Little Valley (village), New York
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Little Valley is a village in Cattaraugus County, New York, USA. The population was 1,130 at the 2000 census.
The Village of Little Valley is in the northwest corner of the Town of Little Valley. Little Valley is the county seat of Cattaraugus County and also the location of the county fair (held in August in the fairgrounds north of the village). The village is north of Salamanca, New York.
The town's name is a relative comparison of (the other being the neighboring Great Valley)two tributaries of the Allegheny River.
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[edit] History
Prior to 1868, the Village of Ellicottville was the county seat, but the presence of the railroad in Little Valley prompted a move. The Village of Little Valley was incorporated in 1876.
[edit] Geography
Little Valley is located at (42.249555, -78.799775)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.
Little Valley Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny River, flows past the northeast side of the village. A smaller creek flanks the Little Valley Creek on the southern side of the village.
State routes NY-242 and NY-353 converge at the village. County Routes 5 and 14 enter the village from the north.
Since the former New York State Route 17 route between Salamanca and Steamburg was discontinued in the 1970s, it is almost impossible to travel from Steamburg to Salamanca (or reverse) without either using Interstate 86 or passing through the village of Little Valley. (Theoretically, a maze of county and back roads could be used to circumvent this, but it is highly impractical.)
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 1,130 people, 427 households, and 266 families residing in the village. The population density was 436.3/km² (1,127.3/mi²). There were 513 housing units at an average density of 198.1/km² (511.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 95.58% White, 1.86% Black or African American, 0.80% Native American, 0.09% from other races, and 1.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.77% of the population.
There were 427 households out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the village the population was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 110.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.1 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $31,875. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $20,962 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,458. About 11.2% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.7% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Local media
- Radio (most prominent signals only)
- Television
- WGRZ NBC 2 Buffalo, NY
- WIVB CBS 4 Buffalo, NY
- WKBW ABC 7 Buffalo, NY
- WNYB TCT 26 Jamestown, NY
- Cable service is provided by Atlantic Broadband; Little Valley is one of the few areas of upstate New York that does not receive its cable service from Time Warner Cable.
- Newspapers
- Salamanca Press, Salamanca, NY
- Olean Times-Herald, Olean, NY
- Jamestown Post-Journal, Jamestown, NY
- The Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY
- Gowanda Pennysaver News, Gowanda, NY
- (Cattaraugus) County Chronicle, Little Valley, NY
- Special E-Fects, Ellicottville, NY
- The Villager, Ellicottville, NY
- Internet
- Fullervision.net, Little Valley, NY
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
| Municipalities and Communities of Cattaraugus County, New York (County Seat: Little Valley) |
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| Cities | Olean | Salamanca |
| Towns | Allegany | Ashford | Carrollton | Coldspring | Conewango | Dayton | East Otto | Ellicottville | Farmersville | Franklinville | Freedom | Great Valley | Hinsdale | Humphrey | Ischua | Leon | Little Valley | Lyndon | Machias | Mansfield | Napoli | New Albion | Olean | Otto | Perrysburg | Persia | Portville | Randolph | Red House | Salamanca | South Valley | Yorkshire |
| Villages | Allegany | Cattaraugus | Delevan | East Randolph | Ellicottville | Franklinville | Gowanda | Limestone | Little Valley | Perrysburg | Portville | Randolph | South Dayton |
| CDPs | Lime Lake-Machias | St. Bonaventure | Weston Mills |
| Reservations | Allegany Reservation | Cattaraugus Reservation | Oil Springs Reservation |
