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36-591: It rises in the hills of northern Allegany County, New York approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Dansville, New York . It flows east into northern Steuben County, New York , then generally southeast past Hornell, New York and Canisteo, New York . It joins the Tioga from the west in southeastern Steuben County, approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of the Pennsylvania state line and 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Corning, New York . The origin of

72-628: A language family of indigenous peoples of North America . They are known for their general lack of labial consonants . The Iroquoian languages are polysynthetic and head-marking . As of 2020, almost all surviving Iroquoian languages are severely or critically endangered , with some languages having only a few elderly speakers remaining. The two languages with the most speakers, Mohawk (Kenien'kéha) in New York and Canada, and Cherokee in Oklahoma and North Carolina, are spoken by less than 10% of

108-600: Is part of New York's 23rd congressional district . In the New York State Senate , it is part of the 57th district and is represented by Republican George M. Borrello, and the 58th district is represented by Thomas F. O'Mara. In the New York State Assembly , the county is in the 148th Assembly District represented by Republican Joseph Giglio. The Allegany Board of Legislators consists of 15 members from five three-member districts. As of 2023 ,

144-536: The Allegheny River , as its name would suggest. The highest point in the county is Alma Hill , with an elevation of 2,548 feet (777 meters) above sea level. This is the highest point in the state west of the Catskill Mountains. The highest point of Interstate 86 is located in the town of West Almond with an elevation of 2,110 feet. This is also believed to be the highest point of any interstate in

180-1028: The Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES include: Andover Central, Whitesville Central, Wellsville Central, Bolivar-Richburg Central, Scio Central, Genesee Valley Central, Belfast Central, Fillmore Central, Friendship Central, and Cuba-Rushford Central. Districts with their buildings outside the County include Portville, Pioneer, Letchworth, and Keshequa. There are two private schools: Immaculate Conception in Wellsville and Houghton Academy in Houghton. There are also two Montessori Schools in Wellsville and Alfred. Allegany County comprises 29 towns and 10 villages. † - County seat ‡ - Not wholly in this county 42°15′N 78°01′W  /  42.25°N 78.02°W  / 42.25; -78.02 Iroquoian languages The Iroquoian languages are

216-608: The New York State College of Ceramics (a member of SUNY ), Alfred State College , and Houghton University . The county has twelve school districts with their buildings in the county and parts of an additional six districts. Districts include: Alfred-Almond Central, Canaseraga Central that are part of the Greater Southern Tier BOCES with a facility in Hornell. Districts in association with

252-501: The Ossian, New York , area to Livingston County, and establishing the current border between them. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 1,034 square miles (2,680 km ), of which 1,029 square miles (2,670 km ) is land and 5.1 square miles (13 km ) (0.5%) is water. Allegany County is in the southwestern part of New York State, along the Pennsylvania border. Allegany County does not lie along

288-1114: The American South. They are believed to have spoken an Iroquoian language but documentation is lacking. Attempts to link the Iroquoian, Siouan , and Caddoan languages in a Macro-Siouan family are suggestive but remain unproven ( Mithun 1999 :305). As of 2012, a program in Iroquois linguistics at Syracuse University , the Certificate in Iroquois Linguistics for Language Learners , is designed for students and language teachers working in language revitalization . Six Nations Polytechnic in Ohsweken, Ontario offers Ogwehoweh language Diploma and Degree Programs in Mohawk or Cayuga . Starting in September 2017,

324-590: The Board consists of 15 Republicans. The current chairman is W. Brooke Harris. The County Administrator is Carissa M. Knapp. Allegany County is divided into 29 towns and 10 villages. There are no cities as designated by New York State Law. The border between Allegany and Steuben County runs through the Village of Almond . The towns and villages by County Legislative District are as follows: District I: Angelica, Belfast, Caneadea, Centerville, Granger, Hume, Rushford, and

360-726: The Conestoga Confederacy and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy were defeated and scattered, migrating to form new tribes or adopted into others. The Iroquoian peoples had a practice of adopting valiant enemies into the tribe; they also adopted captive women and children to replace members who had died. The group known as the Meherrin were neighbors to the Tuscarora and the Nottoway ( Binford 1967 ) in

396-567: The New York State Oil Producers Association sponsored the dedication of a monument at the site describing the history of the oil industry in North America. There is a small park with parking and a footbridge to the monument. The remainder of the reservation is mostly utilized for cottages on Cuba Lake , Seneca-run gas stations, and woodlands. Higher education facilities include Alfred University ,

