The towns and cities of Western New York were created by the U.S. state of New York as municipalities in order to give residents more direct say over local government.[1] Western New York (consisting of the Buffalo Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area and other counties west of the Genesee River) is an eight-county area–Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Cenesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming.
The land comprising Western New York was owned by the Seneca prior to the Holland Purchase at the Treaty of Big Tree in 1797, in which most of the land was purchased by the Holland Land Company. The company managed real estate and settlement in the region over the subsequent decades, selling the last of the land in 1839, and facilitated the creation of new counties and municipalities in the area.[citation needed] Western New York was initially organized as part of Ontario County before the creation of Genesee County in 1803.[2]
Allegany County
editCattaraugus County
editChautauqua County
editErie County
editGenesee County
edit| Pembroke 1812[2] | Darien 1832[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alexander 1812[2] | Gerrysville 1826 Alabama from 1828[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bergen 1812[2] | Byron 1820[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethany 1812[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shelby 1818[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ridgeway 1812[2] | For further descendants see Orleans County | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batavia 1802[2] | Batavia (city) 1823[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chautauqua 1804[2] | For further descendants see Chautauqua County | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elba 1820[2] | Oakfield 1842[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caledonia 1802[2] | Bellona 1812-1813 Le Roy from 1813[2] | Stafford 1820[2] | Pavilion 1841[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leicester 1802[2] | Perry 1814[2] | Covington 1817[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Notes
| [A] = A part of Genesee County. | |||||
| [B] = A part of Livingston County. | |||||
| [C] = A part of Genesee County until 1841, thereafter Wyoming County. | |||||
| [D] = A part of Genesee County until 1808, thereafter Chautauqua County. | |||||
| [E] = A part of Genesee County until 1824, thereafter Orleans County. | |||||
Niagara County
editOrleans County
editWyoming County
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Laws of the State of New York Passed at the Sessions of the Legislature Held in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, inclusive, Being the Eight, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh, sessions. Vol. II. Weed, Parsons and Company/State of New York. 1886. p. 748. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v French, John H. (1860). Gazetteer of the State of New York. R. Pearsall Smith.
new york gazetteer 1860.