Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- County
- Chautauqua
- Established
- 1880 (officially incorporated)
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Kate Wdowiasz ( D )
- Common council
- Members • At-Large: Nick Weiser ( D ) • W1: Natalie Luczkowiak ( D ) • W2: Abigail Yerico ( R ) • W3: James Stoyle ( R ) • W4: Nancy Nichols ( R )
- Total
- 4.57 sq mi (11.83 km )
- Land
- 4.54 sq mi (11.77 km )
- Water
- 0.023 sq mi (0.06 km )
- Elevation
- 617 ft (188 m)
- Density
- 2,803.9/sq mi (1,082.59/km )
- Zip codes
- 14048 14166 (PO box)
- Fips code
- 36-013-21105
- Website
- cityofdunkirk .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Dunkirk
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Chautauqua County
- Population
- 12743
- Area
- 4.55
- Elevation
- 188
- Official website
- cityofdunkirk.com
- Image
- Dunkirk New York aerial view.jpg
- Households
- 5402
- Dialing code
- 716
Show 6 more facts
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Dunkirk, New York
- postal code
- 14048
- inception
- 1880-00-00
- P8168
- ◌̧
- per capita income
- 23911
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Dunkirk is a city in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. It was settled around 1805 and incorporated in 1880. The population was 12,743 as of the 2020 census. Dunkirk is bordered on the north by Lake Erie. It shares a border with the village of Fredonia to the south, and with the town of Dunkirk to the east and west. Dunkirk is the westernmost city in the state of New York.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dunkirk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.