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Chautauqua County History

Chautauqua County, the western gateway to New York State, occupies the extreme southwest corner of our state. With its two cities, Jamestown and Dunkirk, its twenty-seven towns and fifteen villages, it covers 1,065 square miles of Lake Erie shoreline, there is no place in the county more than twenty-five miles from open water.

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  • Population: 139,750
  • Year Organized: 1808
  • Area: 1062 Square Miles

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Census Information

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Chautauqua County Website

www.co.chautauqua.ny.us/
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Last modified: June 04, 2008
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