Silver Creek, New York
Silver Creek, New York | ||
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FIPS code 36-67411 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 0970603 | |
Website | silvercreekny |
Silver Creek is a
History
The community was first settled circa 1803, and the first school house was erected in approximately 1823. In 1822 a well-known
Geography
Silver Creek is located at 42°32'39" North, 79°10'2" West (42.544083, -79.167088).[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.0 km2); all land. Silver Creek is part of the Lake Erie Basin. The two creeks in the village, Silver Creek and Walnut Creek, drain into the lake. Silver Creek is at the junction of New York State Route 5 (Central Avenue) and US Route 20 (Main Street), north of New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) Exit 58.
Silver Creek is on the New York-to-Chicago main line of
The Penn Central's (formerly the Pennsylvania Railroad, or PRR) Buffalo-Corry (PA)-Pittsburgh line formerly operated through Silver Creek. The single-track lines of the NKP and PRR were jointly operated to form a double-track line which was used by the trains of both railroads. The former PRR line was abandoned around 1976 by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission in favor of highway transportation. From approximately 1907 to 1933 Silver Creek was on the Buffalo-to-Erie main line of the Buffalo & Erie Railway (successor to the Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Company), a high-speed electric interurban railway. It was abandoned by order of the New York Public Service Commission to promote highway transportation.
Climate
Climate data for Silver Creek | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 73 (23) |
73 (23) |
82 (28) |
91 (33) |
90 (32) |
95 (35) |
98 (37) |
98 (37) |
97 (36) |
91 (33) |
82 (28) |
74 (23) |
98 (37) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 32 (0) |
35 (2) |
44 (7) |
55 (13) |
67 (19) |
76 (24) |
80 (27) |
78 (26) |
72 (22) |
61 (16) |
49 (9) |
37 (3) |
57 (14) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 19 (−7) |
19 (−7) |
27 (−3) |
37 (3) |
48 (9) |
57 (14) |
62 (17) |
61 (16) |
54 (12) |
44 (7) |
35 (2) |
25 (−4) |
41 (5) |
Record low °F (°C) | −17 (−27) |
−26 (−32) |
−10 (−23) |
10 (−12) |
27 (−3) |
35 (2) |
43 (6) |
37 (3) |
32 (0) |
21 (−6) |
7 (−14) |
−9 (−23) |
−26 (−32) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.57 (65) |
2.12 (54) |
2.76 (70) |
3.30 (84) |
3.32 (84) |
3.94 (100) |
3.78 (96) |
3.86 (98) |
4.84 (123) |
4.04 (103) |
4.16 (106) |
3.39 (86) |
42.08 (1,069) |
Source: [4] |
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1860 | 661 | — | |
1870 | 666 | 0.8% | |
1880 | 1,036 | 55.6% | |
1890 | 1,678 | 62.0% | |
1900 | 1,944 | 15.9% | |
1910 | 2,512 | 29.2% | |
1920 | 3,260 | 29.8% | |
1930 | 3,160 | −3.1% | |
1940 | 3,067 | −2.9% | |
1950 | 3,068 | 0.0% | |
1960 | 3,310 | 7.9% | |
1970 | 3,182 | −3.9% | |
1980 | 3,088 | −3.0% | |
1990 | 2,927 | −5.2% | |
2000 | 2,896 | −1.1% | |
2010 | 2,656 | −8.3% | |
2020 | 2,637 | −0.7% | |
2021 (est.) | 2,613 | [2] | −0.9% |
U.S. Decennial Census[5] |
As of the 2010
31.8 percent of households had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8 percent were married couples living together, 15 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5 percent were non-families. 26.4 percent of all households were made up of individuals, and 11 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.98.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 28 percent under the age of 20, 7 percent from 20 to 24, 25.5 percent from 25 to 44, 26.7 percent from 45 to 64, and 12.9 percent who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.[6]
The median 2000 income for a household in the village was $32,446, and the median income for a family was $38,617. Males had a median income of $33,889 versus $19,464 for females. The
Health care and law enforcement
Silver Creek is served by Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, NY.