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432-569: The New York. The county is unique from a watershed perspective as it is providing water to three major watersheds of North America: The eastern part near Alfred has Canacadea Creek that goes into the Canisteo River, Susquehanna River and eventually to Chesapeake Bay. The Genesee River bisects the county from south to north, flowing north out of the County through Letchworth State Park with its three waterfalls on to Rochester over three more waterfalls to its mouth on Lake Ontario and then on to

468-697: The St. Lawrence River and Atlantic Ocean. The southwestern part of the County flows into the Allegheny River that flows into the Ohio and then to the Mississippi River basin to the Gulf of Mexico. In June 1972 the remnants of Hurricane Agnes stalled over the area, dropping more than 20 inches (510 mm) of rain. Flooding took place in the valley communities of Wellsville, Belmont, Belfast, and others in

504-428: The age of 18 living with them, 54.20% were married couples living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. 26.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.04. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.40% under

540-468: The age of 18, 15.50% from 18 to 24, 23.90% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.10 males. The median income for a household in the county was $ 32,106, and the median income for a family was $ 38,580. Males had a median income of $ 30,401 versus $ 21,466 for females. The per capita income for

576-438: The county by 3 points. In 2010, Andrew Cuomo lost by a wide margin while Senator Chuck Schumer carried it by a narrow margin of 49.46% to Jay Townsend's 48.86% a margin of 78 votes. It was one of only two counties that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand lost to Wendy Long in 2012 . In the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, Republican Donald Trump received over two-thirds, the first for a Republican since 1988. Allegany County

612-420: The county was $ 14,975. About 10.50% of families and 15.50% of the population were below the poverty line , including 19.20% of those under age 18 and 7.50% of those age 65 or over. Allegany County is considered to be a strongly Republican county. In 2004, it voted for George W. Bush over John Kerry 63% to 34%, and in 2008 it voted for John McCain over Barack Obama 59% to 39%. It has been reported that in

648-597: The county. Long a necessary transportation waterway for the Seneca and other Native Americans, and successive European-American settlers, since the late 20th century, the Genesee River has been extremely popular with canoeists. The river is also favored by fishermen as it abounds in smallmouth bass , trout and panfish . As of the census of 2020, there were 46,456 people. Based on earlier (2000) censuses, there were 18,009 households, and 12,192 families residing in

684-710: The county. The population density was 48 people per square mile (19 people/km ). There were 24,505 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile (9.3/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 97.03% White , 0.72% Black or African American , 0.28% Native American , 0.72% Asian , 0.37% from other races , and 0.88% from two or more races. 0.91% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 22.3% identified as being of German , 16.6% English , 13.8% Irish , 11.9% American and 7.0% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000 . 96.5% spoke English and 1.3% Spanish as their first language. There were 18,009 households, out of which 31.50% had children under

720-403: The current border between Allegany and Wyoming counties. On May 11, 1846, Allegany County lost 50 square miles (100 km ) to Livingston County , reducing the total to 1,090 square miles (2,800 km ), and establishing the western portion of the current border with Livingston County. On March 23, 1857, Allegany County lost another 40 square miles (100 km ) to Livingston County, passing

756-417: The current border between Genesee and Steuben counties, and reduced the size of Allegany County to 1,200 square miles (3,100 km ). On June 12, 1812, the legislature authorized the attachment of Cattaraugus County, New York , to Allegany County for administration reasons, but for practical reasons this action did not take place at that time. However, on April 13, 1814, the eastern half of Cattaraugus County

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792-584: The eastern end of Lake Erie placed them between the larger confederations. To the east of the Wenro, beyond the Genesee Gorge , were the lands of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. To the southeast, beyond the headwaters of the Allegheny River , lay the Conestoga (Susquehannock). The Conestoga Confederacy and Erie were militarily powerful and respected by neighboring tribes. By 1660 all of these peoples but

828-584: The last 170 years, the only Democratic candidates to win were Franklin Pierce in 1852 and Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Even in 1964, when Republican nominee Barry Goldwater lost the county by 14 points, he still managed to carry the towns of Centerville, Caneadea, Granger, Hume, and Rushford. In 2006, neither Democrat Eliot Spitzer nor Hillary Clinton carried it in their otherwise landslide elections for governor and US senator, respectively. Eliot Spitzer lost 48.98% to John Faso 's 49.03%. Hillary Clinton lost

