Place:Angelica, Allegany, New York, United States

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NameAngelica
TypeVillage
Located inAllegany, New York, United States


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Angelica is a village in the town of Angelica in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 869 at the 2010 census. The village and the town are named after Angelica Schuyler Church, a daughter of General Philip Schuyler, sister-in-law of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and wife of John Barker Church.

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The community was the first to be settled in the town of Angelica, in 1802. The village of Angelica was incorporated in 1835. Angelica was formerly the county seat until the county government switched to Belmont. Founded by Philip Church nephew of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. Philip Church took a large tract of land that he had inherited in upstate New York and established the town of Angelica (Alexander Hamilton's beloved sister-in-law), named in his mother's honor. (Chernow p 727) In 1830, the population of Angelica was 998.

The Old Allegany County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The Angelica Park Circle Historic District was listed in 1978.[1]

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  • Outstanding guide to Angelica family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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