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French Creek, New York

French Creek is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 997 at the 2020 census. The town is named after the stream flowing through it, which ultimately flows to the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania. The town of French Creek is located in the far southwestern corner of the state.

History
The land was first settled circa 1811. The town of French Creek was founded in 1829 from part of the town of Clymer.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 94.0 km2, of which 0.05 sqkm, or 0.06%, is water.

French Creek, which flows southward through the town, is a tributary of the Allegheny River. Its tributaries are Beaver Meadow Brook, Cutting Brook and Herrick Creek.

New York State Route 426 is a major north–south route through the town and intersects New York State Route 474, an east–west highway at Cutting.

Adjacent towns and areas
French Creek is bordered by the state of Pennsylvania to the west and south. To the west is Venango Township and to the south is Wayne Township, both in Erie County, Pennsylvania. The north town line is the border of the town of Mina, and the east town line is shared with the town of Clymer.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 935 people, 332 households, and 260 families residing in the town. The population density was 25.8 PD/sqmi. There were 592 housing units at an average density of 16.3 per square mile (6.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.93% White, 0.11% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races.

There were 332 households, out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.0% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.1% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,667, and the median income for a family was $38,688. Males had a median income of $28,583 versus $19,444 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,496. About 9.7% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.8% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

 * Ely B. Dewing, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Tommy Leach, major league baseball player who was in the first World Series

Communities and locations in the town of French Creek

 * Cutting – A hamlet in the south part of the town on State Route 474.
 * French Creek – A stream that flows through the town into Pennsylvania; tributary of the Allegheny River.
 * French Creek – The hamlet of French Creek, located on County Road 4 (French Creek–Mina Road) and French Creek.
 * Marks Corners – A location in the northeast corner of the town.
 * Marvin – A hamlet in the southwest corner of the town.
 * Morgan Corners – A hamlet in the east side of the town at Bush and Ravlin Roads.
 * Peek'n Peak – A skiing area in the western part of the town.

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Frewsburg, New York

Frewsburg is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Carroll in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 1,906 at the 2010 census. The ZIP code is 14738 and the telephone exchange (which extends past Carroll and well into South Valley and Kennedy) is 569 (in area code 716).

Frewsburg is located on U.S. Route 62, which forms the main street in the village. While not an incorporated village, Frewsburg does have a population that is larger than many villages in the region and is a significant community in the area, dwarfed only by the city of Jamestown 5 mi to the northwest.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 8.8 km2, of which 0.04 sqkm, or 0.43%, is water.

Conewango Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny River, flows past the west side of the village.

U.S. Route 62 passes through Frewsburg as Main Street. County Routes 34, 53 and 55 meet US 62 on the east side of town. New York State Route 60 has its southern terminus a few miles west of Frewsburg; a previous routing of Route 60 extended into Frewsburg, and portions of US 62 still bear Route 60 reference markers.

History
Frewsburg is named after the Frews - Hugh and Mary Frew, who were supposedly the first European family to settle in this area in 1807. The location of their first house is commemorated by a historic marker on Main Street in Frewsburg. The Frew House is privately owned and still used as a residence, having been divided into two units.

The hamlet hosts the Gala Days festival, which is run by the fire department in mid-July. As of 2010, an annual June Rib Festival has been added.

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Frewsburg holds an annual "Old Fashioned Santa Parade." The parade features no motorized vehicles, with all participants powered either by horseback or by foot.

Notable people
Reuben Eaton Fenton (1819-1885): Fenton was born in the Town of Ellicott, on land that became part of the Town of Carroll in 1825. Reuben was the youngest of five sons born to George W. Fenton Sr and Elsie Owen. He was educated in Frewsburg, Cary Farmer College in Ohio, and Fredonia Academy. While reading law in the offices of Waite brothers in Jamestown, he taught two terms at Jamestown Academy. He became the youngest Supervisor elected in the Town of Carroll in 1846, and was reelected six times. Fenton was elected New York State Governor in Nov. 1864, and also won a second term. The Fenton family moved from Frewsburg to their newly built home in Jamestown after his election. He was a member of the U.S.Senate from 1869 until 1875, he then became Director, then President of the First National Bank at Jamestown, New York. He died on August 25, 1885, at the age of 66.

Robert H. Jackson (1892–1954): The boyhood home of this future lawyer, New Deal official, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court justice and chief prosecutor at Nuremberg of Nazi war criminals following World War II is located on the main street in Frewsburg. It is marked with a plaque in his honor. Frewsburg's Robert H. Jackson Elementary School is located a few blocks away. Justice Jackson is buried in Frewsburg's Maple Grove cemetery. The Robert H. Jackson Center, devoted to education and events that further his illustrious legacy, is located in nearby Jamestown. Lloyd Moore, who competed in NASCAR from 1949 to 1955, was born in Frewsburg and worked as a bus driver and mechanic in the school district for many years. When he died March 18, 2008, he was the oldest living former NASCAR driver.

Shane Conlan, retired National Football League player who spent most of his career with the nearby Buffalo Bills, was born in nearby Olean in 1964 and was raised and attended school in Frewsburg. He was coached by Frewsburg High School coach Tom Sharp. Conlan attended college at Penn State University where he was a two-time All-American at linebacker and was coached by Joe Paterno.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,965 people, 742 households, and 528 families residing in the area. The population density was 584.3 PD/sqmi. There were 770 housing units at an average density of 229.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.34% White, 0.15% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.10% Asian, and 0.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.25% of the population.

There were 742 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the community, the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.8 males.

The median income for a household in the hamlet was $32,688, and the median income for a family was $36,050. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $22,500 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,254. About 10.1% of families and 11.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.

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Talk:D.C. sniper attacks

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unnamed victims
" This list does not include two victims who were not publicly identified; .... and the other man, a 76-year-old from Tucson, Arizona, was shot non-fatally on a Clearwater, Florida, golf course on May 18, 2002.[10]"

Is there any reasons these names can not be put on this wiki? http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/clearwater-shooting-victim-awaits-execution-of-dc-sniper/1050591 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keithbkessler (talk • contribs) 14:33, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Wrong location for the taking of the tree sample and search for bullets
The link to Takoma, Washington is incorrect. The actual location is Takoma Park on the border of Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

TimeHorse (talk) 18:33, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

 * Is this right ?  Tacoma, Washington is mentioned twice .  Thats the place with the dodgy bridge ?  Did these evildoers come from Washington state or did they just drive all the way there and back to get their guns ?   Seems a bit unlikely.Eregli bob (talk) 16:19, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

backwards
I think that this has been done backwards: I believe that there should be a link that takes you to the entry for "The Beltway Sniper" (where this article originated,) instead of vice-versa. That entry was first put in when it was linked from the "serial killers" entry; the purpose being that this individual, who has been dubbed "The Beltway Sniper" (not just by the media, but by everyone in the DC metro area; I know, I live there) is now a serial killer. So one day down the line it will be "Jack the Ripper," "Son of Sam," "The Beltway Sniper." Can an admin make a decision on this and change it if needed? EB

This is why the article should be Beltway Sniper. Lir 01:17 Oct 23, 2002 (UTC)

name problems
not sure if Beltway Sniper is going to stick... the guy is outside of the beltway...and a quick breeze through the news.google, none of the headlines read Beltway Sniper, nor do they call him/her that often enough, at least on the west coast... to merit his current ignoble name.
 * Ok having read the other entry on the sniper, people living in the area do call him the Beltway Sniper

While we're at it, why not "Beltway Sniper of 2002" ? In 2210, this affair may well be forgotten. And hopefully it will be resolved by the end of this year. Just my 2 cents. FvdP

We also call them the "DC Snipers" (I'm a local) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.181.214 (talk) 11:38, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

With Muhammed's execution the shootings are back in the press. A scan of news articles shows that nearly all national news outlets (and on National News last night on CBS and NBC) refer to the case as "DC Sniper". Further, the name "Washington Sniper" is confusing as his first shooting death was in Washington State with the attempted murder of Muhammed's ex-wife, in which her niece was killed by mistake. I think we should change to "DC Sniper" OneHappyHusky (talk) 19:02, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

while its happening
Beltway Sniper of 2002 seems redundant-this could go into 2003 too

If you look at a map it seems likely he is using the Beltway to get around. Lir 01:28 Oct 23, 2002 (UTC)

 * Redundant ? And what if a beltway sniper strikes again in 2210 ? Well, anyway, forget about my suggestion. There will probably be no second "beltway killer" for a long time. FvdP

 * If so, future Wikipedians will be perfectly capable of renaming the page themselves. --Brion 01:35 Oct 23, 2002 (UTC)

 * That's what I thought. Don't understimate me ;-) --FvdP 01:37 Oct 23, 2002 (UTC)

-- truth of this statement?

Tarot cards with handwritten statements were found at the scene of several of the shootings.
 * I've only heard of one reported incidence...can someone verify the plural?

