Tonawanda, New York
Encyclopedia
Tonawanda may refer to:
- Glacial Lake TonawandaGlacial Lake TonawandaGlacial Lake Tonawanda was a prehistoric lake that existed approximately 10,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age, in Western New York, United States....
- North Tonawanda, New YorkNorth Tonawanda, New YorkNorth Tonawanda is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 31,568 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is named after Tonawanda Creek, its south border...
, a city in Niagara County, north across Tonawanda Creek from the City and Town - Tonawanda (CDP), New YorkTonawanda (CDP), New York----Tonawanda is a census-designated place in Erie County, New York, United States. The CDP comprises the Town of Tonawanda minus its subsidiary Village of Kenmore.-Geography:Tonawanda is located at ....
, consisting of the Town of Tonawanda less the Village of Kenmore - Tonawanda (city), New YorkTonawanda (city), New YorkTonawanda is a city in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 16,136 at the 2000 census. It is located at the northern edge of Erie County, south across the Erie Canal from North Tonawanda, and north of Buffalo, New York...
, officially City of Tonawanda, established 1904, bordered on three sides by the Town of Tonawanda - Tonawanda (town), New YorkTonawanda (town), New YorkTonawanda is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a population of 78,155. The town is at the north border of the county and is the northern suburb of Buffalo...
, officially Town of Tonawanda, established 1836, in Erie County north of Buffalo, New York - Tonawanda (25th Separate Company) ArmoryTonawanda (25th Separate Company) ArmoryThe Tonawanda Armory is a historic armory originally built for the 25th Separate Company of the New York National Guard, and located in the city of Tonawanda in Erie County, New York. It is a brick and stone castle-like structure built in 1897, designed to be reminiscent of medieval military...
, listed on the National Register of Historic Places - Tonawanda Band of Seneca IndiansTonawanda Band of Seneca IndiansThe Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians maintained the traditional form of government by Seneca chiefs and clan mothers after the Alleghany and Cattaraugus Reservations broke away and formed the Seneca Nation of Indians in 1848...
- Tonawanda CreekTonawanda CreekTonawanda Creek is a small river in Western New York, in the United States. William Bright says the best that can be said of the name is that it is "probably from an Iroquoian source, but of unclear derivation".-Description:...
, a tributary of the Niagara River and part of the Erie Canal - Tonawanda KardexTonawanda KardexThe Tonawanda Kardex was an American football team active between 1916 and 1921. It played its games in City of Tonawanda, New York, a suburb of Buffalo with close ties to North Tonawanda, New York where American Kardex was founded...
, a defunct NFL team based in North Tonawanda - Tonawanda ReservationTonawanda ReservationThe Tonawanda Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians located in western New York, USA. The band is a federally recognized tribe and, in the 2000 census, had 543 people living on the reservation...
, on Tonawanda Creek in Erie, Genesee, and Niagara counties