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Chautauqua (/ ʃ ə ˈ t ɔː k w ə / shə-TAW-kwə) is a town and lake resort community in Chautauqua County, New York. [4] The population was 4,009 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] The town is named after Chautauqua Lake .
Chautauqua County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 127,657. [2] Its county seat is Mayville, [3] and its largest city is Jamestown.
In 1874, Methodist Episcopal minister John Heyl Vincent and businessman Lewis Miller organized the New York Chautauqua Assembly at a campsite on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in the state of New York. [5] Two years earlier, Vincent, editor of the Sunday School Journal, had begun to train Sunday school teachers in an outdoor summer school format ...
The Chautauqua Institution (/ ʃ ə ˈ t ɔː k w ə / shə-TAW-kwə) is a 501(c)(3) [3] nonprofit education center and summer resort for adults and youth located on 2,070 acres (840 ha) in Chautauqua, New York, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Jamestown in the western southern tier of New York state.
Pages in category "Towns in Chautauqua County, New York" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Chautauqua County, New York, United States.The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Chautauqua Lake is located entirely within Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The lake is approximately 17 miles (27 km) long and two miles (3.2 km) wide at its greatest width. The surface area is approximately 13,000 acres (53 km 2 ).
The Lewis Miller Cottage is a historic house at Whitfield and Vincent Avenues, on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. Built in 1875, it was the residence of Lewis Miller, co-founder of the Chautauqua movement. [4] It was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 21, 1965. [2]