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Hamburg ( ) is a
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in Erie County,
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, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 60,085. It is named after the city of
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, Germany. The town is on the western border of the county and is south of Buffalo. Hamburg is one of the
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in Erie County. The
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of
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and
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are in the town. The town of Hamburg was founded in 1812 in Armor.


History

Historical evidence shows the area was settled originally by the
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. Around 1805 the settlement was known as "Barkerville", named after Zenas Barker, the postmaster. The earliest settlers were Nathaniel Titus and Dr. Ruth Belden in 1804, and the first landowner in the area was John Cummings, who built the first
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in 1806. The town of Hamburg was formed by government decree on March 20, 1812, from the (now defunct) town of
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. The first town meeting took place on April 7, 1812, at Jacob Wright's tavern at Wright's Corners, which was renamed Abbott's Corners, and now Armor. One of the early noted activities of the town board that year was to place a $5 bounty on wolf hides, due to the complaints of the local settlers who were being bothered by them. In 1815, mail routes were established. The earliest settlers in the area were from
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.
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started arriving in the 1830s and set up many successful farms. On November 29, 1824, a meeting was held in Abbott's Corners at the home of early settler Seth Abbott. At a vote of those present, agreement was reached to form a library with the sum of $102. By 1850, the town was reduced by the formation of the towns of East Hamburgh and
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. Around 1852, the
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was built through the area. In 1868 the
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came to the town and has been there since that time. In 1875, the weekly publication of the ''Erie County Independent'' began. This is now known as ''The Sun''. Telephone service in the area started in 1886. The village of Hamburg set itself off from the town in 1874 by incorporating as a village. Starting in 1890 and to support the growing regional steel industry,
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and
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began to arrive in the area. In 1897, a group of women known as the Nineteenth Century Club started a permanent free public library, known as the Hamburg Free Library. Until 1901 it was in various rented buildings. The Hamburg Free Library was moved into a Carnegie library on Center Street on November 8, 1915, where it remained until 1966 when the current library at 102 Buffalo Street opened. In 1898, the community of
Blasdell Blasdell is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 2,553 according to the 2010 Census. The name is derived from Herman Blasdell, the first station master of the Erie and Pennsylvania railroad depot. It is part of th ...
set itself apart from the town by incorporating as a village. A
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system was established in the early 1900s. The Kleis Site, containing the remnants of a 17th-century Iroquoian village and
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, was listed on the
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in 1979. In July 2012, Main Street in the village of Hamburg from Lake Street to Buffalo Street was granted state approval for nomination as a national historic district.


Geography

According to the
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, , of which is land and , or 0.07%, is water.
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forms the western border of the town, and Eighteen Mile Creek forms the southern boundary.


Climate

Hamburg experiences a
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(Köppen Dfb), heavily influenced by
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from Lake Erie. It experienced a record 81.2 inches (206.25 centimeters) of snow November 16–18, 2022.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 56,259 people, 21,999 households, and 15,157 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 22,833 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.93%
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, 0.49%
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or
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, 0.20% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.01%
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, 0.38% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 1.56% of the population. There were 21,999 households, out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were
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living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 26.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% 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 3.07. In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males. The median income for a household in the town was $47,888, and the median income for a family was $56,974. Males had a median income of $41,440 versus $27,602 for females. The
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for the town was $21,943. About 3.2% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the
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, including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.


Economy

The economy in the town is supported by a wide variety of sectors, including logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, commerce and education. In Blasdell, the
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operates a stamping plant with over one thousand employees. Also along the waterfront is the Lake Erie Industrial Park, formed by the town's industrial development agency. This site includes the primary
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warehouse for the Buffalo metropolitan area, employing 300 people, and an Amazon, Inc. distribution center.


Arts and culture

The
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has operated in Hamburg since 1868. Currently, the fair takes place at the Hamburg Fairgrounds. The Fair is situated on a plot of land near the village of Hamburg. The fair is produced by the Erie County Agricultural Society, and runs for twelve days in August. Since 1924, Strates Shows has operated the midway at the Fair. The Erie County fair is the third-largest
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in the United States. It is claimed that the 1885 Erie County Fair, or "Hamburg Fair" is the place at which the
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sandwich was invented. According to the legend, Frank and Charles Menches were food vendors at the 1885 Erie County Fair, and created a sandwich of use of ground beef, coffee, brown sugar and other ingredients, and sold with ketchup and sliced onions. They named the successful sandwich after the fair they invented it at. To this end, the annual Hamburg BurgerFest is held in Hamburg during the summer.


