Town Line New York Map

About Town Line, New York

Town Line is a locality in Erie County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,334. The population density is 195.0 people per km². Town Line is located at 42.8878°N, 78.5649°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 14004.

Town Line asserts its presence across a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of glacial till and the steady, unspectacular movement of the earth. It lies 4.2 miles northeast of Elma, NY (from Elma, NY: bearing 49°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east of Cheektowaga. The horizon here lacks the jagged drama of distant peaks, favoring instead the modest, grounded elevation of West Hill rising six miles to the south. Moisture gathers in the low-lying hollows, feeding the slow, murky progress of Cayuga Creek as it carves a path just a mile from the center of the grid. During the late afternoon, the light turns a flat, bruised gray, catching the skeletal branches of oaks that stand as sentinels over the Town Of Alden Land, where the wild grasses grow tall and unkempt in the damp, heavy air.

History clings to Town Line with a peculiar, stubborn gravity, remembered primarily for the singular, idiosyncratic decision of its residents to vote on secession during the nineteenth century. This legacy of independence lingers in the local psyche, an echo of a time when the economy relied on the rhythmic demands of agriculture and the seasonal cycles of the fields. Today, the pace remains dictated by the transition between the humid heat of summer and the deep, insulating snows that arrive from the direction of Lake Erie, fifteen miles to the west. Life in Town Line moves without fanfare, defined by the maintenance of property and the slow passage of traffic along rural roads, where the primary industry has shifted from the plow to the quiet commerce of the modern commuter.

About This Town Line Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Town Line, New York. Coordinates: 42.887821, -78.564936. 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 Town Line includes the ZIP code (14004), telephone area code (716), county seat of Erie County (Buffalo), and school district assignment (Alden 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.