My take on the affair is that snipers like this are losers. They always get caught (that's what they want). Publicity should focus on how well authorities and the general citizenry combined to track these losers down. After that, give 'em a fair trial and then hang 'em. --Ed Poor
 * My take on this? I've been walking around for over a week, from bus stop to work and so on and so forth, carrying my bag in front of my chest as if it's going to protect me from a bullet to the heart. Every time I see a white van with a ladder rack I cringe. Yes, there should be a NPOV, but some of these comments are incredibly insensitive and you need to put yourselves in check before you open your mouth.eb

The article seems pretty non-opinionated to me. Lir 20:05 Oct 24, 2002 (UTC)
 * I was referring to the comments made on the TALK page. "This event will be forgotten..." etc...

only one shooter
There's only one sniper. There may be a person with him, but it's a safe bet that only one person was shooting. I don't really see the justification for the pluralization. Maybe later, when more facts come out. --The Cunctator
 * Just because only one person pulled the trigger doesn't mean that two people are not implicated in the crimes committed. What would you have it be called, "The Beltway Sniper and Accomplice?" "The Beltway Sniper and Friend Who Rolled Down the Window?" As of now it is assumed that two people are/were involved. It will be changed when change is applicable. EB

Perhaps we should call it "The Beltway Sniper and Friends?" If I were the Beltway sniper I woulda let the other dude try at least one shot. Lir 21:13 Oct 24, 2002 (UTC)

 * Maybe you should call it "The Beltway Sniper and God", because he claims to be God or working with God.

 * But isn't God a "He"!?! ;-)

 * If there is an accomplice so what? That still doesn't mean that there are two snipers.  Only one sniper and an accomplice.  The singular most accurately matches what the media and everyone else calls him/her, even if it *is* more than one. -- Ram-Man

 * I agree - it was a bit rash to move to the plural. The police haven't even confirmed that the men they have are in fact directly involved. We don't know yet that they both actually shot the gun. --mav

 * I don't know if this helps or not, but the US Army refers to the sniper and his spotter as a "sniper team"; the sniper is senior in the team, and the spotter will eventually learn and become a sniper. In a sense, both men are snipers, even though one is pulling the trigger, and the other is parking the car, looking for police and targets, making sandwiches, whatever.  --Jkonrath 23:46, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Why should we use the same incorrect terms that everyone else uses? There were two of them. All the witnesses said so. They arrested two people. Should they police decide the other person wasn't a wannabe sniper-maybe we should go back-but why was he cruising around with the other dude unless he wanted in on the sniping action? Lir 21:25 Oct 24, 2002 (UTC)

 * You might want to tone done the sarcasm. All the witnesses did not say there were two of them. They've arrested thousands of people in connection with the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. There were only 19 hijackers, not thousands. Let's assume for the sake of argument that these are the perpetrators. It's also a safe assumption that only Mohammad was the sniper, while the boy was used as a lookout. Does that make him a sniper? No. It certainly makes him accessory to murder, and possibly executable, but still, he's not the sniper.

 * I don't really care about the title, but your efforts would be better spent writing entries on the arrested individuals. --The Cunctator

 * We might as well wait until we know more to write more! They should soon know if they really are the snipers.  Besides, it's fun to argue ;-) -- Ram-Man

I just on the news that John Allen Muhammad aka John Allen Williams was from New Orleans. Hmm...

In 1973 Mark Essex killed 9 (5 of them police officers) and injured 19 more.

And back in 1900 I believe Robert Charles still holds the record in this category with 27 kills, (5 of them police).

You may not have heard of them, but growing up black in the time and place he did, I'm sure John Allen did. --Infrogmation

I moved the article, to take the emphasis off the (suspected) killer(s). I'm not interested in "records" or in giving undue attention to the acts of disturbed people. Like, "don't feed the trolls". --Ed Poor

Please clarify the sentence "...17-year-old Jamaican stepson (wasn't really stepson)". I don't know what he is. --Menchi 02:15, Aug 17, 2003 (UTC)

 * That would be "17-year-old Jamaican son of the woman he lived with for a time but wasn't married to." I suspect we'll hear a great deal more about the relationship of the two snipers at their respective trials: it was speculated that they were sexually involved themselves, and at least one of them has denied this, but who knows? -- Someone else 02:24, 17 Aug 2003 (UTC)

This article probably should include a reference to their first attack, which was actually in Montgomery, Alabama. Kaszeta 19:34, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)

--- Might want to include in the Effects on Society that since it was approaching Halloween a lot of parents were prepared to cut trick-or-treating. (205.250.167.76 20:00, 11 March 2007 (UTC))

Terminology Sniper vs. snipers
At the time it all occurred, the general reference was "Beltway Sniper". We now know that 1. two persons were more or less equally involved in committing the crimes 2. that the range of their rampage extended for beyond the Capital Beltway to other states 3. and that is is very likely that each man acted a shooter during the rampage, although (despite earlier speculation above to the contrary) only the younger and less well-trained has admitted being the shooter so far.

Even though the younger man (Malvo)will apparently no longer face the death penalty in future prosecutions due to Roper v. Simmons, perhaps he will find some courage (and decency) to help explain more details which would help provide some closure to families. His attorneys may discuss with him that "hard time" for a life sentence without parole in Virginia and hard time in Alabama and Louisiana are not necessarily the same. The record and interviews with school classmates indicate that he is not stupid, although his actions were very evil. Serial killers have been known to confess to avoid a life sentence in one state over another. From what I have read, conditions down south are even worse than Virginia's equivalent of Siberia. He agreed to a plea bargain in Spotsylvania County, Virginia and some additional cooperation might mitigate some of his outcomes elsewhere. Even at Red Onion, there are privileges such as cable TV which may be purchased by some inmates. Even if he has no access to news or outside media, whatever the depth of their relationship was, it is hard to believe that Malvo would still feel any camaraderie with his older buddy.

Regarding the older killer, there would seem to be to be little reason for Virginia to allow extradition of Muhammed to facilitate prosecution in other states (and maybe the District of Columbia) unless for some reason his death row status changes. I wouldn't expect this man to do one single thing for the benefit of his ex-partner or anyone else. I occurs to me that a future Virginia trial might more clearly establish if he was an actual trigger man.

Of course, this article is also not just about who pulled a trigger and who was the lookout, but also about the terrorism they used as a form of extortion, resulting in thousands of victims beyond the deaths and woundings.

Bottom line: IMHO, the article label seems reasonably correct for what happened. I intend to do what I can to keep this and the related articles updated as time progresses. Vaoverland 00:39, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)

Franklin surname trivia
Why, exactly, is it relevant that Linda Franklin shares a surname with Joseph Paul Franklin? --Flidget Jerome 16:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Even worse, this questionable item of trivia is presented in a timeline. Unless someone can answer that question, let's leave the following deleted text out: It is worth noting that a man who shared a surname with the victim-serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin- had also commited sniper attacks in Falls Church against black people. Vaoverland 19:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Jayson Blair
The infamously fraudulent NY Times journalist, Jayson Blair, was covering this case, and awarded himself a phony "scoop" at one point, too. I'd like to say something about that in this article, but I'll have to, gasp, do some work and nail down the relevant facts first. --Christofurio 01:01, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

Benny Oberoi WAS NOT shot outside the Ponderosa Steakhouse
This is abjectly erroneous information. Oberoi was shot and wounded outside a Silver Spring, MD. liquor store weeks before the initial identified shootings began. Jeffrey Hopper was the man shot and wounded outside the Ponderosa Steakhouse in Ashland. I am so adamant about this change being made because I live in the area and it is quite relevant to me. That Home Depot is less than one mile from my house. I saw the police cars speeding past my neighborhood the night that woman was killed. Please fix this mistake!!
 * Thanks for helping get the facts straight for this article. His name was not been as widely publicized as some of the other victims. This is possibly because the Ponderosa victim was (and is) strongly desiring of privacy, illustrated perhaps by the extreme fact that his wife came back alone to MCV Hospitals in Richmond to thank all those who helped save his life. Although the media doesn't always seem to respect such (and to some extent perhaps shouldn't), I for one can't imagine anyone wanting this (or any of the others victims and families) to suffer more needlessly. Vaoverland 19:34, May 22, 2005 (UTC)

How were the Snipers Really Caught?
It is common belief that the snipers were caught through citizen tips. In reality, OnStar helped catch the snipers. The car they were using during the attacks had an OnStar system. OnStar was asked by authorities to turn over records of vehicles within a specified radius and time range from when the attacks occurred. The pattern revealed 3 emergency vehicles and the lone car. The OnStar system was still registered under the previous vehicle's owner. However, because OnStar is GPS based, it was able to pin point the sniper's location at the rest area. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhacker (talk • contribs)

 * The car used by the snipers was a 1990 Chevrolet Caprice. OnStar was first made available in 1997 (initially in Cadillac models). -Aude ( talk | contribs ) 19:39, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

But how did the police decide to start tracking them? There is no information whatsoever in the article about that, and it's something I personally want to know. Kaiser matias 10:07, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

 * One thing is for certain - the Beltway Snipers were caught no thanks to Charles Moose, the pathologically race-conscious and politically-correct liberal police chief of Montgomery County, Maryland, the area where the first attack occurred. Charles Moose led the sniper task force throughout the investigation. He refused to acknowledge the possibility that the sniper could be anyone other than a white man. Charles Moose refused to release a composite sketch of a non-white suspect based on actual witness accounts, because he didn't want to "paint some group." Charles Moose was more concerned about offending a minority group than catching the killers. That's incompetence writ large and should be called by its proper name, black official or not. It wasn't until the snipers gave themselves away by bragging about another murder they committed during a liquor store robbery in Montgomery, Alabama, that Federal agents began developing leads that ultimately resulted in their apprehension. Kepiblanc 05:27, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * See WP:SOAP. Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 14:02, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Motivation?
The article left me with one nagging question: Why did they do it?
 * Me too. Adding their motivation would improve the article. WP 11:16, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I have been following this story since it happened. I have never read any clear motivation revealed. The closest I perceive is that John Allen Muhammad may have been laying the groundwork for killing one or more of his ex-wives who lived close to some of the killings and/or the long shot of exorting a huge amount of money from the government. He is obviously a very evil and angry man. If ever Virginia needed to expedite an execution, .... Vaoverland 13:36, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I was disappointed not to see anything a out the motivation. Didn't Muhammed leave letters for the media and at court have plenty to say for his motivations? A disappointment there is nothing about this here.

