Village of Silver Creek

 

Credit/Debit payments are accepted for Village Water/Sewer bills and Village Tax bills only,
Credit payments are accepted with a 3% fee by phone or via the icons provided below:

 

*Village Taxes are accepted from June 1  – October 1 . If you wish to pay after that date; you must contact Chautauqua County

 

 

 

Attention: The Next Mobile Food Pantry will take place Tuesday, January 28th  2025 from 11:00-12:30 or until food is gone.

**We are looking for a few volunteers once a month for a few hours to help load bags for the Mobile Pantry. You must be able to follow directions, bend, and lift 40lbs. If interested, contact the Clerk’s office. 716-934-3240.**

*** We are asking that anyone picking up food bring one or two clean sturdy reusable bags (not paper) for each family unit picking up food, and drop them off so we can use them the next time we have a mobile food pantry. *** 172 Central Ave, Silver Creek Municipal parking lot. This is a first come first served event. Anyone is welcome, there are no area restrictions.
***Please enter from Front Street, right to Jackson LEFT to Montgomery, right onto Lincoln and Left into the Municipal Parking lot. **Please do not block any driveways. **
If you have any questions, please call the Clerk’s office at 716-934-3240

 

Village of Silver Creek, NY 1892

The Village of Silver Creek is located on the shores of Lake Erie, within the Town of Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York, in an area of Western New York known as the Concord Grape Belt.

State Route 5 (Central Avenue – West, Howard Street) and State Route 20 (Main St, Central Avenue – East) intersect downtown in our business district, where you will also find our village square and historic bandstand.  Walnut Creek and Silver Creek both flow through the village before joining together, to the north of the Municipal Building, and flowing into Lake Erie.

The Village provides many valuable resources for its residents, including a Volunteer Emergency Squad and Fire Department, a Department of Public Works, and Water & Sewer Department.

There are several churches within the village, including the First United Church, Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Church, St Alban’s Episcopal Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Zion Lutheran Church, First Baptist Church, Assembly of God and the Christ Chapel Wesleyan Church.

The Silver Creek Central School District consists of an Elementary, Middle and High School building, which provides education for children residing not only in the Village of Silver Creek, but the Town of Hanover, Town of Sheridan, and the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation as well.

According to the 2010 census, the Village of Silver Creek had a population of 2,699 people.

 “The first settlement of the part of the town of Hanover where the village of Silver Creek now stands, was made by David Dickinson, Abel Cleveland and John E. Howard, who came here with their families from Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, about the year 1803, and the first school house was erected around 1823. In 1822 a well-known black walnut tree, measuring about 10 feet (3.0 m) in diameter, was blown over in a storm. The village of Silver Creek was incorporated in 1848, and was an important port on Lake Erie until railroads reduced shipping. The village is home to a skew arch railroad bridge, one of the few bridges in the country built on an angle. 
Silver Creek’s best-known resident was Howard “Bob” Ehmke, the pitching hero of the 1929 World Series. While playing for the Philadelphia Athletics, Ehmke struck out 13 Chicago Cubs in game one, a Series record until 1953. Former NBA and ABA basketball player George Carter is also a graduate of Silver Creek Central High School. Carter played for St. Bonaventure University and later in the 1971 ABA All-Star Game.”

OLD HISTORICAL INFORMATION: http://silvercreekny.com/old

 

Municipal Office Contact Information:

 172 Central Ave, Silver Creek, NY 14136

Village Clerk’s Office: (716)934-3240  

Press 1 for Water/Sewer account/billing questions/inquires.

Village Clerk’s Office Fax: (716)934-2700

**All other department information located on the next page labeled “Departments“ **
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The Village of Silver Creek accepts the following forms of payment:

Cash, Money Order or Check
(Made Payable to the Village of Silver Creek)
* Please note there will be a *$35.00* fee for returned checks.

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