Place:Silver Creek, Chautauqua, New York, United States

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NameSilver Creek
TypeVillage
Coordinates42.544°N 79.167°W
Located inChautauqua, New York, United States
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Silver Creek is a village in the town of Hanover in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village had a population of 2,637.[1] Silver Creek is named after a small creek which runs through the village. It is on the shore of Lake Erie.

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The community was first settled circa 1803, and the first school house was erected in approximately 1823. In 1822 a well-known black walnut tree, measuring about in diameter, was blown over in a storm. The village of Silver Creek was incorporated in 1848, and was an important port on Lake Erie until railroads reduced shipping. The village is home to a skew arch railroad bridge, one of the few bridges in the country built on an angle. In September of 1886, two trains collided near this location, killing approximately 15 and injuring roughly the same number.

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