Erie County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Clarence highlighted.svg Clarence is a town positioned in the northeastern part of Erie County, New York, United States, northeast of Buffalo.
The populace was 30,673 as stated to the 2010 census. This represents an increase of 17.42% from the 2000 census figure. The Clarence census-designated place is situated in the southeast part of the town and roughly corresponds to a postal precinct with ZIP code 14031 and 14221 in the side which it shares with close-by Williamsville.
The town is titled in honor of Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (1765-1837), the third son of King George III and later king himself, as William IV.
Clarence was the first town to be established in Erie County (1808), and many other towns, villages, and metros/cities have been formed from parts of this initial town.
In 1810, the town of Buffalo, from which the town/city of Buffalo later originated, was divided out of Clarence.
Then in 1823, Newstead and Alden were formed in the order given from the east and south parts of Clarence.
The defunct town of Willink was also a origin of new towns, primarily in the south part of the county, being completely partitioned for this purpose.
When Genesee County was established in 1802, all of the region was part of the town of Batavia, the single, initial town of Genesee County.
Clarence was, along with Willink, originally part of Genesee County.
Clarence was split off from Willink in 1804, before Niagara County was created from part of Genesee County in 1808.
Clarence (in the north) and Willink (in the south) then comprised the entire region of what would, in 1821, turn into Erie County.
He settled in the southeast part of the town, now known as Clarence.
In 1807, Asa Harris, a former colonial officer from the American Revolution, established a tavern in the town in the improve of Harris Hill in the southeast part of Clarence.
Some have suggested that the town is titled after a type of carriage, called a clarence.
National Gypsum and Atlas Gypsum directed mines in the 20th century west of Clarence Center north of Roll Road near the intersection with Harris Hill Road.
The north border of the town is marked by Tonawanda Creek and is the border with Niagara County.
New York State Route 5, called Main Street locally, passes athwart the south part of the town.
NY Route 78, Transit Road, marks the west town line.
The New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) is immediately south of the town.
Town government offices are positioned in Clarence Center.
Clarence, Iowa, is titled after the town of Clarence.
Clarence is northeast of the town/city of Buffalo, west of the town/city of Batavia, and south of the town/city of Lockport.
The following suburbs border Clarence: Town of Lockport, Niagara County - north I-90.svg NYS Thruway Sign.svg Interstate 90 (New York State Thruway) passes through the southeasternmost corner of Clarence before entering the town of Lancaster, where it travels east west just south of the Clarence border.
NY-5.svg New York State Route 5 (Main Street) is an east west highway that passes through the southern half of town from Amherst to Newstead.
NY-78.svg New York State Route 78 (Transit Road) is a north south highway that marks the west town line.
NY-324.svg New York State Route 324 (Sheridan Drive) is an east west highway through the town from the Amherst town line to its easterly end at Main Street (NY 5).
Beeman Creek Park is an undeveloped county park in the northeast part of the town.
Clarence (also called "Clarence Hollow", or just "The Hollow") is in the southeast and is a census-designated place.
The seat of the town government is in the Clarence postal zone, just south of the hamlet of Clarence Center.
Clarence Aerodrome (D51) is a small, grass-strip airport in the northwest part of the town.
Clarence Center (formerly "Van Tines Corners") lies near the middle of the town.
It is a small hamlet (and census-designated place) with the most densely populated neighborhood situated around the intersection of Goodrich Road and Clarence Center Road.
Clarence Center is also a postal ZIP code 14032, covering most of the north part of the town.
East Amherst (formerly "Transit Station") is an unincorporated community, or hamlet, on the west side of the town that is mostly in the town of Amherst.
Gunnville is a former barns station in the south part of the town, now only remembered as the origin of the name for Gunnville Road.
Harris Hill is an extensive improve (a census-designated place) in the southwest corner of the town, assembled on a low hill of the same name.
Hunts Corners is a locale near the easterly town line and consists of a scattered group of homes.
The corners are formed by the intersection of Salt Road and Clarence Center-Akron Road.
Mansfield Corners is a former locale in the easterly part of the town, north of Hunts Corners.
Millersport extends into the town of Amherst and also athwart Tonawanda Creek into Niagara County.
Potoczek Airport (D46) is a small grass-strip airport in the northwest part of the town, positioned on Wolcott Road.
Smiths Corners is a former locale in the northern part of the town near Rapids.
Swormville is on the border of the town and extends athwart the border into the town of Amherst.
Tillman Road Wildlife Management Area is a conservation region in the southeast part of Clarence.
Wolcottsburg (once called "West Prussia") is a hamlet in the northern part of the town, centered about a cluster of businesses, homes, and a church.
Beeman Creek is a small stream in the northeast part of Clarence, flowing northward to Tonawanda Creek.
Black Creek is a stream running mostly east west through the northern part of the town, starting near Wolcottsburg, and eventually merging into Tonawanda Creek in northern Amherst.
The Escarpment is a ledge, part of the Onondaga Escarpment, running approximately east west south of the middle of the town and most prominent between Goodrich Road and Kraus Road.
Gott Creek is a stream in the southeast part of Clarence that flows west into Amherst.
Ransom Creek is a stream in the south central part of Clarence that flows west into Amherst.
Most of the town is served by the Clarence Central School District, which contains one high school (Clarence High School), one middle school (Clarence Middle School), and four elementary schools (Clarence Center, Harris Hill, Ledgeview, and Sheridan Hill).
Joan Baez, folk musician of the 1960s, spent some of her childhood in Clarence Center and attended Clarence Center School Scott Bylewski, Clarence Town Supervisor a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Clarence town, Erie County, New York".
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