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Cassadaga is a village located in Chautauqua County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 676. The name is from the local native language. Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Chautauqua County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ...

The Village of Cassadaga is located within the northeast corner of the Township of Stockton, south of Dunkirk, New York. Stockton is a town located in Chautauqua County, New York. ... Power plant along Lake Erie in Dunkirk Dunkirk is a city located in Chautauqua County, New York. ...

The famous Spiritualist community of Lily Dale borders Cassadaga, and both communities are on the shores of the Cassadaga Lakes. Lily Dale residents, most (but not all) of whom are believers or practitioners of the religion of Spiritualism, an outgrowth of the Free Thinkers movement of the late mid 1800s, is within the adjacent Town of Pomfret. Spiritualism is a religion in which contact with the spirits of the dead through a medium is central. ... Lily Dale is a spiritualist community located in Chautauqua County, New York. ... By 1853, when the popular song Spirit Rappings was published, Spiritualism was the object of intense curiosity. ... Freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds that beliefs should be formed on the basis of science and logical principles and not be comprised by authority, tradition, or any other dogma. ... Pomfret is a town located in Chautauqua County, New York. ...

History

"Cassadaga" is a Seneca Indian name meaning "water under the rocks", descriptive not only of the natural springs of the area flowing from glacial moraines, but that in dry weather, many of the local streams would 'disappear' - the spring fed water running wholly within the gravelly bottom of the stream beds draining from the surrounding hills. For other uses, see Seneca. ...

The Village of Cassadaga was settled in 1848 at the headwaters of the technically navigable Cassadaga Creek, though the upper few miles of it are not practically so today due to numerous shallows and beaver activity along its course. Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The village was formally incorporated in 1921. Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ...

Early settlers utilized the abundant and large trees, some exceeding 5' (1.5m) in diameter as a primary source of income sent via log rafts and flatboat on the creek as timber, charcoal and pearl ash: the later two products in demand in the early industrial age. Timber in storage for later processing at a sawmill Timber is a term used to describe wood, either standing or that has been processed for useâ€”from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial useâ€”as structural material for construction or wood... Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. ... Potassium carbonate (also known as pearl ash or salts of tartar) is a white salt soluble in water which forms a strongly alkaline solution. ... Industrialisation (or industrialization) or an industrial revolution (in general, with lowercase letters) is a process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a pre-industrial to an industrial state . ...

The Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad, which laid track from Dunkirk, New York and eventually to Warren, Pennsylvania to connect with the former Warren and Venango Railroad (merged with the DAV&P) tracks running to Titusville, ran just west of the Cassadaga Lakes in the spring of 1871. The tracks ran through the then-adjoining hamlet of Burnhams (which was subsequently annexed by the village) and contributed greatly to the economy of the area, both as a source of population growth and visitors to the lakes and rolling hills for recreation, but also primarily as transportation of the forest and farm products of the area, as well as ice cut from the lakes in winter for refrigeration. The Webster Citizens Company ice house stood on the west shore of the Upper Lake with a three car rail siding to serve it, and was listed as a railroad business as late as 1931. The Cassadaga Water Company had a siding on the Middle lake and bottled water from a leased spring on the north side of the Glenn Halladay farm for shipment by rail to city customers, primarily Buffalo, New York, though it had ceased operations by the late 1920s as municipal water quality improved. In Brief Begun as an idea of the businessmen of Warren, Pennsylvania about 1833 to build a railway following the Conewango River valley north toward Lake Erie. ... Power plant along Lake Erie in Dunkirk Dunkirk is a city located in Chautauqua County, New York. ... Warren is a city in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A hamlet is (usually â€” see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... A mobile structure used in ice fishing may also be known as an icehouse Categories: Buildings and structures stubs ... This article is becoming very long. ...

Geography

Cassadaga is located at 42°20'29" North, 79°18'56" West (42.341343, -79.315653)¹. The following is a list of sources used in the creation of encyclopedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.7 km² (1.1 mi²). 2.3 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (16.04%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (â‰ˆ1,609 m) in length. ...

