Bolivar, New York

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Bolivar, New York
Town
Wine Celler, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.
Motto(s):  "Land of the Deer and the Derrick"
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Coordinates: 42°04′00″N 78°10′04″W / 42.06667°N 78.16778°W / 42.06667; -78.16778
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Allegany
Government
• Type	Town Council
• Town Supervisor	Ricky Gould (D, R)
• Town Council	Members • Sharon Evingham (D, R) • Bud Wittenburg (D, R) • Randy Iantorno (D, R) • Bob Ingalls ()
Area [1]
• Total	35.88 sq mi (92.93 km2)
• Land	35.87 sq mi (92.90 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	2,051
• Estimate  (2021)[2]	2,030
• Density	58.21/sq mi (22.48/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	36-003-07201
Website	www.townofbolivar.com

Bolivar (/ˈbɒlɪvər/ BOL-i-vər) is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 2,051 at the 2020 census.^[2] The town is named after Simón Bolívar.^[3]

Bolivar is on the south border of the county and is east of Olean. There is also a village of Bolivar in the town.

As "the heart of the Allegany Oil Field" the Bolivar-Richburg area rose to significance during the oil boom era of the late 1800s. During the brief initial oil boom of the 1880s it was purportedly the wealthiest locale, per capita, in the United States. By the early 1900s the initial boom, with its economic and population impacts, had significantly faded, but secondary oil recovery techniques applied to the oil fields (starting around 1920) drastically rejuvenated the industry in the area.