Cheektowaga (town), New York
Cheektowaga, New York State New York Erie County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Cheektowaga (town) highlighted.svg Location in Erie County and the state of New York.
Cheektowaga is a town in Erie County, New York, United States.
As of the 2010 census, it had a populace of 88,226. The town is in the north-central part of the county.
It is the second biggest suburb of Buffalo, after the town of Amherst.
The town of Cheektowaga contains the village of Sloan and half of the village of Depew.
The town is home to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Erie County's principal airport. 6 Twin suburbs Sister metros/cities Cheektowaga was first settled by the Seneca citizens of the Iroquois Confederacy, who titled the locale Chictawauga, meaning "land of the crabapples" in the Seneca language.
Cheektowaga was formed from the town of Amherst on March 22, 1839, and upon the formation of West Seneca on October 16, 1851, was reduced to its present limits about 30 square miles (78 km2).
Originally a non-urban farming area, the town was extensively advanced during the post-World War II subdivision boom of the 1950s.
Cheektowaga has a large Polish-American community, much of which relocated from Buffalo's East Side, and about 39.9% of populace is of Polish heritage. Cheektowaga town hall, off Broadway (NY 130) According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 29.5 square miles (76.4 km2), of which 29.4 square miles (76.2 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.21%, is water. The town is bordered by Lancaster on the east, West Seneca on the south, the town/city of Buffalo on the west, and on the north by Amherst.
Cheektowaga - A census-designated place corresponding to all of the town outside the villages of Sloan and Depew.
Cleveland Hill - A neighborhood positioned on the north town line; has its own school district.
Depew - The village of Depew (shared with the town of Lancaster) is in the easterly part of the town.
Doyle - A neighborhood near the town line.
Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve A conservation region in the south central part of the town.
South Cheektowaga - Neighborhood on the border of West Seneca near French Road.
Williamsville - A small part of the village of Williamsville (shared with the town of Amherst).
In the town, the populace was spread out with 20.6% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Cheektowaga is positioned near many expressways, including the New York Thruway.
The east town line is marked by New York State Route 78 (Transit Road).
New York State Route 240 (Harlem Road) and New York State Route 277 (Union Road) are primary north-south routes through the town.
New York State Route 33 (Kensington Expressway), Walden Avenue, and William Street access the New York State Thruway, which is also runs north-south through the town, traveling from the Amherst town line in the north, south to the West Seneca town line in the southwest corner of town.
New York State Route 130 (Broadway) is an east-west roadway from the Buffalo town/city line to the Depew village line.
Interstate 190, travels in the town from I-90 to Buffalo City Line and beyond into Downtown Buffalo and north to Niagara Falls.
Route 20 (Transit Road) is a north-south roadway that runs concurrently with NY 78 along Cheektowaga's east border with Lancaster, south of Depew.
New York State Route 354 (Clinton Street) is an east-west roadway through the extreme southwest corner of town, and provides the southern border with West Seneca.
Gabryszak, former New York State Assemblyman who previously served as town supervisor Paul Tokasz, retired New York State Assemblyman Angela Wozniak, current New York State Assemblywoman, former town council member a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cheektowaga town, Erie County, New York".
"Cheektowaga CDP, New York." Cheektowaga Bee journal article about the tornado (Cheektowaga Bee website) "Town of Cheektowaga - History".
Town of Cheektowaga.
United States summary, 1980-2000 census of population.
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