New Albion, New York
| New Albion, New York | |
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 New Albion
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| Coordinates: 42°18′47″N 78°52′18″W / 42.31306°N 78.87167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Cattaraugus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Lloyd J. Chilson (R) |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 35.8 sq mi (92.8 km2) |
| • Land | 35.6 sq mi (92.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,801 ft (549 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,972 |
| • Density | 55/sq mi (21.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 36-49880 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979253 |
| Website | www |
New Albion is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,972 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Albion in Orleans County, New York, the source of some early settlers. New Albion is in the northwest quadrant of the county, northwest of the city of Salamanca.
From approximately the 1640s, the area was in the domain of the Seneca tribe and was first settled by outsiders around 1818. The town of New Albion was established in 1880 from part of the town of Little Valley. The oldest business community in the town was New Albion with its first store opening in 1833. (New Albion, while maintaining a cluster of residences, no longer has any businesses.) Later the village of Cattaraugus surpassed New Albion.
"New Albion" is also a name that was once applied to the east coast of North America.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.8 km2), of which 35.6 square miles (92.3 km2) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km2), or 0.54%, is water.
New York State Route 353 is an important north-south highway in the town, as is Cattaraugus County Route 5, which parallels Route 353 to the southwest. County Route 6 enters the town from the southwest, while County Route 12 enters from the northeast. County Route 76 (Lovers Lane Road) bypasses the village of Cattaraugus en route to Otto, but unstable ground makes that road unsuitable as a major thoroughfare.
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