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Allegany County, New York

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33historic places

—earliest paper

1806formed

46,456pop. 2020

102cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 33 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Alfred, Belmont, Cuba.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

16 of 33 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

33 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Alfred Village Historic District	Alfred	District	1985
Alumni Hall	Alfred	Building	1985
Angelica Park Circle Historic District	Angelica	District	1978
Belmont Grange #1243	Belmont	Building	2006
Belmont Hotel	Belmont	Building	2001
Belmont Literary and Historical Society Free Library	Belmont	Building	2003
Belvidere	Belmont	Building	1972
Bolivar Free Library	Bolivar	Building	2003
Canaseraga Four Corners Historic District	Canaderaga	District	2002
Caneadea Bridge	Caneadea	Structure	1998
Centerville Town Hall	Centerville	Building	2009
Ceres School	Ceres	Building	2010
Christ Episcopal Church	Belvidere	Building	1974
Cuba Cemetery	Cuba	Site	2015
Fireman's Hall	Alfred	Building	1980
Friendship Free Library	Friendship	Building	2008
Main Street Historic District	Cuba	District	1999
McKinney Stables of Empire City Farms	Cuba	Building	1999
Old Allegany County Courthouse	Angelica	Building	1972
Pink House, The	Wellsville	Building	2021
Rail and Titsworth Canal Warehouse	Belfast	Building	2000
Reynolds House, The	Alfred	Building	2022
Smith, Albert, House	Waldwick	Building	1983
South Street Historic District	Cuba	District	1988
Steinheim, Alfred, Museum	Alfred	Building	1973
Terra Cotta Building	Alfred	Building	1972
The Little Genesee Schoolhouse-Genesee District No. 1 School	Little Genesee	Building	2025
The Village of Wellsville East Historic District	Wellsville	District	2025
US Post Office-Wellsville	Wellsville	Building	1989
Van Campen, Moses, House	Angelica	Building	2004
Wellman House	Friendship	Building	1974
Wellsville Erie Depot	Wellsville	Building	1987
West Almond Churches	West Almond	Building	2000

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Allegany was formed in 1806 (1806-04-07) from Genesee.

ALLEGANY created from GENESEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Allegany County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,942	9,330	40,975	41,881	41,810	41,501	36,842	39,681	43,784	43,978	51,742	49,927	46,456

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

102 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 102 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alfred Rural Cemetery	42.26776	-77.77852
Alger Cemetery	42.51923	-78.14359
Allen Cemetery	42.36224	-78.0506
Allentown Cemetery	42.08212	-78.06532
Bailey Hill Cemetery	42.38284	-77.75999
Bates Cemetery	42.47642	-78.20474
Beech Hill Cemetery	42.04923	-77.86333
Bellamy Cemetery	42.08636	-78.00488
Bellville Cemetery	42.33665	-78.24687
Black Creek Cemetery	42.26832	-78.24726
Black Tucker Cemetery	42.20333	-77.88694
Brewer Corners Cemetery	42.47087	-77.91812
Briggs Cemetery	42.00861	-77.81482
Burns Cemetery	42.43465	-77.73798
Cadwell Corners Cemetery	42.52109	-78.29619
Canaseraga Cemetery	42.46189	-77.78172
Caneadea Cemetery	42.3868	-78.15526
Centerville Cemetery	42.48038	-78.25456
Ceres Cemetery	41.99903	-78.27199
Chamberlain Cemetery	42.31451	-78.08431
Christ Church Cemetery	42.25242	-78.06339
Clarksville Cemetery	42.12675	-78.24381
Cole Dike Cemetery	42.15228	-77.85638
County Line Cemetery	42.46922	-78.30806
Cuba Cemetery	42.22193	-78.27017
Dimick Cemetery	42.11549	-78.10123
East Caneadea Cemetery	42.403	-78.09009
East Valley Cemetery	42.1906	-77.768
East Valley Cemetery	42.22506	-77.7561
Fairlawn Cemetery	42.17626	-77.97757
Forest Hills Cemetery	42.22287	-78.04343
Fulmer Valley Cemetery	42.09876	-77.82918
Gate of Heaven Cemetery	42.15263	-77.776
German Settlement Cemetery	42.46434	-77.93769
Graves Cemetery	42.02411	-77.90721
Hallsport Union Cemetery	42.07639	-77.85039
Hardys Corners Cemetery	42.36155	-78.30421
Hillside Cemetery	42.03942	-77.76042
Hillside Cemetery	42.16239	-77.7939
Holy Cross Cemetery	42.45047	-78.11493
Hume Village Cemetery	42.47545	-78.13599
Independence Cemetery	42.08788	-77.78549
Johnson Cemetery	42.12297	-77.9523
Kenyon Road Cemetery	42.02904	-77.80152
Knights Creek Cemetery	42.1291	-78.01887
Lippincott Cemetery	42.36952	-77.79612
Little Genesee Cemetery	42.03766	-78.20617
Maple Grove Cemetery	42.21756	-78.11834
Maple Lawn Cemetery	42.05655	-78.17619
Maplewood Cemetery	42.25186	-77.76551
Marshall Cemetery	42.32681	-78.19247
Mount Hope Cemetery	42.20451	-78.12111
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	42.41149	-78.17
Nile Cemetery	42.17887	-78.14614
North Cuba Cemetery	42.24574	-78.2745
Norton Cemetery	42.21082	-78.01619
Old Burying Grounds	42.39129	-78.25553
Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Cemetery	42.22147	-78.26394
Palmer's Cemetery	42.1753	-77.99095
Phillips Creek Cemetery	42.26071	-77.89541
Pine Grove Cemetery	42.45986	-78.09695
Pioneer Cemetery	42.06049	-77.79609
Podonque Cemetery	42.40325	-78.23526
Potters Field County Home Cemetery	42.29747	-77.97603
Richburg Cemetery	42.08679	-78.15585
Riverside Cemetery	42.34404	-78.10829
Rogers Cemetery	42.1948	-77.99482
Rogers Cemetery	42.45758	-78.19719
Rushford Cemetery	42.39418	-78.25073
Sacred Heart Cemetery	42.11297	-77.93702
Sacred Heart Cemetery	42.21094	-78.13427
Saint Johns Cemetery	42.1539	-77.7823
Saint Joseph's Cemetery	42.16939	-77.98783
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.05714	-78.17576
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.23127	-78.0357
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.46964	-77.77476
Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery	42.38583	-78.01611
Sayers Cemetery	42.3012	-78.19336
Short Tract Cemetery	42.45548	-78.01723
Sortore Cemetery	42.18397	-78.08729

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Dyke	42.13778	-77.89778
Irish Settlement	42.23167	-77.92917

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

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