Allegany County Facts
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Facts of Interest
- Population: 49,927
- Year Organized: 1806
- Area: 1030 Square Miles
- County Seat: Belmont
- Main Industry: Manufacturing
- County Supervisors: 15
- Colleges and Universities: 4
- Communities: 47
- 83 Uniformed Police Officers
- School Districts: 19
- Named by settlers of Western New York
for a trail that followed the Allegany River,
a Delaware Indian word. - Home of the Seneca Oil Springs (Town of Cuba).
- Home of Charles Ingalls, father of Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder.