Forestry Erie County N Y Department of Environment amp Planning Parsons Envision The Hough Group Paradigm Consulting Wendel Duchscherer Architects amp Engineers 2003 Erie County Parks System Master Plan Volume 1 Section 3 Overall System Framework PDF Erie County pp 1 13 Archived PDF from the original on May 4 2015 Retrieved March 6 2015 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link a b Bureau of Forestry Erie County Department of Parks Recreation and Forestry Erie gov Archived from the original on February 21 2015 Retrieved March 7 2015 Erie County School Districts 2003 2004 New York State Education Department Retrieved November 12 2007 Further reading EditSullivan James Williams Melvin E Conklin Edwin P Fitzpatrick Benedict eds 1927 Chapter IV Erie County History of New York State 1523 1927 PDF vol 2 New York City Chicago Lewis Historical Publishing Co p 563 72 hdl 2027 mdp 39015019994048 Wikidata Q114149636External links Edit Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Erie County New York Wikisource has the text of a 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article about Erie County New York Erie County Bureau of Forestry Trails Erie County Government website county overview here The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Erie County Fair U S Census Bureau Erie County at Curlie The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo New York The Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority website aNew York state public benefit corporation Coordinates 42 45 N 78 47 W 42 75 N 78 78 W 42 75 78 78 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Erie County New York amp oldid 1133069109, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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