Abbotts Corner - (PO) Located in East Hamburg.

Abbott Corners Road Station - Town of Hamburg

Abbott (town/village) - Western area of Erie County, (1895 Atlas).

Akron (village) - Located in the Town of Newstead. (1895 - 1,492 pop.)

Akron Junction -

Alden (village) - Formed from Clarence in 1823, on the east border of the county, northeast of the center (1895 - 533 pop.)

Alden Center - Hamlet of Alden, Westwood Drive and Sandridge Road (1895 - 120 pop.)

Allentown - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Alluvial Way - Ridge Way

Amherst (town) - Located on the northern border of the county, between Clarence and Tonawanda.

Angola (village) - Town of Evans

Angola Lake Shore Addition

Angola-on-the-Lake - Town of Evans

Ararat - Town of Grand Island

Armor - Hamlet of Hamburg, Clark Road and Abbott Road

Athol Springs - Hamlet of Hamburg, Rt. 5 and Rt. 75

Aurora (town) - Formed from Batavia, as "Willink" in 1804, with a name change in 1818,
located in Central Erie County, on the east branch of Cazenove Creek.

 

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Bagdad - Hamlet of Collins, Wheater Road and Bagdad Road

Bailey-Lovejoy Area - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Bakerville - Town of Hamburg

Bartod's Mills - Porterville

Bay View - Town of Hamburg

Beaver Island - Town of Grand Island

Bellevue - Town of Cheektowaga

Big Flats - Town of Elma

Big Buffalo Creek -

Big Tree - Town of Hamburg

Big Tree Corners - (PO) Town of Hamburg

Billington Heights - Hamlet of Elma, Billington Road and Maples & Schultz Roads

Blakeley - Hamlet of Aurora, Blakeley Corners Road and Rt. 16

Blasdell (village) - Town of Hamburg

Black Rock - In 1853, the town of Black Rock was included within the City of Buffalo limits, before this time separate records were keep for Black Rock.
Location: Hertel Avenue and Niagara Street along the Black Rock Canal.

Blakeley - Town of Aurora

Blossom - Blossom Road and Rt. 78 (West Seneca)

Boston (town) - Formed from Eden in 1817, located in central Erie County, Boston Cross Road and Boston State Road

Boston Center/Centre - Town of Boston

Boston Corner's - Boston formerly Torrey's Corner

Boston Village - Town of Boston

Bowmansville - Hamlet of Lancaster, Rt. 33 and Harris Hill Road

Brant (village) - Formed from Collins and Evans in 1839.
Located on the shore of Lake Erie in southwest corner of the county, Rt. 249 and Angola-Brant Road

Brandt - Town of Brant

Briggs Mills - Town of Elma

Brighton -

Buckhorn Island - Town of Grand Island

Bucyrus heights -

Buffalo (city) - County Seat. Formed as a town, from Clarence in 1810.
Located in the shore of Lake Erie, no white settlers located here until after the American Revolution.

Buffalo Creek - City of Buffalo

Buffalo Plains see Ellysville

Buffalo Village - City of Buffalo

Buffum Mills - Town of Colden

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California - Orchard Park

camp Lakeland -

Camp Pioneer -

Camsburg - Athol Springs

Carnegie - Hamburg

Cattaraugus Indian Reservation - Brant [SW Erie County]

"Cayuga Creek" - In March 1833, the name was changed to Lancaster

Central Park Area - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Centre - Amherst

Chaffee - Hamlet of Sardinia, Currier-Sardina Road and Rt. 16

"Chapel Area" - Genesee Street and Union Road, Cheektowaga (Our Lady Help of Christians Church)

Chapel Cemetery - Our Lady Help of Christians Church Cemetery

Chief Warrior - Cattaraugus Indian Reservation

Cheektowaga, Town of - Formed from Amherst in 1839, lies north of the center of the county

Cinderella Island - Grand Island

Clarence (town) - Formed from "Willink" (now Aurora) in 1808, located on the north border of the county, east of the center, Rt. 5 and Salt Road. Formerly Pine Grove, Ransomville.

