Stillwater New York Map

About Stillwater, New York

Stillwater is a locality in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,754. The population density is 538.3 people per km². Stillwater is located at 42.9465°N, 73.6393°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Stillwater is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 10541, 12170.

Stillwater unfolds across a landscape of quiet, inland fields where the rhythmic pulse of Stillwater Creek carves a persistent path through the earth. It lies 2.8 miles south-southeast of Jamestown, NY (from Jamestown, NY: bearing 162°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east-southeast of Lakewood. The air here holds a crisp, singular clarity, particularly in the late afternoon when the light stretches long and thin across the meadows, turning the grasses the color of weathered copper. To the west, the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of Quaker Ridge, while the topography remains defined by subtle, grassy depressions like Scranton Hollow that suggest the slow, patient work of ancient water. Just a mile away, the open expanse of Jamestown City Land offers a quiet reprieve of greenery, providing a buffer of space that keeps the pace of life measured and deliberate.

Stillwater retains the character of a place that has long balanced its agricultural heritage with the steady demands of regional commerce. Life in Stillwater flows with the seasons, moving from the quiet, frost-bitten stillness of winter to the sudden, vibrant bloom of the planting months. The proximity to Chautauqua Lake, lying only four miles away, influences the regional climate, tempering the extremes and casting a cool, reflective quality over the local atmosphere. Whether it is the distant hum of industry or the solitary work of maintaining the land, the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the legacy of those who first settled these interior plains. There is a profound, unadorned beauty in the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying fields, a reminder that Stillwater persists as a place of substance, indifferent to the frantic speed of the wider world.

About This Stillwater Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stillwater, New York. Coordinates: 42.946539, -73.639266. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Stillwater includes the ZIP code (10541, 12170), telephone area code (914, 845, 518), county seat of Chautauqua County (Mayville), and school district assignment (Stillwater Central School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.