Cattaraugus County Facts
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Facts of Interest
- Population: 83,955
- Year Organized: 1808
- Area: 1,310 Square Miles
- County Seat: Little Valley
- Main Industry: Manufacturing
- County Supervisors: 21
- County Nursing Homes: 2
- Colleges and Universities: 1
- State Parks: 1
- Communities: 53
- 94 Uniformed Police Officers
- School Districts: 13
- Named from a Seneca Indian word that means “bad smelling banks.” The name refers to the odor of natural gas leaking from rock seams.
- Home of the first Petroleum deposit discovered in America in 1627.
- Home of the Ellicottville Championship Rodeo, one of the largest rodeos in the northeast United States.