Clarence Center / Centre - Hamlet, Middle of Clarence, Clarence Center Road and Goodrich Road

Clarence Hollow - 1799 Clarence, first settlement in Erie County

Clarksburg - Eden

Chicktawauga - Cheektowaga

Cleveland Hill (area0 Town of Cheektowaga

Clifton Heights -

Cloverbank - Hamburg

Colden (town) - Formed from Holland in 1827, located south of the center of the county

Cold Spring Area - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Colegrove's Corner - Protection

Collins (town) - Formed from Collins in 1821, lies on the southern border of the county. Rt. 39, between Rt. 62 and Bagdad Road

Collins Center - Hamlet of Collins, Rt. 39 and Rt. 75

Concord (town) - Formed from "Willink" (Aurora) in 1812.
Lies near the southern border of the county.

Concord Center - Concord

Cooper's Mills - Holland

Corliss - Wales

Creekside -

Crittenden - Hamlet of Alden, Town of Newstead, Rt. 33 (Genesee St and Crittenden Road)

 

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Dellwood - Lancaster

Depew (village) - Founded in 1894. Eastern border of Cheektowaga, included in the Town of Cheektowaga

Derby - Hamburg

Delaware District - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Downtown - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Doyle - Cheektowaga

Ducktown - Tonawanda

Duells Corner - Hamlet of Orchard Park, Corners Road and Rt. 277

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East Amherst - Hamlet (Transit Station) Located in both westside of Clarence and eastside of Amherst, Casey and Rt. 78

East Aurora (village) - In the Township of Aurora

East Blossom - Elma

East Clarence - Clarence

East Concord - Hamlet of Concord, Genesee Road and Rt. 240

East Eden - Hamlet of Eden, Keller Road and East Eden Road   

East Elma - Hamlet of Elma, Jamison Road and Greek Road

East Evans - Evans

East Hamburgh - Formed from Hamburgh, as "Ellicott" in 1850, and part of "Seneca" (West Seneca) in 1851, name changed in 1852.
Located near the center of the county. see Hamburg

East Hamburg - Orchard Park

East Holland - Hamlet of Holland, East Holland Road and Park Road

East Lancaster - Hamlet of Lancaster, Rt. 20 and Cemetery Road

East Seneca - West Seneca

Eastside - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Ebenezer - Hamlet of West Seneca, Ebenezer's had at least four settlements, Upper, Middle and Lower along with one prefixed New, Seneca Street and Rt. 277

Eden - East Church Street and Rt. 62

Eden (town) - Formed from "Willink" (Aurora), in 1812.18 miles South of Buffalo and 12 miles from Lake Erie
Located southwest of the center of the county.

Eden Valley - Hamlet of Eden, Jennings Road and Rt. 62

Edgewater - Grand Island

Eggertsville - Hamlet of Amherst, Rt. 5 and Eggert Road

Ellicott - Hamlet of (East) Hamburg, Rt. 240 and Freeman Road

Ellwood Park -

Eden Valley -

Edgewater -

Elmwood Strip - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Ellysville - Originally named for the Ely family who owned a farm there, later known as Buffalo Plains, now referred to as University Heights

Elma (town) - Southern border of Lancaster , Chair Factory Road and Bowen Road

Elma Center- Hamlet of Elma, Bowen Road and Rice Road

Elma Meadows - Elma

Elma Village - Elma

Erie - Newstead

Evans (town) - Formed from Eden in 1812, located in the southern area of the county.

Evans Center - Evans

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Falkirk - Newstead

Farnham (village) - Brant

Farnham Station - Brant

Fenton - 1898 New York Red Book, Location ?

Ferry Village - Grand Island

Fiddler's Green - Concord

Fillmore-Leroy - City of Buffalo neighborhood

First Ward - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Forks - Hamlet of Cheektowaga, Rt. 130 and Rt. 277

Fort Farm - Holland

Fort Humphrey - Holland

Four Corners - Orchard Park

Four Mile Creek - Cheektowaga

Fowlerville -

Frog Island - Grand Island

Fruit Belt - City of Buffalo neighborhood

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Gardenville - (Middle Ebenezer) Hamlet of West Seneca, Rt. 354 and Rt. 277

Ga-we-not - Grand Island

Galleria - Galleria Mall, Union Rd and Walden Ave. area

Getty - Windon

Getzville - Hamlet of Amherst, North French Road and Rt. 270

Glenwood - Hamlet of Colden, Holland Road and Rt. 240

Gowanda (village) - Town of Collins, Abuts the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation Cattaraugus creek divides the village making half in Erie County & half in Cattaraugus county

Grand Island - Formed from "Willink" (Aurora), in 1812,
located in the northwest corner of the county. First settlers were squatters, who settled after the War of 1812.