 * With the current (May 2006) trials underway and Malvo cooperating, perhaps we will all learn more. Speculation about money or revenge seems to be all that anyone can currently come up with in this crazy and tragic situation. Vaoverland 19:35, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Malvo explicitly said that Muhammad's motivation was because he believed "the white man is the devil", and his intent was to kill white people. source Bricology (talk) 11:51, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

Perhaps one of the reasons that some people would still be wondering why the snipers did what they did is political correctness, in this case, the mainstream media's "revisionism and sanitization of Islam", i.e., the "politically correct whitewashing of the truth aimed at pleasing Muslim groups like CAIR": "When news of the snipers' identity first broke, CNN anchors were so determined to avoid making the obvious connection to radical Islam that they called the lead sniper, a Muslim convert, by his old name. Police were looking for John Allen Muhammad, but CNN insisted on referring to him as John Allen Williams." To further quote Rehabbing The D.C. Snipers by Investor's Business Daily (which presents a "pile of courtroom evidence"): "Nowhere in [CNN's] one-hour special — promoted as "The Minds of the D.C. Snipers" — is Islamist brainwashing even hinted as a motivating factor behind their serial assassinations. Yet the evidence is overwhelming that they were on a jihad." Asteriks 17:49, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

More victims
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/27/malvo.ap/index.html

just saw this today. might be important to include.-- ZeWrestler  Talk 03:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

White vans
I found it interesting at the time that a white van was suspected, as they are pretty much ubiquitous. 68.147.242.17 15:55, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It wasn't a white van. It was a "white box truck." --Someone who was there in Montgomery County
 * Indeed it was a "white box truck". However, white vans were also pulled over and searched. I remember, because I lived in Montgomery County at the time of the attacks, and a person I knew had their white van (a 1997 Ford Econoline) pulled over and searched. Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 13:13, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

State of fear.
There were extra police everywhere. Police at the schools, on street corners...people were afraid to even go outside, especially the beltway. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.49.250.152 (talk) 02:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
 * That's so true. i remeber when the beltway sniper was on the lose. it was pretty scary(Esskater11 15:51, 27 May 2007 (UTC))
 * Indeed it was. Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 14:17, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

References!!
Much of this article, especially the section having to do exhibits, needs citations. --Unsigned statement

I would say all of the article is in bad need of citations considering there are only six citations in the whole article. 67.142.130.26 19:33, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Link?
Ah, what do the Zebra murders have to do with the Beltway snipers beyond NOI member involvement? 129.119.240.84 (talk) 20:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Halo
On the video game controversy page, it says that the two killers were motivated and trained by playing Halo:CE, but in this article, theres no mention at all of Halo. Should that information be added?4nthr4x (talk) 18:13, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * If you have a reasonable source/reference, add it in where appropriate. Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 13:14, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Murders in other states
I removed the line, "An earlier spree for which the pair was responsible had killed victims in California, Arizona, and Texas, for a total of 16 deaths identified as of March 2007." There is nothing in the article that further discusses killings in these states and no outside link to support the claim. Tgpaul58 (talk) 04:26, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * There's nothing to support crimes in Georgia either, so I removed reference to that. Superm401 - Talk 08:53, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Tarot card messages
Edited the article to correct the quotation on the tarot card message, would is "Dear Mr. Policeman..." rather than "Dear Policeman...." I didn't add a citation but it should be in the cited sources if someone wants to add one, since the paragraph needs more anyway.

For those who don't think this detail doesn't mention an edit, here's an interesting story: at the time, police were still looking for a white man. However, when that message was released, my Caribbean friends say they knew it was an islander, because only an islander says "Mr. Policeman." Apparently the Montgomery County police department did not employ any islanders at the time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.241.143 (talk) 22:25, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect map locations
At least one dot location on the map is incorrect: number 13 occurred at Seven Corners, but is shown near Alexandria. Some of the others do not seem right, but it's hard to tell because the numbering in the diagram is not clearly linked to the text. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.43.134.199 (talk) 22:08, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Images
Some good images here that are PD - and should be added to article. Sherurcij (speaker for the dead) 19:31, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Good find, nice pics. Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 13:16, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * EDIT: I have added the pics to the article. Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 16:18, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Why did they change his execution date?
In the article, Muhammad's original execution date was set for November 11. Why did they change it to the 10th? An explanation within the article would be helpful. ExistentialBliss (talk) 19:33, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Why does this article refer to him as JORDAN Allen Muhammad
Every other source says his name was John Allen Muhammad. 69.225.117.21 (talk) 02:11, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

WP:Death Assessment Commentary
The article was assessed C-class for lack of in-line citations in some sections. Boneyard90 (talk) 12:56, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Malve and the Iraq War Debate
The single biggest accidental effect of the Malvo shootings gets ignored by everybody. The Senate debate on whether to go to war took place at the same time. War was declared on October 11, 2002. The Malvo shooting spree dominated the headlines and pushed the war debate completely off the front page of most newspapers for the entire debate. The last chance to oppose the war was lost in a sea of headlines screaming "SNIPER !!!". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.42.41.105 (talk) 21:01, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Arizona
Is there any info about the sniper attacks in Arizona, or elsewhere out west? If not, somebody should work on it. Thanks.--70.162.70.28 (talk) 21:34, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

According to this Washington Post article, Malvo admitted to a murder in Tucson in March 2002. I live in Phoenix but do not recall any coverage at the time nor after his confession.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/27/AR2006102701567.html

BTillman (talk) 18:41, 11 May 2013 (UTC)B TillmanBTillman (talk) 18:41, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Race of Victims
I believe race should be mentioned in the article. 1.) the suspects where believed to be of a certain race due to profiling. 2.) the suspects started targeting blacks specifically to distort this profiling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.162.176.98 (talk) 13:54, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Studying this at school atm and was surprised Wikipedia is the ONLY source that ignores the fact it was racially motivated violence. They got away with it so long because of racial profiling of the shooters as white, all the victims were white, and they said themselves that they aimed to "kill six white people a day for 30 days" in their own testimony. It appears that a very carefully spun POV is being carried out here by it's removal. If the races were reversed it would be right in the lede section like Dylan Roof. The difference is Dylan Roof killed far less people and didn't get away with murder for so long. Dylan Roof is a household name. And the racial motive of Dylan Roof is in the FIRST LINE of his article meanwhile it's line 1058 on this. And is repeated only once. Dylan Roof it's repeated dozens of times and has an entire section devoted to it.

 * Agreed. I have just added the article to the Category:Racially motivated violence against European Americans, and am adding a mention in the lede about racial motivation. Bricology (talk) 11:46, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

I remember when Wikipedia was NPOV. I remember when that was important. :( 121.210.33.50 (talk) 06:46, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Time Discrepancy
There are conflicting times within this article for the murder of James Martin. The section titled "Attacks in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area" under the "Montgomery County, Maryland" subheading has time of death listed as 6:30pm. However the "Aftermath" / "Victims" section table lists Mr. Martin being killed at 6:04 pm. I can't find a citation for the table, which appears in related Wikipedia articles as well.

I believe the 6:30pm time is incorrect, possibly confused with the time of the earlier killing of Hong Im Ballenger on September 23, 2002. I have also found references that imply the shot killing Martin was fired less than an hour after the earlier "missed" shot at 5:20pm, on the same day, which would support 6:04pm as the correct time.

