Little Valley (town), New York
| Little Valley, New York | |
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 Little Valley
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| Coordinates: 42°14′58″N 078°47′59″W / 42.24944°N 78.79972°WCoordinates: 42°14′58″N 078°47′59″W / 42.24944°N 78.79972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Cattaraugus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Peter Wrona (R) |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 29.79 sq mi (77.16 km2) |
| • Land | 29.79 sq mi (77.15 km2) |
| • Water | 0.008 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,740 |
| • Density | 22.6/sq mi (8.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 14755 |
| FIPS code | 36-009-42840 |
| Website | littlevalleyny |
Little Valley is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,740 at the 2010 census. The town is named after its local geographical setting, a relative comparison of two tributaries (the other being the neighboring Great Valley) of the Allegheny River.
The town of Little Valley is centrally located in the county, north of the city of Salamanca. The town contains a village also named Little Valley, which is the county seat.
The first settlement was made around 1807 but was vacated due to frontier warfare in the War of 1812; settlement resumed in 1816, after the war ended. The town of Little Valley was formed in 1818 by splitting the town of Perry, which at the time covered the entire western half of the county. The northwest quadrant of the county became Perrysburg, while the southwest quadrant became Little Valley (also known as the town of Elkdale); at the same time, the town of Great Valley was split off from Olean, and the two towns' proximity and comparable topography gave the towns their names. Little Valley was once an important rail station on the Erie Railroad and notable for its cheese and dairy industry. The location of the railroad resulted in moving the county seat to the village of Little Valley, which was also later connected to Salamanca by a streetcar line.
The towns of Conewango (1823), Napoli (1823), Mansfield (1930), New Albion (1930), and Bucktooth (1855, renamed Salamanca in 1864) were all formed from Little Valley.
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