Grandyle Village - Grand Island

Green Arces Valley -

Greenwood -

Griffins Mills - Hamlet of Aurora, on Cazenove Creek in the center of town, Mill Road and West Falls Road

Grand Island (town) - Island in the Niagara River, part of and north of Erie County

Grover Cleveland Terrace - (area) Town of Amherst

Gunville - Hamlet of Clarence

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Hamburg (town) - Formed from "Willink" (Aurora) in 1812. Settled in 1805,
located on the shores western shore of Lake Erie. (Named from Hamburgh, in Germany).

Hamburg-on-the-Lake - (PO) Hamburg

Hall's Corner's - Wales Center

Hall's Hollow - Wales Center

Hamlin Park - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Harris Hill - Hamlet of Clarence (also a Harris Hill Road in that area), Rt. 5 and Harris Hill Road

Hatch Mill - East Elma

Hawkin's Corners - Newstead

Helmuth - Gowanda, which housed the State Homeopathic Hospital.

High Falls - Lyons Falls

Highland-on-the-Lake is in Lakeview, a section of Hamburg

Hill's Corner - Eden Center

Hobuk - North Evans

Holland (town) - Formed from "Willink" (Aurora) in 1818, located on the eastern border of the county, Glenwood Road and Rt. 16

Holland Hill - Holland

Hollow Corner-Wales

Hospital Hill - City of Buffalo neighborhood, around High Street , east of Main Street, three medical centers in this area.

Hurd - Elma

Humboldt Park - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Hunter's Creek - Holland

Hunts Corners - Eastern part of Clarence, Salt Road and clarence center - Akron Road.

Hydraulics - Buffalo neighborhood

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Idlewood (town/village) - Hamburg

Inland (town/village) - Western area of Erie County. (1895 Atlas) (Where ? )

International Junction (town/village) - Western area of Erie County. (1895 Atlas

Iron Bridge - Lancaster

Iron Island - Buffalo neighborhoodIroquois -

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Jamison Road - Elma

Jerusalem Corners -

Jewettville - Hamlet of Aurora, Rt. 240 and Davis Road

Jewettville - Holmswood - Aurora

Ji-ik-do-wah-gah - Cheektowaga (meaning "the place of crabapple tree." )

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Kahes Bridge - Concord

Kaisertown - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Kenilworth - Tonawanda

Kenmore (village) - Tonawanda ( 1895 - 160 pop.)

Kensington - (town/village) - Western area of Erie County. (1895 Atlas, 500 pop)

Kensington - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Kensington Heights - City of Buffalo neighborhood, near S.U.N.Y. south campus

Ken - Ton Area - Tonawanda

Kerr's Corner - North Collins

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Lackawanna (city) - Southern border of Buffalo

LaGrande Isle - Grand Island

Lake Erie Beach - Angola

Lakeview - Hamlet of Hamburg, Lakeview Road and Versailles Road

Lake Shore - Hamburg

Lancaster (town/village) - Formed from Clarence in 1833, located in the northeast center of the county.

Lancaster (village) Located in the Town of Lancaster

Langford - Hamlet of North Collins, Rt. 249 and Rt. 75

Lawton s- Hamlet of North Collins, Marshfield Road and Rt. 62

Limestone Hill - (West Seneca) Lackawanna

Loon Lake - (Where ? )

Looneyville - Lancaster

Locksley Park - Hamburg

Lotus Bay -

Loveland -

Lower Ebenezer - West Seneca

Lower Gardenville - West Seneca

Lower Westside - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Lumber City - Tonawanda and North Tonawanda

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Madison Corner's - Sardinia

Mansfield Corners - Eastern part of Clarence, north of Hnts Corners.
Marilla (town) - Formed from Alden and Wales in 1853, located near the center of the eastern border, Bullis Road and Two Rod Road

Marilla Village - Marilla

Marshfield - North Collins

Masten Park - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Middle Ebenezer - (Gardenville) West Seneca

Middle Gardenville - West Seneca

Mile Block - Brant

Mile Strip - Brant, Mile Strip also refers to an area in Orchard Park, Hamburg, Blasdell

Millford - Elma

Mill Branch - Brandt

Millersport - Hamlet Northeast corner of Amherst, Rt. 263 and Rt. 78 (Transit Road and Millersport Highway). In both Erie and Niagara County.