The book "23 Days of Terror: The Compelling True Story of the Hunt and Capture of the Beltway Sniper" By Angie Cannon has a chronology sequence that confirms 6:04pm as the time of Mr Martin's killing - http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Qyz9pGKY6bEC&pg=PT10&dq=6:04

Should I search for more citations for the 6:04pm time before correcting the article(s) or ...? -- Gth-au (talk) 11:07, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Identification
This is a very confusing article. One thing that isn't made clear is, how did the police identify Muhammad and Malvo as the shooters, by name? I get it that once they did, they put the public on alert for a blue chevy, and caught them on a tip - but it's not clear how they learned their names in the first place. -- Y not? 15:57, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
 * See the article on John Allen Muhammad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.98.54.74 (talk) 17:38, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

The "Exculpatory Evidence Exonerating So-Called 'DC Snipers" text
, also known as IP 66.192.172.132, keeps adding this "Exculpatory Evidence Exonerating So-Called 'DC Snipers" material to the article. He was reverted by Bantam1983, with Bantam1983 essentially citing WP:Fringe. And he was reverted by me, as seen here and here (follow up note here). Now why exactly does this unsourced, dubious text belong in this article? JoeSperrazza, you also watch this article. Any opinion on this matter? Flyer22 (talk) 02:00, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the question. I had not noticed the addition before, but I would not support it being added to the article for the following reasons:
 * It meets the definition of a WP:QUESTIONABLE (i.e., non-reliable) source. A copyright does not indicate that the copyrighted material has been fact checked or validated in any way.
 * Copyrighted materiel can be (and appears to be, by the citation) user-generated and self-published. Both fail the WP:RS test.
 * I can't find the copyright noted at http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First, so I question whether the citation is accurate. "COPYRIGHT Case No" is not a term of art that is familiar to me or useable at the USCO. Nor does a search for "James DeVone" find anything.
 * The documents also appear to be WP:WPNOTRS in that that they are WP:PRIMARY sources.
 * If, as suggested, these documents were written by the copyright holder, then they are almost certainly WP:OR. If has any doubt, a quick trip to the WP:RSN would likely agree with my assessment.
 * Finally, the information seems to fit the definition of WP:FRINGE.
 * Best regards, JoeSperrazza (talk) 11:10, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I invited both and  to this discussion but also warned them against edit warring:, . JoeSperrazza (talk) 11:48, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

 * This editor won't stop; I'll take care of this later. Flyer22 (talk) 13:36, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

 * See Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring JoeSperrazza (talk) 15:10, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

 * edit warring continuing, see . Prior edit was by IP JoeSperrazza (talk) 18:51, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

The WP:RSN agrees that having something registered with the United States Copyright Office does not, in an of itself, make that a WP:RS. From Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_101:

JoeSperrazza (talk) 19:42, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

 * Thanks for handling this while I was away, JoeSperrazza. I'm certain that 50jmd and the IP are the same person, though, which is why I stated "also known as" above. Flyer22 (talk) 02:04, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, and his IP  keep edit warring to restore this materiel, e.g.,
 * 09:23, 2015 June 25
 * 13:44, 2015 June 24
 * 09:35, 2015 June 24
 * 13:21, 2015 June 23
 * ... etc. Full list is at Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring JoeSperrazza (talk) 14:03, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

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Terrorism
Terrorism and Islamism ought to be in lede and better covered in the article.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:38, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * With sources like that, it is generally a good idea to find some additional sources that make a similar claim - if they make a similar claim. My very best wishes (talk) 19:33, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/call-to-priest-cracks-sniper-case/
Why the lack of Follow-up on this aspect of the snipers' capture that got national attention when the story broke? Even if the story didn't turn out to be true, it is still notable coverage of the incident, and should be properly dismissed as such. If it's true, it is the article's most glaring omission. MMetro (talk) 14:11, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

"motivated by an affinity for Islamist Jihad"
According to the "Motive" section, "[a] series of trial exhibits suggested Malvo and Muhammad were motivated by an affinity for Islamist Jihad." The source is a newspaper editorial, and newspaper editorials are not reliable sources for facts per WP:RSOPINION. I have tagged the source as unreliable. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 00:18, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

 * Having waited six weeks and having received not a single response, I will remove the unreliable source and the material cited to it. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 02:36, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

WP:NOTMEMORIAL and WP:NOTDIRECTORY
Malik Shabazz, regrading this and this, I question WP:NOTMEMORIAL and WP:NOTDIRECTORY applying in this case. For articles like these, it's common to include a section about the victims because the victims are commonly well-covered in WP:Reliable sources. Therefore, such sections can be encyclopedic. I'm not stating that the sections you removed were done well or that we should return them in their entirety (after all, we don't need more than one section about the victims), but I am stating that I don't think that sections about victims are automatically WP:NOTMEMORIAL and WP:NOTDIRECTORY violations. For further input, I'll ask about this case at the talk page for WP:NOTMEMORIAL and WP:NOTDIRECTORY; I'll point editors to this section so that the discussion is kept in one spot. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:43, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

 * I'd welcome such a discussion, Flyer22 Reborn. Thank you. I don't doubt that an encyclopedic section about the snipers' victims could be written, but long lists of names, in my view, have no value. As an example, Casualties of the September 11 attacks is an encyclopedia article; Emergency workers killed in the September 11 attacks is a memorial that should (in my opinion) be deleted. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 02:33, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

RFC: Inclusion of Beltway sniper attacks in Chevrolet Caprice article
There is an RFC about a link to this article: Should the Chevrolet Caprice article mention in the body or via a see also link the Beltway Sniper's use of a Chevrolet Caprice? See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Automobiles. Felsic2 (talk) 00:39, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

2016 move of this article
Loginnigol, looking here and here, I see that you moved the article from "Beltway sniper attacks" to "D. C. sniper attacks." And I see that with this move, Illegitimate Barrister recently fixed the spacing issue.

Loginnigol, because there are WP:Article title matters to consider, you should have started a WP:Requested moves discussion on this issue instead of moving this article per your opinion on what it should be titled. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 08:18, 25 April 2017 (UTC) Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 08:19, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Lead
This sentence in the lead is very unclear: "Their crime spree, begun in February 2002, featured murders and robberies in the states of Alabama, Arizona, and Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington, which resulted in seven deaths and seven injured people; in ten months, the snipers killed 17 people and injured 10 other people.". Did they kill seven and injure seven, or kill 17 and injure 10? Jon Harald Søby (talk) 14:57, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

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Tacoma should be Takoma
Article links to Tacoma, Washington (state) when presumably they are referencing the Takoma Park neighborhood of Washington, DC. How would they find shells on the other side of the country? 2601:152:880:10A0:705F:5541:D7E7:767B (talk) 12:59, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Which link? The article says Muhammad practiced at a gun range in Tacoma, Washington (near Seattle). Fredlesaltique (talk) 03:14, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

How many victims?
The phrasing in one of the early paragraphs is confusing me and seems to present two different numbers for the amount of total victims.

"Their crime spree, which began in February 2002, included murders and robberies in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington, which resulted in 7 deaths and 7 wounded; in ten months, the snipers killed 17 people and wounded 10 others.[1]"

Was it 7 killed and 7 wounded or was it 17 killed and 10 wounded? WolfmanMcGee (talk) 10:01, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Victim names
Some of the names of the dead and wounded are missing. I think that should be updated. 2600:1007:B03E:52B:6984:5B61:24CD:BE35 (talk) 17:48, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Location #13 on map is incorrect
Whoever made the map - you should correct the dot for #13. You have it located just outside of alexandria - but it actually occurred at the Home Depot in Merrifield(just outside of falls church - which is the random defined city on the map in western fairfax county). Just stuck out as really far off… Sibley79 (talk) 02:17, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Regarding possible copyvio
The copyvio-flagged text in the article was added in 2007 and earlier. Archive.org indicates that the Crime Museum article wasn't live until 2017. I suspect it made use of the Wikipedia text in writing its article. Schazjmd  (talk)  19:53, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Question on ordering
Regarding this line: Chief Moose released part of the content of one of the shooter's letters, in which he declares, "Your children are not safe, anywhere, at any time."

It appears right in the middle of Johnson getting shot, how does this contextually make sense? Is it meant to have occurred the same day? Suggest moving it to the end of the paragraph 72.164.175.30 (talk) 21:00, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Agree, and moved. It wasn't in the para's source, so added a source-needed tag. Only reason I left it in the same para is it seems to have happened on the same day but without a source yet, couldn't be sure. Schazjmd   (talk)  21:09, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Added ref, and "On the same day" to make clear it's in the correct place in the timeline. Schazjmd   (talk)  21:12, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

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Gerry, New York

Gerry is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 1,789 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Elbridge Gerry, the fifth Vice President of the United States. The town is centrally located in the county and is north of Jamestown.

History
Settlement began circa 1810 with Amos Atkins, a surveyor, who built the first building, a log cabin. The town of Gerry was formed on June 1, 1812, from a part of the town of Pomfret. The first town meeting was held at the home of Major Samuel Sinclair, who was elected the first Supervisor that year. Sinclair is also the namesake of Sinclairville, located within the town.

The size of the town was reduced by the formation of the newer towns of Ellington and Charlotte. By 1900, the population of Gerry was 1,198.

Gerry is best known for hosting an annual rodeo (which has been an annual event in the town since 1945) and a Scandinavian folk festival, both of which are held in the summer.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 93.6 km2, of which 0.05 sqkm, or 0.05%, is water.

New York State Route 60 is a major north-south highway, and Chautauqua County Route 380 cuts through the southwest corner of the town.

Adjacent towns and areas
(Clockwise)
 * Charlotte [[Image:North.svg]]
 * Ellington [[Image:Boxed East arrow.svg]]
 * Ellicott [[Image:South.svg]]
 * Ellery; Stockton [[Image:West.svg]]

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,054 people, 661 households, and 499 families residing in the town. The population density was 56.8 PD/sqmi. There were 739 housing units at an average density of 20.4 per square mile (7.9/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.44% White, 0.39% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.05% Asian, 0.34% from other races, and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.68% of the population.

There were 661 households, out of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.7% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.3% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 24.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,000, and the median income for a family was $36,853. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $18,667 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,272. About 9.8% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.2% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.

