Cherry Creek (hamlet), New York

Cherry Creek is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 461 at the 2010 census, when it was an incorporated village. The hamlet is within the town of Cherry Creek near the east border of the county. It is located on New York State Route 83 and a stream called Cherry Creek.





== History ==

The hamlet is the site of the earliest settlement of the town, in 1815. The settlement got its name from a cherry tree planted by Holland Land Company surveyor Joshua Bentley to mark the center of the new town. It was formally incorporated as a village in 1893. On February 2, 2017, residents of the village voted 70 to 32 in favor of dissolving into the surrounding town of Cherry Creek. The village was dissolved on December 31, 2017.





== Geography ==

Cherry Creek is located in eastern Chautauqua County at 42°17′40″N 79°5′50″W (42.294654, -79.097353), east of the geographic center of the town of Cherry Creek.