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Cattaraugus County, New York

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38historic places

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1808formed

77,042pop. 2020

103cemeteries

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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 38 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Olean, Ellicottville, Portville.

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

22 of 38 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

38 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Aiken, John J., House	Ellicottville	Building	2013
Allegany Council House	Jimerstown, Allegany Indian Territories	Building	2017
Bank of Gowanda	Gowanda	Building	2001
Beardsley-Oliver House	Olean	Building	2008
Bedford Corners Historic District	Portville	District	2003
Bryant Hill Cemetery	Ellicottville	Site	2003
Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building	Little Valley	Building	2025
Cattaraugus Village Commercial Historic District	Cattaraugus	District	2014
Conklin Mountain House	Olean	Building	1998
East Otto Union School	East Otto	Building	2004
Ellicottville Historic District	Ellicottville	District	1991
Ellicottville Town Hall	Ellicottville	Building	1973
First Congregational Church of Otto	Otto	Building	1999
Gladden Windmill	Napoli	Structure	1973
Gowanda Village Historic District	Gowanda	District	1986
House at 520 Hostageh Road	Rock City	Building	2009
Jefferson Street Cemetery	Ellicottville	Site	2012
Kimble-Nellé House	Gowanda	Building	2021
Leon Grange No. 795	Leon	Building	2014
Leon United Methodist Church	Leon	Building	2000
North Lyndon Schoolhouse	Lyndon	Building	2000
Oak Hill Park Historic District	Olean	District	1997
Olean Armory	Olean	Building	1995
Olean Public Library	Olean	Building	1985
Olean School #10	Olean	Building	2010
Park Square Historic District	Franklinville	District	1986
Pfeiffer-Wheeler American Chestnut Cabin	Portville	Building	2002
Portville Free Library	Portville	Building	1991
Randolph Historic District	Randolph	District	2012
Robbins, Simeon B., House	Franlinville	Building	2003
Salem Welsh Church	Freedom	Building	1995
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Complex	Olean	Building	2001
Temple B'Nai Israel	Olean	Building	2012
US Post Office-Little Valley	Little Valley	Building	1989
US Post Office-Olean	Olean	Building	1989
Union and State Streets Historic District	Olean	District	2015
Wheeler, William E., House	Portville	Building	2002
Zawatski Site	Killbuck		1973

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cattaraugus was formed in 1808 (1808-03-11) from Allegany, Genesee.

CATTARAUGUS created from ALLEGANY and GENESEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cattaraugus County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,090	28,872	43,886	55,806	65,643	71,323	72,652	77,901	80,187	85,697	83,955	77,042

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

103 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 103 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abbotts Cemetery	42.25723	-78.31775
Allegany Cemetery	42.09676	-78.49161
Annis Cemetery	42.23254	-78.76799
Ashford Hollow Cemetery	42.40588	-78.68744
Axeville Cemetery	42.24386	-78.95085
B'nai Israel Cemetery	42.12445	-78.41227
Barber Cemetery	42.3907	-78.8546
Bond Cemetery	42.48464	-78.64269
Bowen Cemetery	42.30825	-78.71766
Bristol Cemetery	42.22082	-78.31117
Broadway Cemetery	42.44533	-78.92892
Brooklyn Cemetery	42.43599	-78.7517
Bryant Hill Cemetery	42.30527	-78.60138
Bunker Hill Cemetery	42.12819	-78.8828
Cadiz Cemetery	42.31803	-78.46664
Calvary Cemetery	42.157	-78.69447
Chamberlain Cemetery	42.21923	-78.63681
Chestnut Hill Cemetery	42.0429	-78.33139
Cole Cemetery	42.23711	-78.52343
Cottage Cemetery	42.42406	-79.03504
Crawford Cemetery	42.17515	-78.7492
Delevan Cemetery	42.48126	-78.47158
East Hill Cemetery	42.35541	-78.82853
East Otto Cemetery	42.39016	-78.75904
East Portville Cemetery	42.01353	-78.31515
East Randolph Cemetery	42.17183	-78.95542
Eddyville Cemetery	42.33239	-78.7616
Ellicott Street Catholic Cemetery	42.16222	-78.68667
Elton Cemetery	42.4472	-78.42806
Farmersville Cemetery	42.39166	-78.36913
Fitch Cemetery	42.25544	-78.43773
Fivemile Cemetery	42.17291	-78.50104
Franktown Cemetery	42.43653	-78.69677
Freedom Cemetery	42.48336	-78.33687
Green Cemetery	42.19928	-78.64856
Hinsdale Cemetery	42.1817	-78.38023
Holland Cemetery	42.43646	-78.61773
Holy Cross Cemetery	42.28451	-78.65881
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery	42.3585	-78.83828
Ischua Cemetery	42.25029	-78.39575
Jefferson Street Cemetery	42.27047	-78.66884
Jolls Cemetery	42.43749	-78.96525
Kendall Flats Cemetery	42.31626	-78.95448
Kill Buck Cemetery	42.15744	-78.6765
Kimball Cemetery	42.41984	-78.61207
Liberty Park Cemetery	42.32398	-78.86522
Limestone Cemetery	42.03665	-78.63395
Little Clear Creek Cemetery	42.22896	-79.05829
Little Valley Rural Cemetery	42.25184	-78.805
Lower New Albion Cemetery	42.30319	-78.91189
Malks Cemetery	42.36156	-78.92053
Maple Grove Cemetery	42.21878	-78.85521
Maple Grove Cemetery	42.41854	-78.4998
Maple Grove Cemetery	42.46369	-78.38645
Maple Hill Cemetery	42.20685	-78.42419
Maples Cemetery	42.3354	-78.73481
Markhams Cemetery	42.40367	-78.99719
McKinstry Cemetery	42.46772	-78.50899
Mount Hope Cemetery	42.39184	-78.60788
Mount Prospect Cemetery	42.33907	-78.4487
Mount View Cemetery	42.06834	-78.43409
Niles Cemetery	42.27454	-78.69431
North Otto Cemetery	42.41482	-78.83381
Old Town Cemetery	42.04594	-78.91376
Park Lawn Cemetery	42.37388	-78.96277
Perrysburg Cemetery	42.45719	-79.05377
Pigeon Valley Cemetery	42.2334	-78.88874
Pioneer Methodist Cemetery	42.45772	-78.94347
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	42.1254	-78.41105
Portville Cemetery	42.07713	-78.37162
Randolph Cemetery	42.16022	-78.99262
Rawson Cemetery	42.33141	-78.30969
Riceville Cemetery	42.44805	-78.59916
Root Cemetery	42.26837	-78.54229
Rugg Town Cemetery	42.47647	-79.04658
Rumsey Cemetery	42.31921	-78.87046
Rutledge Rural Cemetery	42.23903	-79.02646
Saint Bonaventure Cemetery	42.08684	-78.48229
Saint Johns Cemetery	42.3911	-78.60611
Saint Pacificus Catholic Cemetery	42.20375	-78.53296

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

Historical markers

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