Ellery, New York
town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States
Ellery is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States, located northwest of Jamestown and with an extended lakefront on the east side of Chautauqua Lake. In the 2020 census, Ellery had a population of 4,105.
History
The area known as Ellery was originally home to the Erie People. The first settlement of European colonists was made circa 1806. The town of Ellery was founded in 1821 from a part of the town of Chautauqua. William Ellery, signer of the Declaration of Independence, is the town's namesake. The lake frontage was developed early as a tourist and recreational location.
Government
The Ellery town government consists of a supervisor, council, and various department heads.
The Town Hall/Courtroom is located in the population center of Bemus Point, at 25 Sunnyside Avenue, one block from the Bemus Point Village Hall, Post Office, Library, Fire Department, and Elementary School. Municipal services shared with the Village of Bemus Point include the positions of Codes Enforcement Officer and Assessor.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ellery, New York” as town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3708846. Authority coordinates are 42.171, -79.377. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1806 and 1821.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ellery, New York” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.