Millgrove - (PO) Hamlet of Alden, located in the northeast corner of Erie County, Rt. 33 and North Millgrove

Mill Port - Amherst

Mount.Vernon - Hamlet of Hamburg, Rogers Road and Rt. 5

Morton's Corners - Concord

Motor Island - Grand Island

Mount Veron -

Murray's Corners -

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Navy Island - Grand Island

New Amsterdam , Village of - Buffalo

New Ebenezer - (Gardenville) West Seneca

New Oregon - Hamlet of North Collins, Langford-New Oregon Road and Oregon Road

Newstead - Formed from Batavia (Genesee County) as Erie in 1804, located in the northeast corner of the county.

Newton/Abbott - Hamburg

Newtown - North Boston - Hamlet of Boston, Rt. 391 and Rt. 277

North Bailey - (area) Amherst

North Buffalo - City of Buffalo neighborhood

North Boston -

North Clarence - Clarence

North Collins(town/village) - Formed from Collins in 1852, in 1852 known as "Shirley".
Name changed in 1853. Located in the southwest area of the county.

North Evans - Evans

North Forest (area) - Town of Amherst

North Park - City of Buffalo neighborhood

North Tonawanda - Northwest corner of Erie County

Northtown - Amherst

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Oakfield -

Orchard Park (town/village) - Southeast of Buffalo

Old First Ward - South Buffalo

"Orphanage Area" ~ William Street between Harlem and Union Roads, Cheektowaga

Owanungan - Grand Island

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Parkside - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Patchin - formerly Boston Center, Hamlet of Boston, Shero Road and Boston State Road

Pavement - Lancaster

Peachhaven - ( ? )

Peter's Corners - Alden

Pine Grove - see Clarence
"Pine Hill Area" ~ Area around Genesee Street, Harlem, Sugar, Eggert, and Pine Ridge Roads. This area has at least 15 cemeteries located there.

Pinehurst - Hamlet of Hamburg, Lakeshore Road and Rt. 5

Plank Road - City line/Aurora

Polonia - Uniofficial City of Buffalo neighborhood

Pontiac - Town of Evans

Porterville - Marilla, Porterville Road and Two Rod Road

Pratham - Sardinia

Protection - Hamlet of Holland, Protection Road and Miller Road

Procetio - Sardinia

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Route

Rt. 5 - Main St.

Rt. 16 - Seneca St.

Rt. 20 - Broadway

Rt. 20 - Southwestern Blvd.Rt.

Rt. 20A - Big Tree Rd.

Rt. 33 - Genesee St.

33 - Expressway from Cheektowaga into Buffalo

Rt. 39 -

Rt. 62 -

Rt. 75 - Camp Rd., Sisson Hwy

Rt. 78 - Transit Rd.

90 - New York State Thruway

Rt. 130 -

Rt. 179 - Milestrip Rd.

Rt. 219 - Southern Expressway, to Springville

Rt. 240 - Harlem Rd.

Rt. 249 - Langford Rd.

Rt. 263 - Millersport Hwy

Rt. 270 - Campbell Blvd.

Rt. 277 - Union Rd., Chestnut Ridge Rd.

Rt. 290 - Youngman Expressway

Rt. 354 - Clinton St.

Rt. 391 - Boston State Rd.

Rt. 400 - From West Seneca to exit near South Wales

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Ransoms Grove - Clarence Hollow (Clarence)

Ransomville - see Clarence
Rapids - Officially in Niagara County, but extends in to Erie County
Reserve - - West Seneca

Rice's Corner - Sardinia

Riverside - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Rose's Corner - North Collins

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Sand Hill -

Sandridge - Alden

Sandy Beach - Grand Island

Sardinia (town) - Formed from Concord in 1821, located in the southeast corner of the county, Rt. 39 and Savage Road

Shanty Town - Marilla Village - Town of Marilla

("I believe that Sandy Beach was the name of a small settlement between Buffalo and Black Rock. I will check my source and note it to you."- Libby Krautsak )

Saw Mill Station - Brandt (Brant )

Schudt's Corner - Reserve

Schworm-ville - Clarence

Scranton - Hamburg

Seneca - West Seneca

Shearley's Corner's - Clarence

Sheenwater - (Where is it located ? )

Shiller Park - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Shimerville - Clarence

Shirley - Hamlet of North Collins, Shirley Road and Quaker St.