864-741: The mid-nineteenth century, the Genesee Valley Canal was built to link southern markets to the Great Lakes and Mohawk River . The county was also served by railroads, which soon superseded the canals in their capacity for carrying freight. Part of the Oil Springs Reservation , controlled by the Seneca Nation , is located in the county. For centuries, Allegany County was the territory of the Seneca people , at

900-702: The name of the river is obscure, likely from the Algonquian languages subfamily of American indigenous languages meaning either " pickerel " or "head of water". The Canisteo River empties via the Tioga into the Chemung River , and it into the Susquehanna River . This allowed goods transported on the Canisteo River to reach the Atlantic via the ports of Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland , midway between Baltimore and Philadelphia. Prior to

936-589: The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, this was western New York State's most direct route for products going to market. As on other rivers in the Susquehanna basin, transportation on the Canisteo before the middle of the 19th century was often accomplished by arks up to 75 feet (23 m) long. Arkport, New York , on the Canisteo River, was the highest navigable point in the Susquehanna watershed. Since

972-549: The population was 46,456. Its county seat is Belmont . Its name derives from a Lenape word, applied by European-American settlers of Western New York State to a trail that followed the Allegheny River ; they also named the county after this. The county is part of the Western New York region of the state. The county is bisected by the Genesee River , flowing north to its mouth on Lake Ontario . During

1008-571: The populations of their nations. † — language extinct/dormant Evidence is emerging that what has been called the Laurentian language appears to be more than one dialect or language. Ethnographic and linguistic field work with the Wyandot tribal elders ( Barbeau 1960 ) yielded enough documentation for scholars to characterize and classify the Huron and Petun languages. The languages of

1044-468: The river destroyed the Erie Railroad line south of Hornell and New York Route 36 between Canisteo and Hornell, which was rebuilt further from the river. 42°23′22.8″N 77°43′50″W  /  42.389667°N 77.73056°W  / 42.389667; -77.73056 Allegany County, New York Allegany County is a county in the U.S. state of New York . As of the 2020 census ,

1080-590: The tribes that constituted the tiny Wenrohronon , the powerful Conestoga Confederacy and the confederations of the Neutral Nation and the Erie Nation are very poorly documented in print. The Huron ( Wyandot people ) referred to the Neutral people as Atiwandaronk, meaning 'they who understand the language'. The Wenro and Neutral are historically grouped together, and geographically the Wenro's range on

1116-480: The upper headwaters went through virgin forest, an early timber industry developed. Logs were floated down the river after being cut. Livestock and crops soon followed. In the floods of 1936 , the river overflowed and inundated parts of the Canisteo and Hornell , leading to the construction of flood control systems in both communities. The only flooding since then was from Hurricane Agnes of 1972, in which

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1152-408: The village of Angelica. District II: Amity, Clarksville, Cuba, Friendship, New Hudson, Ward, and the villages of Belmont and Cuba. District III: Alma, Bolivar, Genesee, Independence, Scio, Willing, Wirt, and the villages of Bolivar and Richburg. District IV: Andover, Wellsville, and the villages of Andover and Wellsville. District V: Alfred, Allen, Almond, Birdsall, Burns, Grove, West Almond, and

1188-637: The villages of Alfred, Almond, and Canaseraga. The Oil Springs Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Seneca Nation shared with Cattaraugus County having a total area of only one square mile (2.6 km ). This is the site of the famed spring described by the Franciscan Missionary Joseph DeLa Roch D'Allion in 1627, the first recorded mention of oil on the North American Continent. In 1927,

1224-644: The westernmost nation of the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee , a confederacy of Iroquoian languages -speaking peoples. European-American permanent settlement did not take place until after the American Revolutionary War and the forced cession by the Seneca of most of their lands in western New York. New York State sold off the lands cheaply to attract new European-American settlers and agricultural development. Allegany County

1260-583: Was created by the state legislature on April 7, 1806, when Genesee County, New York , was partitioned to set aside some 1,570 square miles (4,000 km ) to the new county. The first County Seat was established at Angelica, New York , where it remained for half a century. It was later moved to Belmont , a village located along the Genesee River . On March 11, 1808, the borders were adjusted so that 230 square miles (600 km ) of Steuben County passed to Allegany County, and 600 miles (1,000 km) of Allegany County passed to Genesee County. This established

1296-446: Was so attached and administered from Belmont. This attachment was ended on March 28, 1817. With continued settlement through the mid-nineteenth century, the legislature periodically adjusted county borders as new counties were organized in western New York. On April 1, 1846, Allegany County lost 120 square miles (310 km ) to Wyoming County , reducing the size of Allegany County to 1,140 square miles (3,000 km ), and establishing

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