Tonawanda, New York

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Tonawanda Tahnawáteh (Tuscarora)
City
The North Tonawanda side of the Gateway Harbor
Seal
Location of Tonawanda in Erie County and New York
Tonawanda
Coordinates: 43°0′40″N 78°52′39″W / 43.01111°N 78.87750°W / 43.01111; -78.87750
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Erie
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council
• Mayor	John White (R)
• Common Council	Members' List President: • Jenna Koch (D) • W1: Thomas Newman (R) • W2: Dawn Kammerdeiner (D) • W3: Sean Rautenstrauch (D) • W4: David R. Mileham (D)
Area [1]
• Total	4.09 sq mi (10.60 km2)
• Land	3.80 sq mi (9.85 km2)
• Water	0.29 sq mi (0.75 km2)
Elevation	571 ft (174 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	15,129
• Density	3,978.18/sq mi (1,535.87/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	14150[2]
Area code	716
FIPS code	36-74166
GNIS feature ID	0979550
Website	Tonawanda, NY

Tonawanda (formally City of Tonawanda) is a city in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 15,129 at the 2020 census. It is at the northern edge of Erie County, south across the Erie Canal (Tonawanda Creek) from North Tonawanda, east of Grand Island, and north of Buffalo. It is part of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area.