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Town of Lancaster, New York

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Mississauga (ON). It is located about 46 miles [74 km] to the west of Lancaster and has a population of 544,382 people.<1>

The next largest community is Buffalo. It is located about 11 miles [17 km] to the west of Lancaster and has a population of 292,648 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Amherst   NW9 mi [14.48 km]115,5630.81% decrease
 Cheektowaga   W5 mi [8.05 km]87,7886.63% decrease
 Chili   E45 mi [72.4 km]28,6503.66% increase
 Clarence   N7 mi [11.27 km]28,0647.43% increase
 Gates   E49 mi [78.9 km]28,6562.11% decrease
 Hamburg   SW16 mi [25.75 km]55,8680.69% decrease
 Niagara Falls   NW23 mi [37.01 km]51,3457.64% decrease
 North Tonawanda   NW15 mi [24.14 km]31,2226.13% decrease
 Orchard Park   SW12 mi [19.31 km]28,5253.21% increase
 Tonawanda   NW13 mi [20.92 km]71,7208.23% decrease
 West Seneca   SW7 mi [11.27 km]43,7954.63% decrease
 Fort Erie (ON)<*>   W15 mi [24.14 km]29,9256.33% increase
 Niagara Falls (ON)<*>   NW24 mi [38.62 km]82,1844.27% increase
 Saint Catharines (ON)<*>   NW35 mi [56.3 km]131,9892.18% increase
 Welland (ON)<*>   W31 mi [49.89 km]50,3313.99% increase
 
 
<*>   When comparing populations across the border of the USA & Canada, be aware that the populations given are for different years. The US populations are for the years 2008 and 2000. The Canadian populations are for the years 2006 and 2001.

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alden   E5 mi [8.05 km]10,3121.51% decrease
 Alden   E7 mi [11.27 km]2,5295.14% decrease
 Amherst   NW9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Billington Heights   S8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Cheektowaga   W6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Clarence Center   N7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Depew   W3 mi [4.83 km]15,3077.95% decrease
 Elma Center   S5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Elma   S5 mi [8.05 km]11,3210.15% increase
 Harris Hill   NW4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Lancaster   WLess than 2 mi11,1080.72% decrease
 Marilla   SE7 mi [11.27 km]5,5602.61% decrease
 Sloan   W8 mi [12.87 km]3,4508.61% decrease
 Town Line   E3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Williamsville   NW6 mi [9.66 km]5,1297.97% decrease

Erie County

Lancaster is located in Erie County.

Below are counties that are near Lancaster (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Lancaster:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Lancaster
 Allegany County   SECenterville35 miles [56 km]
 Cattaraugus County   SYorkshire27 miles [43 km]
 Chautauqua County   SWIrving33 miles [53 km]
 Genesee County   WCheektowasa7 miles [11 km]
 Livingston County   ELinwood34 miles [54 km]
 Monroe County   NEWest Sweden36 miles [57 km]
 Niagara County   NWPark Village13 miles [20 km]
 Orleans County   NEWest Shelby20 miles [32 km]
 Wyoming County   SECowlesville9 miles [14 km]
 Regional Municipality of Niagara (ON)   WFort Erie (ON)15 miles [24 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lancaster. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Lancaster.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Lancaster and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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