As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,905 people, a decrease of 7.25%, and 722 households, an increase of 9.23%, in the town. The population density was 52.6 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 97.9% (1,805 people) white, 0.16% (3 people) African-American, 0.47% (9 people) Asian, 0.21% (4 people) Native American/Alaskan, 0.05% (1 person) other, and 1.21% (23 people) two or more races. The Hispanic/Latino makeup of the town of any race was 1.05% (20 people).

There were 722 households in the town, out of which 29.5% (213 households) had people under the age of 18 living in them.

Males made up 47.87% (912 people) of the population while females made up 52.13% (993 people) of the population. 19.74% (376 people) of the population was under the age of 18, 2.73% (52 people) were ages 18 and 19, 4.72% (90 people) ages 20–24, 9.08% (173 people) ages 25–34, 20.21% (385 people) ages 35–49, 20.47% (390 people) ages 50–64, and 23.05% (439 people) were over the age of 65.

Communities and locations in Gerry

 * Cassadaga Creek – A stream flowing southward through the western part of the town; tributary of Conewango Creek and part of the Allegheny River watershed.
 * Gerry – A hamlet located on County Roads 50 and 65, and New York State Route 60, east of Hatch Creek. It was first called Bucklins Corners, after a hotel, and later called "Vermont", a designation stemming from the source of many early settlers, until 1876.
 * Hatch Creek – A stream that flows into Cassadaga Creek in the southwest corner of the town.
 * Kimball Stand – A hamlet in the southwest corner of the town on NY Routes 60 and 380 and County Road 44.
 * Sinclairville – Part of the village of Sinclairville is by the north town line.
 * Towerville – A hamlet at the west town line on NY Route 380 and County Road 48.

Notable people

 * Hugh Bedient, former professional baseball player
 * John Schofield, former Secretary of War and US Civil War figure

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Hanover, New York

Hanover is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 6,893 at the 2020 census. The town lies in the northeast corner of Chautauqua County.

History
The first settler arrived in 1796. The town of Hanover was formed in 1812 from part of the town of Pomfret. The size of Hanover was reduced later to form the new towns of Villenova (1823) and Sheridan (1827).

Notable people

 * Jonathan D. Davis, former Michigan state senator
 * Mary Smith Lockwood, co-founder of Daughters of the American Revolution

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 128.1 km2, of which 127.4 km2 is land and 0.7 km2, or 0.57%, is water.

The New York State Thruway (Interstate 90), US 20 and NY 5 pass through the north part of the town. New York State Route 39 crosses the center of the town.

Adjacent towns and areas
On the north, the town borders Lake Erie, and on the northeast, Cattaraugus Creek, which is the boundary of the Cattaraugus Reservation in Erie County. The east town line borders the town of Perrysburg and the portion of the Cattaraugus Reservation in Cattaraugus County. The south town line is shared with Villenova and Arkwright, and the west town line is shared with the town of Sheridan.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,638 people, 2,975 households, and 2,040 families residing in the town. The population density was 154.9 PD/sqmi. There were 3,501 housing units at an average density of 71.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 96.82% White, 0.48% African American, 0.90% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.76% from other races, and 0.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.70% of the population.

There were 2,975 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,567, and the median income for a family was $44,057. Males had a median income of $38,034 versus $22,754 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,654. About 6.3% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in Hanover

 * Balltown – A hamlet in the southeast part of the town, east of Smiths Mills.
 * Cattaraugus Reservation – A reservation the Seneca tribe borders the northeast part of the town.
 * Dennisons Corners – A location north of Keaches Corners.
 * Forestville – The hamlet of Forestville, near the west town line and in the southwest part of the town on NY-39, formerly a village.
 * Hanford Bay – A lakeside hamlet in the northeast part of the town, west of Irving.
 * Hanover Center – A hamlet southeast of Silver Creek on County Roads 89 and 93.
 * Irving – A hamlet on NY-5 and US 20 on the northeast town line. The community was first called "Cattaraugus" and later "Acasto" and part of the community was called "La Grange" after the Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette who lived at La Grange in France. The village is adjacent to Cattaraugus Creek.
 * Keaches Corners – A hamlet north of Forestville on County Road 85.
 * Nashville – A hamlet on Route 39 in the southeast corner of the town. The hamlet was named after Deacon Silas Nash, a local settler.
 * Parcells Corners – A hamlet in the southeast part of town on Route 39 and County Road 93.
 * Silver Creek – The village of Silver Creek, in the northeast corner of the town on US Route 20 and NY Route 5.
 * Smith's Mills – A hamlet in the eastern part of the town on County Road 93. The hamlet was originally the home of Rodney Smith.
 * Sunset Bay – A lakeside hamlet (and census-designated place) in the northeast part of the town on County Road 95.

Law enforcement, fire protection and EMS
Law enforcement in the town of Hanover is provided by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and the New York State Police. The presiding justices for the town are Philip Hall and James McGowan. Court is held every Monday at 10 A.M. and every Thursday at 7 P.M.

Fire protection for the town of Hanover is supplied by the following fire departments:

Silver Creek Volunteer Fire Department, with district lines from the Sheridan/Silver Creek line on NY 5 to the west, and the Sheridan/Hanover lines with US 20 and East Middle Road. It also borders Hanover Hose Co. #1, better known as Hanover Center, at Bennett State Road at Stebbins Road as well as Sunset Bay at NY 5/US 20 at Hanford Road.

Irving Volunteer Fire Department, with district lines that run east to the county line and west to Seneca Road on the western side of the road. Its borders also run in a zig zag pattern to the south on Buffalo Road south of the New York State Thruway with the county's border with the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation. Irving also handles all calls on the Thruway in a contract between the Thruway Authority, Irving Volunteer Fire, Silver Creek EMS, Silver Creek Volunteer Fire, Alstar, and the New York State Police.

Sunset Bay Volunteer Fire Company, an independent fire company in the town that handles all calls within Sunset Bay and outside it on NY 5/US 20 from east of Hanford Road to the western side of Seneca Road. It borders the lines of Irving, Hanover Center, and Silver Creek to the west, east, and south.

Hanover Hose Company #1 (Hanover Center), which started as Silver Creek Hose Co. #2 before separating from the Silver Creek Fire Department in 1959. Since that time it has remained an independent fire company that contracts with the town. It is bordered by Silver Creek to the north, Sunset Bay to the northeast, Irving to the east, Forestville to the southwest, and South Dayton to the south. It has the largest coverage in the town for fire protection.

Forestville Volunteer Fire Department, the fire department for the village of Forestville. It provides EMS protection for the town of Hanover south of King Road in the Hanover Center Fire District. It also provides fire and EMS protection in the towns of Villenova and Arkwright.

Silver Creek EMS, an independent squad run by the Silver Creek Fire Department and village of Silver Creek. The squad provides EMS protection to town residents north of King Road as well per contract with the NYS Thruway Authority. It is a BLS service, with ALS provided by Alstar Ambulance in Dunkirk.

All are dispatched by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Dispatch Center in Mayville under the FCC call sign KEB 909.

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Harmony, New York

Harmony is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 2,108 at the 2020 census. The town is on the south border of the county and southwest of Jamestown.

History
First settlement began circa 1809. The town of Harmony was established in 1816 from a part of the town of Chautauqua. The size of Harmony was reduced when the newer towns of Busti and North Harmony were formed.

Notable people

 * J. Samuel Fowler, former New York state senator
 * James H. McGraw, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, born in Harmony
 * Loren B. Sessions, former US congressman
 * Walter L. Sessions, former US congressman

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 118.0 km2, of which 117.6 km2 is land and 0.4 km2, or 0.35%, is water.

New York State Route 474 is a major east-west highway through the north part of the town.

Adjacent towns and regions
Harmony is bordered to the south by Columbus Township, the borough of Bear Lake, Freehold Township, and Sugar Grove Township, all in Warren County, Pennsylvania. The town to the north is North Harmony. On the east is the town of Busti, and on the west is the town of Clymer.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,339 people, 837 households, and 662 families residing in the town. The population density was 51.4 PD/sqmi. There were 931 housing units at an average density of 20.5 per square mile (7.9/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.95% White, 0.38% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.47% of the population.

There were 837 households, out of which 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.5% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. 16.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.7% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,578, and the median income for a family was $39,167. Males had a median income of $31,927 versus $19,122 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,292. About 8.6% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.7% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in the Town of Harmony

 * Blockville – A hamlet near the north town line by the junction of County Road 35 and NY-474.
 * Brokenstraw Creek – A stream which rises on the west side of the town; a tributary of the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania.
 * Cherry Hill – A hamlet in the southeast corner of the town by the junction of County Roads 12 and 35.
 * Kings Corners – A location at the west town line, west of Panama village on County Road 10.
 * Little Brokenstraw Creek – A stream flowing southward through the west side of the town, joining Brokenstraw Creek in Pennsylvania.
 * Niobe – A location in the southeast part of the town and west of Cherry Hill on County Road 12. This little hamlet was once serviced by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mailbags were left twice daily by train slowing, while passing through, if not stopping for passengers, leaving mailbag (twice daily) hanging from the extended iron hook on the corner of the depot. The depot, named by the Pennsylvania Railroad, was Grant Station, New York. Around 1907/08, Postmaster J. Ray Barker decided to hold a contest to name the community. He wanted to stop the confusion caused by the PRR mistakenly leaving mailbags meant for Grant Station, Ohio (another depot on the same rail-line), and mailbags meant for Grant Station, NY left in Ohio. When Postmaster J. Ray Barker reported the contest results, it was Niobe to be the community's name. As told to Walter S. Barker, nephew of the postmaster, family members suspected that Uncle Ray was influenced by the Greek mythology he had been studying, as that subject was not likely studied by people in this remote rural area. The Barker family were early settlers of Harmony Township, with Postmaster's father having served in the Union Army of the Civil War [Private in T Company, 9th Regiment NY Cavalry, enlisted on August 10, 1864].
 * North East Junction – A hamlet in the southeast part of the town
 * Panama – The village of Panama is in the northwest part of the town on Route 474 and County Roads 10 and 33.
 * Watts Flats – A hamlet by the eastern town and south of Blockville on County Road 35.