Sports

Sports teams in the town include the Frontier Falcons, representing Frontier Central High School, and the Hamburg Bulldogs, who represent Hamburg High School. The Red Raiders represent the St. Francis High School, a private, Franciscan/Catholic boys school. The Hawks represent Hilbert College, a private Franciscan/Catholic college in town. Hilbert has numerous NCAA division three sports teams including but not limited to basketball, football, women's hockey, soccer and lacrosse.


Parks and recreation

The
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, a
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, travels through Hamburg on New York Route 5, along the Lake Erie shoreline. Woodlawn Beach State Park, on the shore of Lake Erie, was opened as a state park in 1996, and has been operated since 2011 by the town of Hamburg under a ten-year agreement with New York State.


Government

Hamburg is governed by a five-member town board. The town supervisor is Catherine Rybczynski. The town was founded in 1812.


Education


Early childhood education

, there were 10
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s within the town, including 2 in the village of Blasdell.


Primary and secondary schools

The town of Hamburg is home to the Frontier Central School District, which is its primary
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. The district serves students living outside of the village of Hamburg along the lake shore of the town, and is an independent public entity. Frontier was created in the 1950s, combining the Amsdell, Athol Springs, Big Tree,
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, Lake View (Pinehurst), Shaleton, Wanakah (Cloverbank), and Woodlawn school districts dating to the 19th century. The district's offices are located at the Frontier Educational Center in Wanakah. The district serves over 4,500 students with its Big Tree,
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, Cloverbank, and Pinehurst elementary schools, Frontier Middle School, and Frontier High School. In 2009, Big Tree Elementary School was recognized as a
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. In 2020, '' Buffalo Business First'' ranked Frontier as the fifteenth-best performing school district in the
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region. Other districts serve Hamburg along the town's boundaries, including the Hamburg (village),
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and Orchard Park central school districts. The Hamburg Central School District mainly serves students living within the village of Hamburg, but also serves students living in areas adjacent to it. Both Frontier and Hamburg Central are members of the Erie 1
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system. The
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,
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and Orchard Park central school districts serve the village and small portions of the town.


Higher education

Hilbert College Hilbert College is a private Franciscan college in Hamburg, New York. The college is named after Colette Hilbert of the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joseph, who founded the school in 1957 to train teachers. Hilbert College enrolls approximately 8 ...
is in Hamburg, north of the village of Hamburg.


Media

The town's weekly newspaper is the '' Hamburg Sun''.


Infrastructure

The
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(
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),
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,
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, and NY Route 5 pass through the town. NY 75 runs through the village of Hamburg, temporarily
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with Route 62. U.S. 20A diverges from US 20 north of the village of Hamburg as both routes proceed east. Five bus lines operated by the
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(NFTA) serve the town. A
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facility is between NY 5 and NY 75 near Athol Springs.


Notable people

* Lucius Allen, former
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member * Thomas L. Bunting, former U.S. congressman * Brendan A. Burns, U.S. Army major general * Tim Calkins, clinical professor of marketing and author *
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, U.S. Civil War general and
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recipient *
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, singer/songwriter, founding member of
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and
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, and noted musicologist *
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, author and journalist * Manly Fleischmann, Defense Production Administrator for the
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, chairman of the Fleischmann Commission * Katharine Houghton Hepburn, feminist social reformer *
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, governor of New York * E. Howard Hunt, author, CIA officer and
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conspirator * John Huntly, former Wisconsin State Assembly member *
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, 1996 Republican Party U.S. vice presidential nominee who lived in Hamburg. *
Jim Kubiak James Kubiak (born May 12, 1972) is an American former professional football player and coach. He is currently the director of the WNY Quarterback Academy, and he was most recently the head football coach at Hilbert College for their first sea ...
, retired NFL quarterback (born in hamlet of Athol Springs) * Daniel N. Lockwood, former U.S. congressman * Howard J. Osborn, former Director of Security at the
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* John R. Pillion, former U.S. congressman * Francis J. Pordum, former
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member (from Lake View) * Jack Quinn, President of
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, former
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, former Town of Hamburg Supervisor *
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, former
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member * Frank Resetarits, lacrosse player * Stephen J. Roberts, veterinarian, professor, polo player and coach * Erik Schlopy, former Olympic ski racer * Bob Schmidt, former pro football player * Jake Schum, NFL punter *
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, former New York State Assemblyman *
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,
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of the
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*
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, editorial cartoonist * Susan Walsh, former competitive swimmer * Joe Whelan, distance runner * Dave Wohlabaugh, retired NFL center *
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, mathematician * Tommy Z, blues musician


See also

*
List of towns in New York This is a list of towns in New York. As of the 2020 United States population census, the 62 counties of the State of New York are subdivided into 933 towns, 62 cities, and 10 American Indian reservations. Towns in New York are considered ...


References


Further reading

* Hamburg history from 1910 to 1970.


External links

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