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Union City, PA

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Union City, PA Union City, Pennsylvania, is a delightful town with a wealth of historical and natural attractions nearby. It is situated in picturesque Northwest Pennsylvania. The 1800-founded hamlet has maintained many of...

Titusville

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Titusville, PA There are 5,518 people living in the 2.9 square mile City of Titusville, which has around 30 miles of roads. The Drake Well Museum is located in Titusville, which is referred to as "The Birthplace of the Oil...

Springville

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Springville, NY In the southernmost part of Erie County, 45 minutes southeast of Buffalo, sits the Village of Springville. The Town of Concord completely encloses the Village of Springville, which is bordered by gorgeously...

Silver Creek

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Silver Creek, NY In the Town of Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York—a region of Western New York known as the Concord Grape Belt—on the beaches of Lake Erie sits the Village of Silver Creek. Incorporated in 1848, Silver...

Irving

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Irving, NY New York's Chautauqua County has the hamlet of Irving. In the town of Hanover, it is close to both the eastern town line and the eastern county line. The Seneca nation's administrative center is located in the...

Fredonia

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Fredonia, NY Early Mound Builders, the Erie people, and later the Iroquois (more particularly, the Seneca) were likely the first groups to live in the village that is now Fredonia. Robert Morris bought the land in Fredonia...

Ripley

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Ripley, NY The Seaway path, among the finest recreational route in the nation, runs Route 5 and Lake Erie through the northern part of Ripley Township. It is a national scenic byway. Some of the greatest soil for producing...

Olean

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Olean, NY The current Olean Town and City were established in 1837 after a number of splits that produced other towns within the County. In the southeast corner of Cattaraugus County sits the Town and City of Olean. The...

Meadville

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Meadville, PA Meadville, the county seat of Crawford County in Northwestern Pennsylvania, was established in 1788 near the French Creek banks. Meadville, which has more than 13,000 people living there and 2,000 Allegheny...

Wesleyville

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Wesleyville, PA The City of Erie, Harborcreek Township, and Lawrence Park Township all border the Borough of Wesleyville, a little municipal area in Erie County. The Borough, which has a population of 3,341, has all the...

Wattsburg

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Wattsburg, PA After his father-in-law David Watts, Mr. Miles gave the clearing his name. When it was initially established, Wattsburgh was known by the names Watts and burgh, both of which are from the Old Scots and mean...

Waterford

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Waterford, PA Waterford is built on a level plain surrounded by sloping hills in all directions. The major commercial route, High Street, runs north-south through the middle of town, and the streets are structured in a...

Union City

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Union City, PA Pennsylvania's Erie County contains the borough of Union City. On January 31, 1990, the Union City Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Battling through two crises, one...

North East

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in North East, PA The original name of North East Township was Lower Greenfield. Nonetheless, because it was the most northeastern of the original sixteen townships, it was given the name North East when it was created. ...

McKean

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in McKean, PA A borough in Pennsylvania's Erie County is called McKean. 475 people were living there as of the 2020 census. It is a component of the combined statistical area of Erie and Meadville. Prior to changing its name...

Lawrence Park

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Lawrence Park, PA Lawrence Park Township was given that name in honor of Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship, the U.S.S. Lawrence, and Captain James Lawrence, Commandeer of the Frigate Chesapeake. When General Electric built...

Lake City

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Lake City, PA Since it was a little more than a railroad station, Girard Station was the original name of Lake City Borough in 1850. The naming was done by the Lake Shore Railroad. It was located in a grove close to the...

Harborcreek

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Harborcreek, PA Thomas Rees established the first place inside the boundaries of Harbor Creek Township in 1796 when he acquired a sizable parcel of property that became known as the Rees Reserve. The township was one of...

Girard

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Girard, PA The Philadelphia millionaire Stephen Girard owned sizable land in the neighboring township of Conneaut, where he had decided just before his passing to erect mills and make other significant improvements that...

Fairview

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Fairview, PA In 1797, Fairview Township was founded. One of the original 16 townships in Erie County is Fairview. The phrase "This is the fairest view I have seen yet" was uttered by businessman Colonel Thomas Forster in...

Edinboro

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Edinboro, PA In a rural area, Edinboro is a large urban area with a "small town atmosphere." It is a collegiate town that doubles as a summer lake resort. An industrial park, a lakeside resort, attractive residential...

Corry

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Corry, PA The Corry region was once a swampy valley with three creeks winding through dense stands of tall hemlock and pine trees. Beginning in the late 1700s, settlers started to come. The expansion of the railroad...

Youngstown

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Youngstown, NY In the northwest corner of the state, where the Niagara River empties into Lake Ontario, is the historic community of Youngstown. Over the years, there have been several alterations, including the...

Wheatfield

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Wheatfield, NY In 1836, the Town of Niagara was combined with the Town of Wheatfield. It is located in the southwest corner of the county, bordered to the north by the Towns of Lewiston and Cambria, to the east by the Town...

West Seneca

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in West Seneca, NY In 1851, the Town of West Seneca became a legal entity. Yet the Seneca Indians, who lived there before, are where its history begins. Indians first settled in what is now West Seneca about 10,000 years ago....

Tonawanda

Home > contractor's corner > Roofers in Tonawanda, NY In 1836, the Town of Tonawanda became a legal entity. The railroads that soon followed the Erie Canal and opened up new commercial opportunities. At the end of the 19th century, enterprises on both banks of...