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Tributaries Of The Allegheny River
The Tributaries of the Allegheny River drain western Pennsylvania and part of New York. The following table lists all the named tributaries of the Allegheny River. For each stream, the name, tributary number, coordinate and political subdivision of the confluence, and coordinate of the source are given. Direct tributaries Red House Brook East Sandy Creek Clarion River Redbank Creek North Fork Creek North Fork Creek is formed by the confluence of Muddy Run and Williams Run in Polk Township, Jefferson County. Sandy Lick Creek Sandy Lick Creek Little Sandy Creek Mahoning Creek Pine Run Cowanshannock Creek Crooked Creek Kiskiminetas River Conemaugh River Loyalhanna Creek Blacklegs Creek Buffalo Creek See also * List of tributaries of the Allegheny River This article contains a list of tributaries of the Allegheny River, a stream in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. (Mouth at the Ohio River) New York Sources: * Oswayo C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allegheny River
The Allegheny River ( ; ; ) is a tributary of the Ohio River that is located in western Pennsylvania and New York (state), New York in the United States. It runs from its headwaters just below the middle of Pennsylvania's northern border, northwesterly into New York, then in a zigzag southwesterly across the border and through Western Pennsylvania to join the Monongahela River at the Forks of the Ohio at Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny River is, by volume, the main headstream of both the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Historically, the Allegheny was considered to be the upper Ohio River by both Native Americans and European settlers. This shallow river has been made navigable upstream from Pittsburgh to East Brady, Pennsylvania, East Brady by a series of locks and dams that were constructed during the early 20th century. A 24-mile-long portion of the upper river in Warren County, Pennsylvania, Warren and McKean County, Pennsylvania, McKean c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldred, Pennsylvania
Eldred is a borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 760 at the 2020 census. History Eldred is named for Judge Nathaniel B. Eldred. Geography Eldred is located at (41.956725, -78.383579). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 825 people, 345 households, and 224 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 402 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 96.48% White, 0.12% Native American, 0.97% from other races, and 2.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.42% of the population. There were 345 households, out of which 31% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42% were married couples living together, 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red House, New York
Red House (, literally: "it stops here," i.e., "depot") is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 30, making it the least populous town in the state. The town is on the south edge of Cattaraugus County, south of the city of Salamanca. History The area that would become the town was first settled by outsiders after 1827. The town of Red House was formed in 1869 from part of the town of Salamanca. It was named for its famous landmark, the Red House, a Civil War-era domicile located at the confluence of a small creek (later named Red House Creek) with the Allegheny River. The house was remarkable for its strange, dark crimson coloring and was originally constructed as a resting house for those traveling along the river. Locals have expressed skepticism about claims that the house was haunted by members of the Frecks family (the Internet rumor claimed a number of the wealthy family's members died in an affair that involv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellicottville, New York
Ellicottville is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,317 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Joseph Ellicott, principal land agent of the Holland Land Company. The town of Ellicottville includes a village also called Ellicottville. The town is in the north-central part of the county, north of the city of Salamanca. History The town was first settled ''circa'' 1815. The Town of Ellicottville was established in 1820 from the town of Franklinville (then known as Ischua). The town lost some of its territory when the town of Ashford was formed in 1824. In 1858, a small part of the town was taken to aid the formation of the town of East Otto. The Village of Ellicottville was formerly the county seat for Cattaraugus County. The county seat moved to Little Valley in May 1868. The John J. Aiken House and Bryant Hill Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Gentrification Since the establishments of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamanca, New York
Salamanca ( Seneca: ''Onë'dagö:h'') is a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States, inside the Allegany Indian Reservation, one of two governed by the Seneca Nation of New York. The population was 5,929 at the 2020 census. It was named after José de Salamanca, a Spanish nobleman and cabinet minister of the mid-19th century. Salamanca invested in railroads around the globe, including the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad in New York State, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of , of which is land and , or 3.88%, is water. Salamanca is within the Allegany Indian Reservation of the Seneca Nation of New York (one of the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy). The city population of about 5,900 is about 19% Native American; this does not include Seneca people living in the nearby hamlets of Jimerson Town (one of the two capitals of the nation) and Kill Buck. The city lies along the Allegheny Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrollton, New York
Carrollton is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,214 at the 2020 census. The town was named after Guy Carrollton Irvine, an early settler of the region. Carrollton is on the south border of Cattaraugus County. It is southeast of the city of Salamanca. History The town was first settled ''circa'' 1822. The Town of Carrollton was formed on March 9, 1842, from the town of Great Valley. In 1877, the community of Limestone set itself off from the town by incorporating as a village. In 2011, this community reverted to being a hamlet within the town because voters agreed to dissolve the village in 2009. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.14%, is water. The Allegheny River flows through the northern portion of the town, from southeast to northwest. Tunungwant Creek (also known as "Tuna Creek" for short) flows south to north through the middle of the town, joinin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradford, Pennsylvania
