Cattaraugus County

Cattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 80,317. The county seat is Little Valley.

Cattaraugus County is in the southwestern part of the state, immediately north of the Pennsylvania border. The southern part of Cattaraugus County is the only area of western New York that was not covered by the last ice age glaciation and is noticeably more rugged than neighboring areas that had peaks rounded and valleys filled by the glacier. The entire area is actually a dissected plateau of Pennsylvanian and Mississippian age, but appears mountainous to the casual observer. The plateau is an extension of the Allegany Plateau from nearby Pennsylvania. Southern Cattaraugus County is part of the same oil field, and petroleum was formerly a resource of the area. It is now mostly played out, but natural gas continues to be extracted.

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Community Profile

Brooklyn (Cattaraugus County, New York): Community Profile

I've been to the Brooklyn in both Cattaraugus County and Kings County. I've never been to the Brooklyn in Delaware County, although I have been to Harvard in Delaware County. I have to say I like the Brooklyn in Cattaraugus County better -- it's only a short drive from East Otto State forest.

Smallest N.Y. town keeps shrinking but residents hang on

Smallest N.Y. town keeps shrinking but residents hang on

"RED HOUSE, N.Y. β€” The state park destroyed most of this tiny town. Then came the dam, then the Interstate, and, eventually, the bulldozers."

"Sure, there's still a town hall in Red House, which has the smallest population of any town in New York. It's a small, unremarkable white structure, hidden at the bottom of the same mountains once used by Native Americans as a burial ground. A smattering of classical, nostalgic farmhouses, spaced comfortably along a one-mile stretch of Bay State Road, still remain, too, including the childhood home of a former NFL running back."

"But not much of Red House is man-made anymore. The post office, the schoolhouse, the inn, the chemical plant and the lumber railroad have all been erased from memory, without even the slightest bit of remaining evidence to suggest they ever existed. On Monday, the demise continues. Contractors were scheduled to demolish one of the oldest homes in the town."