Alexander

History

Alexander Rea purchased in the town in 1802 for $56.20 and founded the village of Alexander. The next year he laid out a road, now Walnut Street and Route 98, north of the settlement. The town of Alexander was incorporated in 1812, from a part of the town of Batavia. The town includes the Alexander Classical School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.5 square miles (92.0 km2), of which 35.5 square miles (92.0 km2) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km2, or 0.08%) is water. Tonawanda Creek, a tributary of the Niagara River, flows northward through the town. The southern town line is the border of Wyoming County.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,467
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  3,445
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  3,053
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,909
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,801
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,799
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,631
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  2,492

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2023-02-06
  1 km NE of West Seneca, New York
• M 2.6 — 2022-03-15
  5 km SSW of Warsaw, New York
• M 2.6 — 2020-03-29
  11 km N of Lyndonville, New York
• M 2.52 — 2017-07-11
  11 km NNW of Barker, New York
• M 2.46 — 2014-02-13
  34 km N of Lyndonville, New York
• M 2.7 — 2009-12-21
  10 km NNE of Olcott, New York