Welcome to the Chautauqua County Project. It is our wish that you will find something to help you in your genealogy quest on these Chautauqua County pages.


Chautauqua County at a glance:

  • County Seat: Mayville
  • Population: 134,905 in 2010, 128,609 in 2019.
  • Largest city: Jamestown.
  • Origin of name: Maybe a contraction of a Seneca Indian word meaning "bag tied in the middle".

Borders of Chautauqua County:

  • Erie County, New York on the northeast.
  • Cattaraugus County, New York on the East.
  • Warren County, Pennsylvania on the southeast
  • Lake Erie on the North West.
  • Erie County, Pennsylvania on the southwest.


Cities and Towns:

NameDesignation NameDesignation
- ArkwrightTown- Bemus PointVillage
- BroctonVillage- BustiTown
- CarrollTown- CassadagaVillage
- CattaraugusReservation- CeloronVillage
- CharlotteTown- ChautauquaTown
- Cherry CreekVillage- ClymerTown
- DunkirkCity- ElleryTown
- EllicottTown- EllingtonTown
- FalconerVillage- ForestvilleVillage
- FredoniaVillage- French CreekTown
- GerryTown- HanoverTown
- HarmonyTown- JamestownCity
- KiantoneTown- LakewoodVillage
- Mayville (County Seat)Village- MinaTown
- North HarmonyTown- PanamaVillage
- PomfretTown- PortlandTown
- RipleyTown- SheridanTown
- ShermanVillage- Silver CreekVillage
- SinclairvilleVillage- StocktonTown
- VillenovaTown- WestfieldVillage