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Cheektowaga is a town (also a census-designated place, ''see below'') in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 88,226.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=United States Census Bureau )〕 The town is located in the north-central part of the county. It is the second largest suburb of Buffalo, New York after the town of Amherst. contains a census-designated place also named Cheektowaga. Both the census-designated place and town are home to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, the principal airport of Erie County.〔"(Cheektowaga CDP, New York )." ''U.S. Census Bureau''. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.〕 Villa Maria College, Empire State College, and the Walden Galleria are located in Cheektowaga. The village of Sloan and a little of Depew are in the town of Cheektowaga. ==History== Cheektowaga was first settled by the Seneca people of the Iroquois Confereacy, who named the location ''Chictawauga,'' meaning "land of the crabapples" in the Seneca language. Cheektowaga was formed from Amherst on March 22, 1839, and on the formation of West Seneca on October 16, 1851, was reduced to its present limits—about . Throughout the 19th century, it was referred to by its original name, Chictawauga. Originally a rural farming area, the town was extensively developed during the post-World War II subdivision boom of the 1950s. Factories, such as the Westinghouse Electric Corporation plant on Genesee Street (since demolished) generated employment to the area for many decades. The town continues to maintain a strong blue collar presence. Cheektowaga has a large Polish-American community, much of which relocated from Buffalo's East Side, and about 39.9% of population is of Polish heritage.〔(Polish communities ), Epodunk. Accessed September 11, 2013.〕 The Walden Galleria opened in 1989, becoming the largest mall in the Buffalo Niagara region. In August of 2014, Cabela's opened their first store in New York across from Walden Galleria Mall. Garrison Cemetery, Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel, and Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cheektowaga (town), New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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