Editing Celoron, New York (section)

== History ==
Celoron Park was an amusement park, built by the Broadhead family in either 1893 or 1894, prior to the formation of the village.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2020 |others=Fenton Historical Society |title=Celoron Park — Once A Major Destination |url=https://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2020/09/celoron-park-once-a-major-destination/ |access-date=October 1, 2022 |website=Post-journal.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Crocker |first=Kathleen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LFB1sCX9gUUC |title=Chautauqua Lake Region |last2=Currie |first2=Jane |date=2002 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-1019-4 |pages=76, 77 |language=en}}</ref> Celoron Park was designed with inspiration from the amusement parks at [[Coney Island]] and [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]].<ref name=":0" /> Celoron Park closed in 1962.<ref name=":0" />

The village of Celoron was incorporated in 1896. The name of the village comes from that of French officer and explorer of Ohio [[Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville]].

Beginning in 1898, it was the home of the [[Acme Giants]] baseball team.