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The Village of Silver Creek is located on the south shores of  Lake Erie in the Town of Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York.  It is where Rt. 5 (Central Ave) and Rt. 20 (Main St) intersect forming our downtown.  It has a population of around 3000 people and is surrounded by the Concord Grape Belt.  The Village has its own Police Department, Street Department, Water and Sewer Department, Volunteer Emergency Squad and a Fire Department made up from three Fire Companies-Silver Creek Hook and Ladder, Silver Creek Hose Co and Huntley Hose Co.  The churches in town are First United Church, Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Church, St Alban's Episcopal Church, Trinity Lutheran Church,  Zion Lutheran Church, First Baptist Church, Assembly of God and the Christ Chapel  Wesleyan Church.  We have a centralized school district that includes the Village of Silver Creek, parts of the Town of  Hanover, Town of  Sheridan, and the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation.  There is a Elementary, Middle and Senior High Building.                              

This page is maintained by Village Historian  Louis F. Pelletter
Updated: February 2, 2010