Editing Angola, New York

{{About|the incorporated village of Angola|the unincorporated community on the Lake Erie shore|Angola on the Lake, New York}}
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| official_name      = Angola, New York
| settlement_type    = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
| image_map          = Erie County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Angola highlighted.svg
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| map_caption        = Location in [[Erie County, New York|Erie County]] and the state of [[New York (state)|New York]]
| image_skyline      = Angola NY.jpg
| image_caption      = Main Street ([[New York State Route 323|Erie County Route&nbsp;9]]) through downtown Angola
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| subdivision_name1  = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in New York|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Erie County, New York|Erie]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Town (New York)|Town]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Evans, New York|Evans]]
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| area_total_km2     = 3.67
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| population_total   = 2046
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| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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| postal_code        = 14006
| area_code          = [[Area code 716|716]]
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'''Angola''' is a [[village (New York)|village]] in the town of [[Evans, New York|Evans]] in [[Erie County, New York|Erie County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. Located {{convert|2|mi|0}} east of [[Lake Erie]], the village is {{convert|22|mi}} southwest of downtown [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]. As of the 2010 Census, Angola had a population of 2,127.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3602198| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Angola village, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 18, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> An unincorporated community known as [[Angola on the Lake, New York|Angola on the Lake]], with a population of 1,675, lies between Angola village and Lake Erie.

==History==
The community was previously called "Evans Station". ''Circa'' 1854 or 1855, the earliest recorded reference to Angola is in an 1824 publication, when it was one of 3 townships divided from Collin’s. A Post Office was established there in 1823 bearing the name "Angola".<ref> Horatio Gates Spafford. A Gazetteer of the State of New-York: Embracing an Ample Survey and Description of its Counties, Towns, Cities, Villages, Canals, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Creeks, and Natural Topography . . . Albany: Published by B. D. Packard, . . . . and by the Author, at Troy, 1824. </ref> The first postmaster was John H. Andrus, who later became county clerk. The new name was apparently chosen because, at that time, local residents (primarily [[Quakers]]) were supporting missionary efforts in the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] colony of [[Portuguese Angola|Angola]] in Africa. The economy of the village improved with the arrival of a railroad line in 1852.

The Village of Angola was incorporated in 1873. In June 2004, an attempt to dissolve the village was thwarted by a judicial ruling that the petitions for a referendum were invalid. In 2007, the village agreed to dissolve its police department and contract with the Town of Evans for police services. Angola officers would be hired by Evans.

In February 2008, local officials rejected the urging of local politician [[Kevin Gaughan]] to reduce the size of the village board, stating that no financial savings would result. Gaughan, a proponent of reducing the number of government entities in Erie County, is also a proponent of metro government. The [[United States Post Office (Angola, New York)|US Post Office—Angola]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

The Friends of the Village of Angola is a non-profit group of volunteer members whose purpose is to bring more foot traffic to the village. They work to improve and maintain many behind-the-scenes things in Angola. The Friends are responsible for organizing  the annual Christmas in the Village, funded by the annual summer Drifters Car Cruise and Donations from individuals and local businesses.

===Angola Horror train wreck===
{{main|Angola Horror}}
On December 18, 1867, just after 3&nbsp;pm, the last coach of the Buffalo-bound ''New York Express'' of the [[Lake Shore and Michigan Southern]] railway derailed. It plunged off a truss bridge into Big Sister Creek just after passing Angola. The next car was also pulled from the track and rolled down the far embankment. Stoves set both coaches on fire. Sixty-nine people were killed, with an additional forty being injured.

==Geography==
Angola is located in southwestern Erie County at {{Coord|42|38|21|N|79|1|51|W|type:city}} (42.639109, -79.030709),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> near the geographic center of the town of Evans. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.4|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

Angola is {{convert|2|mi|0}} east of the shore of [[Lake Erie]] and is west of the [[New York State Thruway]] ([[Interstate 90 in New York|Interstate 90]]). It is on the New York-Buffalo-Chicago Main Line of [[CSX Transportation|CSXT]] and on the Jersey City-Buffalo-Chicago Main Line of the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]]. From 1907 to 1932 Angola was on the Buffalo-to-Erie (Pa.) Main Line of the Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Company (B&LET) and its successor, the [[Buffalo and Erie Railroad|Buffalo & Erie Railway (B&E)]], a high speed interurban electric railway.  The B&E was abandoned with the approval of the New York State Public Service Commission to promote the growth and development of highway transportation. {{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 225
|1870= 600
|1880= 508
|1890= 650
|1900= 712
|1910= 898
|1920= 1367
|1930= 1543
|1940= 1663
|1950= 1936
|1960= 2499
|1970= 2676
|1980= 2292
|1990= 2231
|2000= 2266
|2010= 2127
|2020= 2046
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,266 people, 844 households, and 618 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|1,589.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 903 housing units at an average density of {{convert|633.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 96.60% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.44% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.32% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.35% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.40% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.88% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.46% of the population.

There were 844 households, out of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 29.5% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $40,050, and the median income for a family was $48,352. Males had a median income of $37,931 versus $27,298 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $17,598. About 7.6% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.8% of those under age 18 and 2.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
[[Goya Foods]] has its Great Lakes division in Angola.<ref>"[http://www.goya.com/english/about/contact_us.html Contact Us]." [[Goya Foods]]. Retrieved on March 26, 2016. "275 South Main Street Angola, NY 14006"</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Willis Carrier]], engineer and inventor of air conditioning
* [[Patrick Kaleta]], NHL hockey player
* [[Christian Laettner]], basketball player; 1992 Olympic Gold Medal basketball winner, former NBA basketball player
* [[Monroe Salisbury]], silent film actor
* [[Pius Louis Schwert]], former Major League Baseball player and U.S. congressman
* [[Patchy Mix]], professional MMA fighter and grappler

==Footnotes==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Smith |first=H. Perry |year=2000 |orig-year=1884 |title=History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County |volume=1 |location=Salem |publisher=Higginson |isbn=0-7404-1966-8 }}
* {{cite book |last=Vogel |first=Charity |year=2013 |title=The Angola Horror: The 1867 Train Wreck that Shocked the Nation and Transformed American Railroads |location=Ithaca, NY |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-0-8014-4908-6 }}

==External links==
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*[http://www.villageofangola.org/ Village of Angola official website]

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[[Category:Villages in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Villages in Erie County, New York]]