Kennedy, New York

Kennedy, New York
Census-designated place
The Post Office in Kennedy.
Kennedy Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°9′26″N 79°6′7″W / 42.15722°N 79.10194°W / 42.15722; -79.10194
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Chautauqua
Town	Poland
Area [1]
• Total	2.04 sq mi (5.29 km2)
• Land	2.04 sq mi (5.29 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	1,270 ft (390 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	473
• Density	231.52/sq mi (89.40/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	14747
Area code	716
FIPS code	36-39243
GNIS feature ID	0954501

Kennedy is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Poland in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 465 at the 2010 census.^[2] From 1805–1841, the hamlet was known as Kennedy Mills, in honor of Thomas Ruston Kennedy, the founder of the local mills. The name was changed in 1841 to Kennedyville. Eleven years later, the name changed again, this time to Falconer in honor of Robert and William Falconer (the current Falconer was known as Worksburg until 1874). In 1860, on the request of an Erie Railroad official, the hamlet became Kennedy. The name was promptly placed on the railroad station constructed in 1861.^[3]