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Bolivar, NY
Bolivar is a town of about 2200 located in Allegany County. The first settler arrived around 1819. The Town of Bolivar was created in 1825 from part of the The Town of Friendship. The town is named after the patriot Simon Bolivar. There is also a village called Bolivar in town. The town lies upon the south border, west of the center of the county, and contains 22,600 acres. The surface is a broken, hilly upland, the hills in some parts being too steep for profitable cultivation. The people are principally engaged in farming, dairying being the chief pursuit in the northern and western parts. |
