Cattaraugus County Vital Records

(as published in the Western New York Genealogical Society Journal)

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This map shows each Western New York county's founding date and the name of its parent county.

Town and Date	Births	Marriages	Deaths	Notes
ALLEGANY - Incorporated 18 April 1831	1 Jan 1887	1 Jan 1887	1 Jan 1887	Formed from Great Valley as Burton, changed to Allegany 28 Mar 1851. All Town books, records, papers destroyed by a fire on 25 February 1854.
ALLEGANY VILLAGE - Incorporated 11 November 1905	1 Jan 1906	1 Jan 1906	1 Jan 1906
ASHFORD - Incorporated 16 February 1824	18 Aug 1896	4 Oct 1896	4 Oct 1896	Formed from Ellicottville. All Town records except Town Minutes were destroyed by a fire in June 1896.
CARROLLTON - lncorporated 9 March 1842	10 Oct 1887	10 Oct 1887	10 Oct 1887	Formed from Great Valley.
LIMESTONE VILLAGE				Records kept by Town Clerk.
COLD SPRING - Incorporated 20 March 1837	1914	1908	1914	Formed from Napoli which was originally called Cold Spring.
CONEWANGO - Incorporated 20 January 1823	4 Apr 1887	1888	26 Jul 1890	Formed from Little Valley.
EAST RANDOLPH VILLAGE	1 Feb 1910	kept by Town Clerks	1 Feb 1910	Lies in the Towns of Conewango and Randolph.
DAYTON - Incorporated 7 February 1835	2 Aug 1913	6 Mar 1908	28 Aug 1913	Formed from Perrysburgh.
SOUTH DAYTON VILLAGE				Records kept by Town Clerk.
EAST OTTO - Incorporated 30 November 1854	Apr 1893	Feb 1894	Nov 1893	Formed from Otto.
ELLICOTTVILLE - Incorporated 13 Apr 1820	1892	1892	1892	Formed from Ischua, now Franklinville.

Source: WNYGS JOURNAL, Vol. 2, No.4, March 1976

In cases where data is not available, it can be assumed that the dates of records are similar to the other towns in the county.