Trauma cases are treated at the Erie County Medical Center in
The village has a volunteer fire department with 50–60 active volunteers and junior firefighters, operating in tandem with the Silver Creek Emergency Squad. They are trained by the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control and the New York State Department of Health's Bureau of Emergency Medical Services. On August 9, 2009 the emergency-squad building, the village fire hall and its vehicles sustained extensive damage in a flash flood; the public works department on North Main Street was destroyed (it has since moved to a new building in the former Bentges distributing plant on Routes 5 and 20 in the Town of Hanover. Several homes along Walnut Creek were badly damaged or destroyed, and the Silver Village Trailer Park was leveled by flooding from Silver Creek.[7] Some village streets were badly damaged or washed away by the flood waters. A funeral home, church and school were also badly damaged.
Both Mercy Flight, a nonprofit medivac service based in Buffalo and LifeStar, a medivac service affiliated with UPMC Hamot in Erie, serve the Silver Creek area.
Grape Festival
Every third weekend in September Silver Creek hosts a Festival of Grapes to honor
In 2008, the Silver Creek Grape Festival was featured on the nationally televised
The festival concludes every year with the grand parade which features the festival of grapes royalty, local and sometimes county or state political figures, high school marching bands from regional high schools, fire apparatus from Silver Creek, Sunset Bay, Forestville, Hanover Center, Irving, Sheridan, Lake Erie Beach, Angola, and Fredonia. Some years we are lucky to feature local shriners club from Gowanda. Also the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office mounted unit participates. Also several different youth organizations march in the parade as well as several local fire departments and local veterans.
School
In Silver Creek all three schools (
There are separate runs for pre-kindergarten to fifth-grade, and sixth- to twelfth-grade students. Four buses are used on a later run for vocational students returning from the LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia and students staying late for any reason. The buses are used for school-sponsored sporting events held at other schools, school-sponsored field trips and the annual Class Night party for the graduating class. In the event of a snow day or an unanticipated need for early dismissal, all local television and radio stations are contacted. If the fire-alarm system is activated apart from state-required fire drills Silver Creek Fire and EMS, Sunset Bay Fire, Battalion 1(County Fire Coordinator), County Fire 1(Director of County Emergency Services) are dispatched as 1st Alarm. Fire Chief or Asst. Fire Chief who takes role as Incident Commander at the school determines if 2nd alarm is needed from Fredonia or Dunkirk for their Tower or Ladder truck, County Rescue 71(Fredonia), Hanover Center, Forestville, Irving, and Sheridan.
There is a SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) chapter at the high school, counseling students against destructive decisions. It has sponsored movie nights for elementary-school students with movies, food and activities. Once every few years Forestville and/or Silver Creek try to hold a mock DWI Drill just before prom weekend in the spring.
Athletics
The school colors are black and
Notable people
- Doc Alexander, NFL football player and coach
- James V. Bennett, former director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Samuel S. Brannan, Wisconsin politician[14]
- George Carter; Carter played for St. Bonaventure University and later in the 1971 ABA All-Star Game.[15] Went to become an NBA forward
- Ezra Convis, politician
- Albert G. Dow, former New York State Senator
- Howard Ehmke, former MLB pitcher
- Clinton T. Horton, former New York State Senator
- Alice Lee Jemison, journalist and political activist
- Cindy Miller, golfer
- George Mohart, baseball player
- Robert F. Young, science-fiction writer
- Elisha Ward, lawyer and politician
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Average weather for Silver Creek". Weather.com. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ Carolyn Thompson, "2 die as thousands lose power in storms, flooding". Newsday, August 10, 2009 Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- ^ Silver Creek timeline Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ^ Town of Hanover local events Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ^ New York: Day Two on the Rails Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ^ District website Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ^ Student athletics Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ^ Buffalo Bills website Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1873,' Biographical Sketch of Samuel Stephen Brannan, pg. 441
- ^ Village history Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-10-03.