Allegany County (New York)

administration
US state :	new York
Administrative headquarters :	Belmont
Foundation :	April 7, 1806
Demographics
Residents :	48,946  (2010)
Population density :	18.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2,679.0 km²
Water surface :	13.1 km²
map
Website : www.alleganyco.com

Allegany County is a county in the state of New York in the United States . At the 2010 census , the county had 48,946 people and a population density of 18.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Belmont .

geography

Allegany County is located in the fertile plain east of Lake Erie and consists largely of a hilly highlands. The county has an area of ​​2,679.0 square kilometers, of which 13.1 square kilometers are water. The main watercourse is the Genesee River , which flows through the county from south to north. The main road link is Interstate 86 , which runs in an east-west direction.

Surrounding areas

Wyoming County		Livingston County
Cattaraugus County		Steuben County
	McKean County	Potter County

history

The Alfred Steinheim Museum, registered on the National Register of Historic Places .

In the National Register of Historic Places registered Caneadea Bridge .

Before the occupation by European settlers, Allegany was part of the settlement area of ​​the Seneca, one of the five tribes of the Iroquois . After the end of the Revolutionary War and the 1776 and the settlement of land rights between New York and Pennsylvania in the Hartford Treaty (1786), the land was sold to a land development company as part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase . In 1788 and 1797, at two meetings between Indians and colonists, the takeover of land was settled; the Caneadea Reserve was created. But its limits were not respected; In 1825 and 1828 the reserve was divided into settler areas and sold; the Indians left the area in 1830.

From around 1800, the area of ​​what is now New York State was administered primarily by Genesee County , which took up almost the entire state area. With the massive influx of new settlers into the fertile northern plains on the Great Lakes , this administrative unit was divided into smaller and smaller areas. Allegany County was formed from part of Genesee County on April 7, 1806 and named after the Allegwi Indians . The county's first court day was held in Angelica on June 2, 1807 ; on March 11, 1808, the place was permanently set as a county seat and thus as a permanent court and prison location. The courthouse was not built until 1819. In 1858 the administrative seat of the county was divided into two parts: The administration was moved to Belmont , at that time the end point of the Erie Railroad , but the seat of jurisdiction remained in Angelica. This step was controversial for a long time; The dispute was only settled with the transfer of jurisdiction to Belmont in 1892. Belmont is still the seat of the county administration.

As early as 1850, the land was primarily used for dairy farming; the connection to the centers of the Great Lakes and to the Atlantic coast by various railway lines, which crossed the county from around 1835, led to a rapid development of production. For 1865, six large cheese dairies and more than 18,000 dairy cows were documented in Allegany County. To this day, cattle breeding (as meat production) and dairy farming are the main sources of income for the residents; In addition, the cultivation of grain, especially corn, is operated.

26 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 17, 2018).

Population development

Census Results - Allegany County, New York

year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents		1,942	9,330	26,276	40,975	37,808	41,881	40,814	41,810	43,240
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	41,501	41,412	36,842	38.025	39,681	43,784	43,978	46,458	51,742	50,470
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	49,927	48,946

cities and communes

In addition to the towns and reservations listed below, there are ten villages in Allegany County that are not self-governing but are listed separately in the results of the census. One of them is the county's administrative headquarters, Belmont.

Locality	status	Population (2010) [km²]	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Alfred	Town	5,237	81.9	81.5	64.2	11th Mar 1808
Everyone	Town	448	94.7	94.2	4.8	Jan. 31, 1823
Alma	Town	842	94.6	93.8	9.0	Nov 23, 1854
Almond	Town	1,633	118.6	118.4	13.8	16. Mar. 1821
Amity	Town	2,308	89.5	82.2	25.9	Feb. 22, 1830
Andover	Town	1,830	102.3	102.1	17.9	Jan. 28, 1824
Angelica	Town	1,403	94.4	94.3	14.9	Feb 25, 1805
Belfast	Town	1,663	94.6	94.0	17.7	24 Mar 1824	Founding name: Orrinsburgh
Birdsall	Town	221	93.4	93.0	2.4	0May 4, 1829
Bolivar	Town	2,189	92.9	92.9	23.6	Feb. 15, 1825
Burns	Town	1,180	70.6	70.5	16.7	17th Mar 1826
Caneadea	Town	2,542	94.1	92.3	27.5	11th Mar 1808
Centerville	Town	822	91.9	91.8	9.0	Jan. 15, 1819
Clarksville	Town	1,161	94.0	94.0	12.4	May 11, 1835
Cuba	Town	3,243	93.0	91.0	35.6	0Feb. 4, 1822
Friendship	Town	2,004	93.8	93.8	21.4	24 Mar 1815
Genesee	Town	1,693	94.0	93.9	18.0	Apr 16, 1830
Granger	Town	538	83.0	82.7	6.5	Apr 18, 1838	Founding name: West Grove
Grove	Town	548	87.3	86.4	6.3	0March 8 1827	Founding name: Church Tract
Hume	Town	2,071	99.3	98.1	21.1	Feb. 20, 1822
Independence	Town	1,167	89.3	89.3	13.1	16. Mar. 1821
New Hudson	Town	781	94.1	93.7	8.3	Apr 10, 1825	Founding name: Haight
Oil Springs Reservation	reservation	1	1.6	1.5	0.7		is cross-border z. T. in Cattaraugus County
Rushford	Town	1,150	93.5	91.4	12.6	0March 8 1816
Scio	Town	1,833	91.5	91.4	20.1	Jan. 31, 1823
Ward	Town	368	75.6	75.6	4.9	Nov 21, 1856
Wellsville	Town	7,397	95.0	94.9	77.9	Nov 22, 1855
West Almond	Town	334	93.5	93.2	3.6	Apr 15, 1833
Willing	Town	1,228	93.9	93.9	13.1	Nov 19, 1851
host	Town	1,111	93.2	93.1	11.9	Apr 12, 1838

literature

• John Homer French: Gazetteer of the State of New York . RP Smith, Syracuse, NY 1860, pp. 168 ff . Online version as PDF at archive.org , accessed on August 25, 2015.
• Hamilton Child: Gazetteer and Business Directory of the State of Allegany County NY . RP Smith, Syracuse, NY 1875, pp. 21st ff . Online version as PDF at archive.org , accessed on September 9, 2015.

Web links

Commons : Allegany County (New York)  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Allegany County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
2. ↑ History of Belmont on the town's homepage
3. ↑ Entry of Allegany County on City-Data.com (English)
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 17, 2018.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Population 1810–2010 according to census results
6. ↑ John Homer French: Gazetteer of the State of New York . RP Smith, Syracuse, NY 1860.

Coordinates: 42 ° 15 ′  N , 78 ° 1 ′  W