Falconer, New York Falconer, New York Falconer is positioned in New York Falconer - Falconer Location inside the state of New York State New York Falconer is a village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States.
The populace was 2,420 at the 2010 census. Falconer is inside the town of Ellicott and is on the easterly edge of the town/city of Jamestown.
The first Falconer to own the territory was Robert Falconer, who bought it from Edward Work in 1836.
Falconer (1850 1915) or his father Patrick, who was on the Board of Directors of the Allegheny & Pittsburg Railroad and donated a large tract of territory through town to the barns concern.
This resulted in the barns line being routed through the middle of the community. Route 380 in the village retains the name "Work Street" after the town's founder (it also now serves as a double entendre as the village's various industrialized sites are on the same road and thus many citizens "work" there).
The village of Falconer was incorporated in 1891.
John Cheever chose the village as the locale for the fictional Falconer State Prison in his novel Falconer.
Falconer is positioned in the easterly part of the town of Ellicott at 42 7 8 N 79 12 1 W (42.118908, -79.200207). It is bordered to the west by the town/city of Jamestown, while its easterly tip touches the border of the town of Poland.
The Chadakoin River, the supply of Chautauqua Lake, flows from Jamestown and passes through the village, meeting Cassadaga Creek to the northeast at Levant.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village has a total region of 2.8 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi), all of it land. New York State Route 394 (east-to-west) and Chautauqua County Route 380 (north-to-south) are the major routes through Falconer.
County Route 65 enters the village from the southeast.
Falconer is unusual among villages in the region in that its speed limit is 25 miles per hour, the lowest of any village or town in Chautauqua County.
The ethnic makeup of the village was 97.8% White, 0.6% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% from other competitions, and 0.7% from two or more competitions.
In the village, the populace was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the village was $32,222, and the median income for a family was $41,711.
The per capita income for the village was $15,205.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Falconer village, New York".
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