Sloan (village) Formed 1896 - part of Cheektowaga

Smith's Corners - Former location near the Rapids in the Town of Clarence
Smith's Mill - Hamburg

Smithville - Hamburg

Snyder - Hamlet of Amherst, Rt. 5 and Rt. 240

Snyderville - see Snyder

Soldier's Place -

Sour Spring Grove -

 

South Alden Shanty - Marilla Village

South Buffalo - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Southbush - Cheektowaga, West Seneca area, became part of the Gardenville (Catholic) parish. (Fourteen Holy Helpers)

South Newstead - Newstead

South Park - Buffalo neighborhood

South Wales - Hamlet of Wales, East Merry Road and Rt. 16

Springbrook - Hamlet of Elma, Rt. 16 and North Davis Road

Springbrook Station -

Springville (village ) - Concord

St. Mary's on the Hill - Lancaster

Stony Point - Lackawanna Steel Plant

Strawberry Island -

Sturnerville - Clarence

Sweet Home - Amherst

Swift's Mills - Newstead

Swiftwater - Tonawanda

Swormville - The western part of Clarence and eastern part of Amherst, Smith Road and Rt. 78

Symphony Circle -

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Ta-num-no-ga-o - Colden

Taylor Hollow - Collins

Taylorshire -

"The Community of Inspiration," - West Seneca

Tonawanda, City of - Formed from Buffalo in 1836, located in the north west area of the county.

Tonawanda Indian Reservation - Newstead [NE Erie County]

Town of Tonawanda - Northwest border of Erie County

Tonawanda, North see North Tonawanda

Torrey's Corners - Boston

Town Line - Hamlet of Lancaster, Rt. 20 and Town Line Road

Town Line - Alden

Town Line station -

Townsend - Concord

Transit Station - see East Amherst

Transitown - Clarence

Turner's Mill - Wales Hollow

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University District - City of Buffalo neighborhood

University Heights see Ellysville

University of Buffalo - (S.U.N.Y.) North campus in located in the Town of Amherst and the South Campus, the City of Buffalo at the southern Amherst border.

Upper Ebenezer - (Blossom) West Seneca

Upper Gardenville - West Seneca

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Vantine's Corners - Clarence

Vermont Hill - Holland

Veron Triangle - City of Buffalo neighborhood, triangle between Main Street, Amherst Street and Fairfield Ave.

Village of Niagara - Tonawanda

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Walden - Alden

"Walden Area" ~ Harlem Road and Walden Ave., Cheektowaga/Buffalo City Line

Walden Cliffs -

Wales (town) - Formed from Aurora in 1818, located near the center of the eastern border of the county.

Wales Center - Hamlet of Wales, Rt. 20A and Four Rod Road

Wales Hollow - Hamlet of Wales, Rt. 78 and East Creek Road

Wanakah - Hamburg

Water Valley - Hamlet of Hamburg, South Creek Road and Rt. 62

Wanakah - Hamburg

Water Valley - In Hamburg, on Eighteen mile Creek west of Whites Corners.

Webster Corners - Hamlet of Orchard Park, Webster Corners Road and Rt. 277

Wende - Alden

West Alden - Hamlet of Alden, Rt. 20 and Cayuga Creek Road

West Amherst - Amherst

West Concord - Concord

West Falls - Hamlet of Aurora, southern part of Aurora, on the west bank of Cazenove Creek, Behm Road and Rt. 240

Weston - Sardinia

West Seneca (town) - Formed as "Seneca" in 1851, name changed in 1852.

West Seneca Center - West Seneca

Westside - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Westwood - Amherst

Westwood - Lancaster

Weyer -

White's Corner - Located in southeastern Hamburg, on the north branch of Eighteen Mile Creek.

White's Corner - Boston

White's Island - Tonawanda

Willert Park - City of Buffalo neighborhood

Wilhelm - Lancaster

Willink - East Aurora

Williamsville (village) - Amherst

Williston - Marilla, Williston Road and Three Rod Road

Willow Ridge Estates -

Winchester - West Seneca

Windom - Hamlet of Hamburg, Rt. 179 and Abbott Road

Winspear - Lancaster

Wolcottsville - Hamlet, Northern part of Clarence Clarence, Goodrich Road 7 Lapp Road

Wood's Hollow - Wales Hollow

Woodlawn - Hamlet of Hamburg, Lake Ave and Rt. 5

Woodlawn Beach - Hamburg

Woodside -

Woodstream Farms -

Woodward's Hollow - Concord (Wyndale)

Wright's Corners - Later Abbott's Corner, now Armor

Wright's Mills - Evans Center

Wyandale - Concord (Woodward's Hollow)