Jimerson Town, New York
Jimerson Town (also spelled Jimersontown and given the
The United States Census Bureau does not recognize the community and no population estimates are available. At the time of its founding in the 1960s, the community was developed with 145 residences, each on one-acre plots. It has been developed with several facilities since the 1980s.
History
According to attorney Charles Congdon's book The Allegany Oxbow, Jimerson Town is a corruption of Jemison Town, as it was originally established by the heirs of Mary Jemison around the time the Allegany Reservation was laid out.[1]
Jimerson Town as it is known today was founded in the 1960s adjacent to the
Jimerson Town's proximity to Salamanca and its better infrastructure has given the area a more suburban environment compared to the mostly rural Steamburg area. It became the seat of government for the Allegany Reservation after
The Seneca also have several facilities in Salamanca: the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum, the Allegany branch of the SNI library, a Seneca-owned bowling alley (the bowling alley was repurposed as a bingo hall around 1990) and two craft shops, and a restaurant featuring Seneca cuisine.[2] The Seneca Allegany Casino opened just south of Jimerson Town in the early 2000s (decade).
Two churches operate in Jimerson Town: a Presbyterian missionary church and the nondenominational Red House Memorial Chapel, the latter of which is a church that moved from Red House to Jimerson Town in 1967, forcibly and against their will.
In 2017, the Allegany Council House was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Further reading
- Joy A. Bilharz, The Allegany Senecas and Kinzua Dam: Forced Relocation Through Two Generations, University of Nebraska Press, 2002
- "Information about the Seneca Indians from THIS Seneca's Perspective", Jimerson family website
References
- ^ Congdon, Charles (1968). Allegany Oxbow: A history of Allegany State Park and the Allegany Reserve of the Seneca Nation. Salamanca Area Museum Association.
- ^ a b Bilharz (2002), Allegany Senecas and Kinzua Dam, p. 111
- ^ Miller, Rick (December 1, 2023). "Removal, replacement of Red House Bridge is underway". Olean Times Herald. Retrieved January 24, 2024.