References in popular culture
Harmony is the setting for The Twilight Zone episode "Once Upon a Time".

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Jamestown, New York

Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 28,712 at the 2020 census. Situated between Lake Erie to the north and the Allegheny National Forest to the south, Jamestown is the largest city in the county. Nearby Chautauqua Lake is a freshwater resource used by fishermen, boaters, and naturalists.

In the 20th century, Jamestown was a thriving industrial area, noted for producing several well-known products. They include the crescent wrench, produced by Karl Peterson's the Crescent Tool Company in Jamestown beginning in 1907. and the automatic lever voting machine, manufactured by the Automatic Voting Machine Company, which dominated the lever voting machine industry from its location on Jones and Gifford Avenue in Jamestown until its bankruptcy in 1983. Jamestown was also once called the "Furniture Capital of the World" because of the once-thriving furniture industry. People visited from all over the country to attend furniture expositions at the Furniture Mart, a building that still stands in the city and houses offices for a variety of companies. For most of the 20th century, Blackstone Corporation, led by Reginald Lenna, was Jamestown's largest employer and one of the driving cores of the local economy, manufacturing washing machines and automobile components.

Notable people from Jamestown include legendary comedienne Lucille Ball, U.S. Supreme Court justice and Nuremberg chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson, musician Natalie Merchant, musician Dennis Drew, musician John Lombardo, naturalist Roger Tory Peterson, NFL head coach Nick Sirianni, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

19th century
Jamestown is named after James Prendergast, an early Chautauqua County settler. His family purchased 3500 acre in 1806 in the area now known as Chautauqua County. James Prendergast explored the area that is now Jamestown. and saw the area to be valuable, and so he purchased an additional 1000 acre of land in the area in 1808. In the fall of 1809, Prendergast and an employee, John Blowers, built a log cabin, which became the first building in Jamestown. Another log cabin, as well as mills and a dam, were built on the Chadakoin River later on. In 1855, a night watch was created for the purpose of looking out for fires.

Jamestown was incorporated into a village in 1827 and incorporated into a city on April 19, 1886. Oscar F. Price was elected as the first mayor of the city on April 13, 1886. James Murray was appointed the first Chief of Police and would lead a force of six police officers.

In 1887, Jamestown Electric Light and Power Company, Art Metal, and WCA Hospital were established. In 1888, Jamestown Woolen Spinning Co. was established and the cornerstone of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church laid. In 1889, the American Aristotype Co. was established. The first electric trolley car in Jamestown made its appearance in 1890. In 1891, a fire destroyed the Old Homestead Hotel at Third and Pine Streets and four people died, but the James Prendergast Library and the Municipal Light Plant were established the same year.

In 1892, Chautauqua Worsted mills was founded. In 1893, Jamestown Veneer Works was started by Nathan Wilson, and Jamestown's first ice cream company started making Collins Ice Cream. In 1895, the cornerstone of City Hall was laid and the city council decided to lay no more wooden sidewalks. Eleazer Green was elected mayor the same year. In 1896, Empire Worsted Mills was formed; in 1898, Chautauqua Towel Mills was opened; and in 1899, Henry H. Cooper was elected mayor.

20th century

In 1900, Tinkham Brothers established their business, the Furniture Index was published, and the Hall Textile Corporation was formed. In 1903, Jamestown purchased a water system and the J.P. Danielson Tool Co. was organized. In 1906, James L. Weeks was elected mayor. In 1907, the Crescent Tool Company was started by Karl Peterson and Charles F. Falldine. In 1908, Samuel A. Carlson was elected mayor. Music Study Club and Jamestown Symphony Orchestra began the same year.

In 1910, the excavation began for the construction of Jamestown General Hospital, which still stands in the present day. In 1911, the Norden Club was started. On August 6, actress Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown. The first plane ever to fly over Jamestown did so on September 28, 1911. The Norden Clubhouse was completed in 1914. On April 8, 1917, Company E left for guard duty. The Emerson Glass Company started the same year. In 1918, Jamestown Corp. formed to make airplane propellers. A steamship, the City of Pittsburgh sank at the Boatlanding, also in 1918.

In 1921, the Zonta Club was organized. In 1925, the Hotel Samuels was sold. That same year, the Scottish Rite Temple was formally opened and taxpayers voted a $350,000 bond issue for the Third Street Bridge. The following year, Third Street Bridge was completed and it still stands today. In 1927, Jamestown celebrated the centennial of its incorporation as a village. Lars Larson was elected mayor the same year. In 1930, Samuel A. Carlson served as mayor once again. In 1931, a fire destroyed the old Martyn Factory. Also, the city purchases Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company.

In 1932, the ground was broken for the new armory, the Erie Railroad station was dedicated, and the Community Chest was permanently formed. In 1933, Elk Furniture Company was sold. Also, Milton Carlson and Frederick Larson took over Jamestown Airport. The board of education assumed title to school forest. Also in 1933, city councilman Leon F. Roberts was elected mayor. In 1934, Jamestown Airport Corp. offered an airport to the city and the city secured the old armory as a relief center. As part of The New Deal, ground was broken for a new high school, which provided jobs during the Great Depression.

In 1935, the Board of Education opened the new industrial arts building and City Council approved $314,000 airport for North Main Street site. In November, Jamestown High School was formally dedicated. In 1937, the Temple Hesed Abraham was dedicated and the Alfred Collegiate Extension Center opened with 80 students. In 1938, Kevin McElrath became mayor and Jamestown General Hospital's maternity annex opened. In 1939, twelve local plans surveyed by the government to produce supplies in wartime. Also, the city's new airport was formally dedicated.

In 1940, the PONY league baseball began and Co. E was inducted into federal service. In 1941, Jamestown Municipal Stadium was dedicated and Samuel A. Stroth was elected mayor. In 1942, East Second Street widening was ordered and flames destroyed the old state armory. In 1945, Jamestown was hit by a tornado. In 1946, Dr. Carlyle C. Ring was named superintendent of schools. C.C. Ring Elementary School presently stands, in his honor. In 1950, Jamestown Community College was opened.

In 1951, Stanley A. Weeks was elected mayor and the addition to the municipal power plant was opened. In 1954, Samuel A. Stroth was elected mayor and Allegheny Airlines began east-west flight via Jamestown. In 1955, Carl F. Sanford was elected mayor. In 1956, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz visited Jamestown. In 1957, a $400,000 runway improvement to Jamestown Municipal Airport was added. In 1958, a new sewage disposal plant was opened, Buffalo Street pumping station was modernized, and a new wing opened at Jamestown General Hospital. In 1959, Jamestown's new post office was started. In 1960, Jamestown celebrated the sesquicentennial of the first house erected here. That same year, Mohawk Airlines started to serve Jamestown.

In 1961, Jamestown Community College moved into new Falconer Street campus and William D. Whitehead was elected mayor. In 1963, the City's first parking ramp opened at Main and Second Streets and Frederick H. Dunn elected mayor. Additionally, Grandin Mills on Allen Street was destroyed by fire and singer Natalie Merchant was born in Jamestown. In 1964, the Washington Street Bridge was completed. In 1967, an addition to Jamestown High School was completed. Also, Jamestown Community College opened a new Science and Engineering Building. In that same year, Charles B. Magnuson was elected mayor. In 1968, an addition to the James Prendergast Free Library was completed. In 1969, the Cherry Street parking ramp was opened, passenger rail service to Jamestown discontinued the next year by Erie-Lackawanna Railway, Stanley N. Lundine was elected mayor, and the New Gustavus Adolphus Children's Home opened. In 1970, the Final approval was granted for the Brooklyn Square Urban Renewal Project.

Throughout the 1970s, homes in Brooklyn Square were relocated as well as many stores and shops. A second Urban Renewal Project was proposed in 2006, and the project began in 2007. Jamestown has hosted thirteen Babe Ruth World Series since 1980 and hosted the 13-Year-Old Babe Ruth World Series in 2008. The James Prendergast Library has regularly ranked in the top ten in the nation among those that service populations of 25,000-49,999, according to HAPLR, with a peak ranking of fourth in 2004. .

21st century

On August 1, 2018, Jamestown opened the Jamestown National Comedy Center. This became the official National Comedy Center, receiving national designation from Congress.

Geography
Jamestown is 71 mi southwest of Buffalo, 158 mi north of Pittsburgh, and 145 mi northeast of Cleveland.

The Chadakoin River runs through Jamestown. And Jamestown borders Chautauqua Lake.