Bradford is a city in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located close to the border with New York state and approximately south of Buffalo, New York. Home to an oil refinery, Zippo headquarters and a University of Pittsburgh branch campus, Bradford is the principal city in the Bradford, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,825 at the 2020 United States Census. History Settled in 1823, Bradford was chartered as a city in 1837 and emerged as a wild oil boomtown in the Pennsylvania oil rush in the late 19th century. The area's Pennsylvania Grade crude oil has superior qualities and is free of asphaltic constituents, contains only trace amounts of sulfur and nitrogen, and has excellent characteristics for refining into lubricants. The Bradford & Foster Brook Railway was built in 1876 as one of, if not the first, monorails in America, when Bradford was a booming oil town. World-famous Kendall racing oils were produced in Bradford. Bradford was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Valley, New York
Great Valley is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,991 at the 2020 census. The town is named after its local geographical setting, a relative comparison of two tributaries (the other being the neighboring Little Valley) of the Allegheny River. The town of Great Valley is centrally located in the county, northeast of the city of Salamanca. History The town's area was first settled ''circa'' 1812, with the first settlement, Kill Buck, coalescing in 1818. The Town of Great Valley was incorporated in 1818, taken from part of the town of Olean. In 1831, the town of Burton was made from the southeast part of Great Valley, and in 1842 the town of Carrollton was made from the southwest part of Great Valley. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.20%, is water. The Allegheny River flows through the southeast corner of the town, and Great Valley Creek is an impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allegany Indian Reservation
Allegany Reservation () is a Seneca Nation of Indians reservation in Cattaraugus County, New York, U.S. In the 2000 census, 58 percent of the population within the reservation boundaries were Native Americans. Some 42% were European Americans; they occupy properties under leases from the Seneca Nation, a federally recognized tribe. The population outside of the rented towns was 1,020 at the 2010 census. The reservation's Native American residents are primarily members of the Seneca, but a smaller number of Cayuga, another Iroquois nation, also reside there, and at least one family is known to have descended from the Neutral Nation. Prior to the 17th century, this area was occupied by the Iroquoian-speaking Wenrohronon and Eriehronon. The more powerful Seneca eliminated these competing groups during the Beaver Wars beginning in 1638, as the Iroquois Confederacy sought to control the lucrative fur trade with the French and Dutch colonists. Geography According to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey, New York
Humphrey is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 701 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Charles Humphrey, who at the time of the town's founding was Speaker of the New York State Assembly. Humphrey is an interior town in the eastern half of the county, northeast of the city of Salamanca. History Origins The area that would become the town was first settled ''circa'' 1815. The town of Humphrey was established in 1836 from a part of the town of Allegany. The first permanent settler was named Russell Chapell. Who arrived from Schenectady County in 1815, settling on lot 56, on the banks of Sugartown Creek. Here, him and his wife built a log house, making them the first official settlers. Slowly over the next ten years the settlement gre Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.05%, is water. New York State Route 98 crosses the northwest corner of the town. Humphrey is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinsdale, New York
Hinsdale is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 2,119 at the 2020 census. The town was named after Hinsdale in New Hampshire. Hinsdale is at the eastern border of Cattaraugus County, north-northeast of Olean. History Hinsdale was formed in 1820, bordering the town of Olean. It was named after the town of Hinsdale, New Hampshire. The town of Ischua was created in 1846, as separate from Hinsdale, although the two towns share a zip code. In 1820, the local community congregated and came to the decision that they no longer wanted to be part of the town known as Hamilton (now Olean). They contacted their representative in Albany, Elial Todd Foote, a resident of Jamestown. They asked Foote to deliver to the legislature in Albany a resolution that would allow them to form their own community, which they would attempt to name "Fayette". Because of conflicting names ( Fayette and Fayetteville) the resolution ultimately failed. The legislat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarksville, Allegany County, New York
Clarksville is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town located in Allegany County, New York, Allegany County, New York (state), New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 982. The town is named after S.N. Clark, an agent of the Holland Land Company. The town is in the southwest part of Allegany County, northeast of Olean (city), New York, Olean. History The first settlers arrived around 1822. The town of Clarksville was founded in 1835, taking away part of the town of Cuba, New York, Cuba. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.06%, is water. The west town line is the border of Cattaraugus County, New York, Cattaraugus County. New York State Route 305 is an important north-south highway through the town. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,146 people, 447 households, and 324 families residing in the town. The population density was . There wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
