Wolcottsburg is a hamlet in the town of Clarence in Erie County, New York, United States. [1]
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Wolcottsburg is a hamlet in the town of Clarence in Erie County, New York, United States. [1]
The settlement was originally known as West Prussia due to the large number of Prussian inhabitants. There is a German Lutheran church at the end of Wolcott Road that was constructed in 1873 and still stands today. [2]
Marvin's Bar & Grill is the sole remaining business in Wolcottsburg, [3] although there were once two stores and a hotel. [4]
A small stream, known as Black Creek, runs through the town and ends just after Goodrich Road. [5]
There is a small airstrip located in the western portion of the hamlet. [6]
Erie County is a county along the shore of Lake Erie in western New York State. As of the 2020 census, the population was 954,236. The county seat is Buffalo, which makes up about 28% of the county's population. Both the county and Lake Erie were named for the regional Iroquoian language-speaking Erie tribe of Native Americans, who lived in the area before 1654. They were later pushed out by the more powerful Iroquoian nations tribes.
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