Climate
Jamestown has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Winters are cold and snowy, while summers are warm and humid.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 31,730 people, 13,558 households, and 7,904 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,534.6 PD/sqmi. There were 15,027 housing units at an average density of 1,673.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 91.52% White, 3.39% African American, 0.64% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.8% from other races, and 2.16% from two or more races. Regarding ethnicity the largest ethnic group reported in the 2000 Census was Italian and the second largest was Swedish. 19.7% were of Italian, 18.1% Swedish, 12.8% German, 9.0% Irish, 8.7% English and 5.5% American ancestry. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 4.94% of the population, according to Census 2000

Historically, up until the 1980s, Jamestown comprised primarily people of Italian or Swedish descent, about fifty percent of the population being of Italian descent, and fifty percent being of Swedish descent. Jamestown's strong heritage is showcased at the local museum, The Fenton History Center, which boasts both a Swedish Room and an Italian Room.

There were 13,558 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.1% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.7% were non-families. 35.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 25.8% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,837, and the median income for a family was $33,675. Males had a median income of $30,003 versus $20,039 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,316. About 15.8% of families and 19.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.

Economy
The Jamestown area has a few large manufacturing plants that are major employers in this region. The area was once known as the "furniture capital of the world" for its many furniture and brass hardware manufacturers.

UPMC Chautauqua is a regional hospital that was founded as WCA Hospital (Women's Christian Association) on May 23, 1885, and included a nursing school until Jamestown Community College filled the need with a two-year RN nursing program. Integrated with UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) in 2016, it has a school of Medical Technology and Radiology Technology. Jamestown General Hospital still stands on Jones Hill and is part of UPMC Chautauqua. It houses mental health units as well as physical, drug, and alcohol rehab units. The main campus of UPMC Chautauqua (formerly known as WCA Hospital or UPMC Chautauqua WCA Hospital) is located on the corner of Allen Street and Foote Avenue.

Chautauqua County has about 2,200 farms. Although its primary agricultural product is milk, Chautauqua County is also the state's greatest producer of wine and jelly grapes. The area's production of Concord grapes is one of the nation's largest, second only to California.

Cummins - Jamestown Engine Plant (JEP) is located six miles outside of Jamestown in the town of Busti. It is the largest single employer in the city, with more than 1,500 employees. They produce heavy duty diesel engines for agricultural, industrial, and military purposes.

Museums

 * The Fenton History Center, located in the former Gov. Reuben Fenton Mansion is named for former resident Reuben Fenton, the 25th Governor of New York.
 * The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center is dedicated to the city's best-known daughter, Lucille Ball, and held a ceremony in honor of what would have been Ball's 100th birthday in August 2011. Washington Street Bridge has also been fully rebuilt and renovated and renamed the Lucy Desi Bridge.
 * The Jamestown Gateway Train Station at 211-217 West Second Street in downtown Jamestown
 * The National Comedy Center opened on August 1, 2018. It currently holds the personal archives of George Carlin, Shelley Berman and the Smothers Brothers.
 * The Robert H. Jackson Center was built to preserve the life and legacy of Robert H. Jackson while educating the community about justice and tolerance with a continuing emphasis on the Nuremberg Trials.
 * The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History continues the legacy of Roger Tory Peterson by promoting the teaching and study of nature, and to thereby create knowledge of and appreciation and responsibility for the natural world.

Sports
Jamestown was the home city for the Jamestown Jammers baseball team of the New York–Penn League. The Jammers were the Single A Short Season affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Following the 2014 season, the Jammers announced they would be relocating to Morgantown, West Virginia. It was later announced that a new team in the Prospect League (which, in turn, has since moved to the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League) would replace the Jammers, and the team would keep the name. The Jammers played in Jamestown until 2019, when the team was moved to Milwaukee, WI. However, the franchise was donated to Jamestown Community Baseball, LLC, and has been community-owned since. The team currently plays under the name of the Tarp Skunks.

The Jamestown Jackals are a professional basketball team which competes in The Basketball League (TBL). Founded and owned by Jamestown native Kayla Crosby in 2015, the team plays their games at Jamestown Community College. The team earned national attention from a 2021 GQ exposé detailing former Div 1 basketball star Anthony Estes' journey from homelessness to professional basketball as a member of the Jackals.

Northwest Arena is a 1,900 seat ice arena in the city. Among the teams that have played in the arena as primary tenants included the Jamestown Rebels and Jamestown Ironmen of the North American Hockey League, the Jamestown Jets of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League, the Jamestown Vikings of the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League, the Jamestown Titans of the North Eastern Hockey League, and the Southern Tier Xpress of the North American 3 Hockey League. The Jamestown Rebels will begin playing at the arena in 2018, returning the NAHL to Jamestown after a five-year absence.

Jamestown High School's boys and girls basketball teams have both won numerous Sectional and Division titles, with the basketball team winning back to back Section VI titles in 2009–10, 2010–11 while reaching the NYSPHSAA Class AA State Championship in 2011. The High School football team has been to five New York State Championships, losing in 1993, and winning in 1994, 1995, 2000 and 2014.

Jamestown hosted its 15th Babe Ruth World Series in August 2011.

Jamestown hosted, at what is now Northwest Arena, three exhibition games prior to the start of the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Retail
Chautauqua Mall is in nearby Lakewood; most of the Jamestown area's big-box stores are located just outside city limits in Lakewood and West Ellicott, a stretch between Lakewood and Jamestown known by the Census Bureau as Jamestown West.

Government
The government of the City of Jamestown is a mayor-council form of government.

Executive branch
The executive branch consists of a mayor elected to four-year terms without term limits, and the heads of the departments, most of them appointed by the mayor.

This section lists the mayors of Jamestown, New York.

Legislative branch
The legislative body of Jamestown consists of nine council members, who are elected every two years without any term limits. Six council members represent each of the city's six wards, and three additional council members are known as councilmembers-at-large, representing the entire city. The table below outlines the current members of the Jamestown City Council.

-Post-secondary education
Jamestown Community College provides a two-year education and four-year degrees through matriculation agreements with several universities. Recent additions to the campus include a state-of-the-art LEED-certified science building and three residence halls. Jamestown Business College, near the downtown core, now offers a four-year degree.

Primary education
Founded in 1867, Jamestown Public Schools is the city's sole school district. The district also extends into several bordering towns. Jamestown Public Schools include: Jamestown High School; three middle schools, Persell Middle School, George Washington Middle School, and Thomas Jefferson Middle School; as well as five neighborhood elementary schools, Lincoln elementary school, Fletcher elementary school, Clinton V Bush elementary school, CC Ring elementary school, and Love elementary school. The former Rogers Elementary School now functions as a Success Academy for selected Jamestown area students. A disciplinary Tech Academy, located on Fourth Street is also part of the Jamestown Public School system.

The "Red Raider" Marching Band won the NY State Field Band Conference Championship in 2014, 2015 and 2018.

Broadcast stations
The following stations are licensed to Jamestown or its immediate suburbs:

AM radio

 * WJTN – 1240 – gold-based adult contemporary music (simulcast on FM 101.3)
 * WKSN – 1340 – oldies

FM radio

 * WUBJ – 88.1 – NPR news/talk (simulcast of WBFO in Buffalo)
 * WYRR – 88.9 – radio evangelism (SonLife owned-and-operated station)
 * WNJA – 89.7 – Classical (simulcast of WNED-FM in Buffalo)
 * WCGN – 90.9 – contemporary Christian music (Family Life Network owned-and-operated station)
 * WWSE – 93.3 – hot adult contemporary
 * WLKW – 95.3 – contemporary Christian music (K-Love owned-and-operated station, licensed to Celoron)
 * W262BX – 100.3 – country (simulcast of WBKX in Fredonia)
 * WHUG – 101.9 – country
 * WOGM-LP – 104.7 – religious (Fundamental Broadcasting Network)
 * WKZA – 106.9 – contemporary hit radio (licensed to Lakewood)
 * WRFA-LP – 107.9 – community radio

TV
WNYB, channel 26, is the only station licensed to Jamestown. It has no local operations and was, for all but its first three years of existence operated out of Buffalo. The station, a TCT owned-and-operated station, now operates the straight TCT national feed. Its transmitter is located well north of Jamestown, in Arkwright.

Previous transmitters that had carried Trinity Broadcasting Network (W10BH) and WNED-TV (W46BA) have since been shut down.

WNY News Now, based in Jamestown, operates a daily local newscast that is distributed online. Lilly Broadcasting, owners of radio stations in Warren, Pennsylvania and TV stations in Erie, Pennsylvania, signed a shared services agreement with WNY News Now in July 2021.

NOAA Weather Radio

 * WNG541 – 162.525 (licensed to Frewsburg; operated out of the National Weather Service office in Cheektowaga)

Newspapers
The daily The Post-Journal is published in Jamestown. Free weekly papers distributed in the city include the Jamestown Pennysaver, the Chautauqua Star, and the Jamestown Gazette.

Air
The Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport (JHW) is north of the city and provides charter air service.

Bus
Bus service is provided by Coach USA of Erie. Connections are available to the Greyhound service in Buffalo. There is also a county-wide bus service (CARTS) and taxi service through various companies including Rainbow Cab and UBER.