Cassadaga is located in the foothills of the Allegheny Range in the Southern Tier of New York State at 42̊20'29" North, 79̊18'56" West (42.341343, -79.315653)^GR1 and an elevation of 1320' above sea level. The village is located at what is known locally as the south end of the Lower Cassadaga Lake, Lily Dale being located on Upper Cassadaga Lake. The mainly spring fed lakes drain into Cassadaga Creek, running south and connecting to the Conewango Creek, the Allegheny River, the Ohio River, and the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, despite getting their start roughly 9 miles (15km) south and east of Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes, which drain via the Saint Laurence River east to the Atlantic Ocean. The watershed divide is located about 2 miles (3.3km) north of the Village. For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... Lily Dale is a spiritualist community located in Chautauqua County, New York. ... The Conewango Creek is a small river in western New York, USA. Categories: | | | ... The Allegheny River (historically, especially in New York state, also spelled Allegany River) is a principal tributary of the Ohio River, which it forms with the Monongahela River at the downtown Pittsburghs Golden Triangle point. The river is approximately 325 mi (523 km) long, in the U.S. states... The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers converge to form the Ohio at Point State Park, making Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania a well known city along the Ohio River . Cincinnati, Ohio is a well known city along the Ohio River, historically known for its riverboats. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest named river in North America, with a length of 2320 miles (3733 km) from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. ... Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ... Lake Erie (pronounced ) is the eleventh largest lake on Earth[2] and, of the five Great Lakes of North America, it is the fourth largest by surface area, the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume. ... The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes in North America on or near the Canada-United States border. ... Saint-Laurent, Saint Lawrence or Saint Laurence can mean many things. ...

The soils are glacial in nature, ranging from deep gravel loams in the valleys to heavy clays on the hill tops. Springs are fairly common, though somewhat high in mineral content (calcium, sulphur and iron, depending greatly on location).

Currently, New York State Route 60 runs through the village and provides direct access to the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90), 8 miles to the north; and Interstate 86, 17 miles to the south. New York State Route 60 is a New York State Route located completely in Chautauqua County, New York. ... The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway) is a limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of New York. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (abbreviated I-90) is the longest interstate highway in the United States at nearly 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers). ... {{{type3}}} JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # I-90 PA 1 I-390 NY 146 (36) I-99 NY 169 (44) I-81 NY 245 NY (75) I-84 NY 362 (121) I-87 NY Legend BROWSE STATE HWYS Prev Next {{{browse}}} Interstate 86 runs from an intersection with Interstate 90 in Erie...

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 676 people, 277 households, and 186 families residing in the village. The population density was 296.6/km² (766.3/mi²). There were 315 housing units at an average density of 138.2/km² (357.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.89% White, 0.30% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 1.04% from other races, and 1.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.66% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

There were 277 households out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 28.2% 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 2.44 and the average family size was 3.04. â€œMatrimonyâ€ redirects here. ...

The ages of population are well spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 101.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $43,359, and the median income for a family was $52,500. Males had a median income of $32,083 versus $21,500 for females. The per capita income for the village was $20,361. About 1.6% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.3% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

There are two churches in the Village proper: one Catholic, and the other Baptist, reflecting the early heritage of the village settlers, though there Amish and Mennonites in the immediate area and those of other beliefs as well. The Amish (IPA: ) are an Anabaptist Christian denomination in the United States and Canada (Ontario and Manitoba) that are known for their plain dress and limited use of modern conveniences such as automobiles and electricity. ... The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations based on the teachings and tradition of Menno Simons. ...

Fishing

The lake contains a wide variety of fish including Bass, Crappie, Northern Pike, Muskie, Perch and Panfish. There are excellent fishing spots on all three lakes with two bait shops available, one on the upper lake and one on the lower lake. There is a free public boat launch on the middle lake with parking for truck and trailer.

Trivia

American rock band The Flaming Lips recorded their albums The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and At War With the Mystics in Cassadaga's Tarbox Studios. The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983) are a Grammy-award winning[1] American alternative rock band. ... The Soft Bulletin is the ninth album released by The Flaming Lips on May 17, 1999 (see 1999 in music) in the UK, with a US release following on June 22, 1999. ... Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is the tenth album by The Flaming Lips, released on July 16, 2002 and characterized by synthesizer-driven, psychedelic-tinged alternative rock compositions. ... At War with the Mystics is the title of the eleventh album by the Flaming Lips. ...

Bright Eyes' 2007 album is named "Cassadaga", but it is named after the town of the same name in Florida. Bright Eyes is a band consisting of singer-songwriter/guitarist Conor Oberst, multi-instrumentalist/producer Mike Mogis, Nate Walcott, and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omahas indie music scene. ... Cassadaga is the upcoming seventh studio album by Bright Eyes, set to be released on April 9, 2007. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area Ranked 22nd - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] kmÂ²) - Width 361 miles (582 km) - Length 447 miles (721 km) - % water 17. ...

External links

Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency listing on Village of Cassadaga http://www.co.chautauqua.ny.us/municipal/cassadaga.htm Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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