Bemus Point

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Bemus Point

Total population

191

Weather47°F · Partly Cloudy

Coordinates42.16°, -79.39°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bemus Point is a village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The village is within the town of Ellery and is located along the eastern shore of Chautauqua Lake. The population was 312 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Bemus Point, NY from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Michael John LaChiusa

American musical theatre and opera composer (born 1962)

Arthur Bestor

historian

Glenni William Scofield

American politician, lawyer and judge (1817–1891)

Kate Stoneman

American lawyer

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Heidi VanDerveer

American basketball player and coach

Bertha M. Stoneman

American born South African botanist (1866-1943)

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Louis A. Sussdorff Jr.

American diplomat (1888-1940)

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Helen Sprague

(1845-1884)

J

James Sprague

(1817-1887)

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Sharon Hovey Wilkin

American vocational counselor

T

Thaddeus H. Ames

Arthur Middleton Barnhart

American businessman (1844–1913)

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Rosa Neil Crandall

American poet

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bemus Point

Legendary locals of the Chautauqua Lake Region, New York

Kathleen Crocker · 2012

Price list [of] choice gladiolus, montbretias, peonias, iris, etc

Chautauqua Flower Fields Co · 1919

Price list of choice gladiolus

Chautauqua Flower Fields Co · 1919

Price list [of] choice gladiolus, montbretias, peonias, iris, hardy perennials

Chautauqua Flowerfield Co · 1925

Choice gladiolus, montbretias, peonias, iris, etc

Chautauqua Flowerfield Co · 1923

Price list

Chautauqua Flowerfield Co · 1921

Iris, peonies, leliums and hardy perennials

Chautauqua Flowerfields · 1921

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Twin-spotted Sphinx

Smerinthus jamaicensis

Seen 2026-09-24

Io Moth

Automeris io

Seen 2026-09-23

Spotted Tussock Moth

Lophocampa maculata

Seen 2026-09-23

Shamrock Orbweaver

Araneus trifolium

Seen 2026-09-23

hen of the woods

Grifola frondosa

Seen 2026-09-23

common soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Seen 2026-09-20

Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Blarina brevicauda

Seen 2026-09-20

American Snout Fly

Rhingia nasica

Seen 2026-09-20

winterberry holly

Ilex verticillata

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).