Rail
Present-day Jamestown is on the mainline of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad which provides freight service. A proposal to connect the WNYP to the New York and Lake Erie Railroad would allow for excursion rail service; to do so, the NYLE would need to undergo extensive rehabilitation of the rail lines near the junction between the two rail lines at Waterboro, several miles east of Jamestown. Amtrak does not serve the area, except through contract with Coach USA to provide Amtrak Thruway service along Coach USA's existing bus route to bus Amtrak passengers to and from the Exchange Street station in Buffalo.

Until 1950, two railroad companies traveled through Jamestown:
 * Erie Railroad – mainline passing through Jamestown (New York to Chicago), whose last trains were the Atlantic Express/Pacific Express (discontinued, 1965) and the Lake Cities (discontinued, 1970).
 * Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad - freight and passenger interurban train company, which went defunct in 1950.

In 1976, the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad was absorbed into Conrail, and then ultimately, by Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation in 1998.

The Erie Railroad's former Jamestown Station still exists and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It is now home to a portion of the National Comedy Center which opened in Summer of 2018.

An electric interurban railroad—Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad (JW&NW)—connected all three above towns (Jamestown-Mayville-Westfield) and ran along the north side of Lake Chautauqua. The JW&NW ended passenger operation in 1947, continued with freight, then quit entirely in 1950. Its rails and right-of-way have slowly disappeared.

Highways
The Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86/Route 17) passes to the north and east of Jamestown, with direct access to the city from Exits 12 and 13. New York State Routes 60 (Foote Avenue) and 394 (Fairmount Avenue on the west side, Second Street on the east) pass through the city north-to-south and east-to-west, respectively; Route 430 (Fluvanna Avenue) begins in Jamestown and follows a westward path. U.S. Route 62 passes by Jamestown to the southeast.

Business

 * John Jachym, businessman and sportsman
 * Reginald Lenna, businessman and philanthropist
 * Willis R. Whitney, founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company

Entertainment and arts

 * Douglas Ahlstedt, opera singer
 * Theodore Albrecht, music historian
 * Brad Anderson, cartoonist
 * Mitchell Anderson, notable character actor
 * Marshall Arisman, illustrator
 * Fred Ball, movie studio executive, actor, brother of Lucille Ball
 * Lucille Ball, actress, comedian, and businesswoman; born in Jamestown and raised in nearby Celoron; two life-size statues of her are in Celoron Park
 * Suzan Ball, actress and second cousin of Lucille and Fred Ball
 * Rob Buck, founding member of 10,000 Maniacs
 * Nick Carter, singer, member of the Backstreet Boys
 * Dennis Drew, keyboardist for 10,000 Maniacs
 * William Feather, publisher and author
 * Vagn F. Flyger, wildlife biologist, one of the world's foremost authorities on squirrels
 * Gilbert Dennison Harris, notable geologist
 * Hayward A. Harvey, inventor of the Harvey process
 * Shawn Higbee, professional motorcycle racer
 * Harry Pratt Judson, second President of the University of Chicago
 * Laura Kightlinger, actress, comedian, writer
 * John Lombardo, founding member of 10,000 Maniacs
 * Janelle Lynch, photographer
 * Natalie Merchant, singer; her band 10,000 Maniacs originated in Jamestown; their gold and platinum records hang in Jamestown City Hall
 * The Mighty Wallop!, rock band
 * Pandora Boxx, drag queen, contestant on second season of reality-television series RuPaul's Drag Race
 * Marc Parnell, author and ornithologist
 * Julie Anne Peters, author
 * Roger Tory Peterson, naturalist
 * Charles Pitts, radio engineer and LGBTQ+ freeform radio pioneer
 * Jackson Rohm, country/pop musician
 * Elliott Fitch Shepard, owner of the Mail and Express newspaper
 * Ira Spring, photographer, author
 * Jud Strunk, singer/songwriter
 * Dale Willman, award-winning journalist
 * Thomas B. Woodworth, newspaper publisher, lawyer

Military

 * Wilfred Beaver, World War I flying ace
 * John B. Hayes, retired US Coast Guard Admiral and 16th Commandant of the US Coast Guard
 * Harriet L. Leete, Red Cross nurse in World War I

Science and technology

 * Louis W. Roberts, microwave physicist

Sports
Jerry Loomis, Hall of Fame Bowler
 * Cheryl Bailey, Executive Director of the National Women's Soccer League
 * Hugh Bedient, former MLB pitcher
 * Walter Brown, former MLB player
 * Leon Carlson, former MLB relief pitcher
 * Stephen Carlson, NFL tight end
 * Parke H. Davis, football player and coach
 * Michael G. Foster, karate pioneer
 * Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner, born and raised in Jamestown
 * Dwight Lowry, former MLB catcher
 * Jim McCusker, retired NFL player
 * Irv Noren, former professional baseball and basketball player
 * Jaysean Paige, professional basketball player
 * Nick Sirianni, NFL head coach

Politics

 * Augustus F. Allen, former US Congressman
 * Alfred W. Benson, former US Senator from Kansas
 * Samuel A. Carlson, former mayor of Jamestown
 * Reuben Fenton, congressman, senator, and Governor of New York; born in the nearby Town of Carroll and made his home in Jamestown
 * Andy Goodell, New York State Assemblyman
 * Charles Goodell, former US Senator, father of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
 * Mihal Grameno, Albanian rilindas, politician, writer, freedom fighter, journalist
 * Alva L. Hager, former US Congressman from Iowa
 * Abner Hazeltine, former U.S. Congressman
 * Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice and Nuremberg chief prosecutor, graduated from Jamestown High School, lived and practiced law in Jamestown from 1910–1934, was buried following an October 1954 funeral at Jamestown's St. Luke's Episcopal Church
 * Stanley Lundine, politician, Mayor of Jamestown, Congressman, Lieutenant Governor of New York
 * Richard P. Marvin, former US Congressman
 * Francis W. Palmer, former US Congressman
 * William Parment, former New York State Assemblyman
 * Jess Present, former New York State Senator
 * Porter Sheldon, former US Congressman
 * George Stoneman, born in nearby Busti, New York, and studied at the Jamestown Academy, became a Civil War General and the 15th Governor of California
 * Samuel Teresi, mayor of Jamestown
 * Davis Hanson Waite, 8th Governor of Colorado
 * Walter Washington, first African-American Mayor of Washington, D.C., raised in Jamestown

Twin towns — sister cities
Jamestown is twinned with:
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 * 🇫🇮 Jakobstad, Finland
 * 🇮🇹 Cantù, Lombardy, Italy
 * Jakova, Kosovo

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Jamestown West, New York

Jamestown West is a census-designated place (CDP) located near Jamestown in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. Also known as West Ellicott because of its location in the Town of Ellicott, the area population was 2,408 as of the 2010 census.

Jamestown West is located in a nook between the city of Jamestown and the villages of Celoron and Lakewood. It is a substantial retail center in the county, serving as the location of several of the area's big-box stores that stretch along Fairmount Avenue.

Geography
Jamestown West is located at 42.09346°N, -79.27747°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.5 sqmi, all land.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,535 people, 1,015 households, and 687 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,009.4 PD/sqmi. There were 1,061 housing units at an average density of 422.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.54% White, 0.24% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.67% of the population.

There were 1,015 households, out of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 21.6% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 25.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $41,544, and the median income for a family was $52,688. Males had a median income of $41,633 versus $22,250 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $21,401. About 3.7% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.7% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

In popular culture
Fictional character Lucy Ricardo, the lead character in I Love Lucy, was said to be from West Jamestown. Actress Lucille Ball, who portrayed the character, was born in Jamestown and spent most of her childhood in Celoron, both communities that are adjacent to Jamestown West.

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Kiantone, New York

Kiantone (pronounced KIN-tone) is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 1,388. The town is immediately south of Jamestown and is at the south border of the county and the state.

History
The area was first settled circa 1807. The town of Kiantone was created in 1853 from part of the town of Carroll.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Kiantone has a total area of 48.0 km2, of which 47.6 km2 is land and 0.4 km2, or 0.75%, is water.

U.S. Route 62, New York State Route 60 and County Route 380 pass through the town.

Conewango Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny River, forms most of the eastern border of the town and flows south into Pennsylvania.

Adjacent towns and areas
Kiantone is bordered by the townships of Pine Grove and Farmington, both in Warren County, Pennsylvania, to the south. To the east is the town of Carroll, and to the west is the town of Busti. To the north is the city of Jamestown and the town of Ellicott.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,385 people, 529 households, and 413 families residing in the town. The population density was 75.0 PD/sqmi. There were 541 housing units at an average density of 29.3 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 98.84% White, 0.29% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.14% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.14% of the population.

There were 529 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.9% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 16.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 28.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $44,702, and the median income for a family was $50,893. Males had a median income of $36,382 versus $26,302 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,716. About 4.6% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

Notable person

 * Elmer Ellsworth Brown, educator; chancellor of New York University

Communities and locations in Kiantone

 * Conewango Creek – A stream that forms part of the eastern town boundary.
 * Kiantone – The hamlet of Kiantone at the junction of County Roads 26 and 49 in the south part of the town.
 * Stillwater – A hamlet in the northwest corner of the town on NY Route 60 and County Route 380.

title: Kiantone, New York