|
|
|
Place Name
|
Chautauqua County
|
|
Pronunciation
|
shuh-TAW-kwuh
|
|
Place Status (Type)
|
county
|
|
Capital is
|
Mayville
|
|
Population
|
141,895 (1990)
|
|
Location
|
New York, United States, North America
|
|
Latitude
|
42°17'N
|
|
Longitude
|
79°24'W
|
Chautauqua
(shuh-TAW-kwuh), co. (
1,062 sq mi/2,751 sq km; 1990
pop. 141,895), extreme W N.Y., bounded NW by L. Erie;  Mayville;
42°17'N 79°24'W. Mfg. at Jamestown and Dunkirk; 1 of N.Y.'s
leading agr. regions (poultry; seeds, fruit; dairying). State fish
hatchery. Resorts on L. Erie and on Chautauqua L. Site of Chautauqua
Inst. Formed 1808.
|
