Swormville, New York

Swormville is a hamlet in the eastern part of Amherst and the western part of Clarence, New York, USA.^[1]

Named after Adam Schworm, a prominent landowner and businessman who built a store on the Clarence side of Transit Road, Swormville has a population of 17,694. Swormville was originally dubbed "Schwormville," and has also been occasionally referred to as "Swormsville."

History

Bavarian and French immigrants began settling in the Swormville area during the late 1830s following a heavy migration of German people and the subsequent separation of Alden and Newstead. The Rev. John Neumann, a Catholic missionary, founded the "Parish of the Transit", now known as St. Mary's. He used to walk to Swormville from his headquarters in Williamsville. Immigrants from Palma and Motavia began to settle here in the 1800s as well.

Geography

The community is bisected by Transit Road, NY Route 78, an important north-south highway.

Swormville is located in Western New York and is northeast of Buffalo.

Schools

St. Mary's School, with grades PK-08, is a Catholic private school and the only school located in Swormville.

The public school system is Williamsville.

References

Municipalities and communities of Erie County, New York, United States
County seat: Buffalo
Cities	Buffalo Lackawanna Tonawanda
Towns	Alden Amherst Aurora Boston Brant Cheektowaga Clarence Colden Collins Concord Eden Elma Evans Grand Island Hamburg Holland Lancaster Marilla Newstead North Collins Orchard Park Sardinia Tonawanda Wales West Seneca
Villages	Akron Alden Angola Blasdell Depew East Aurora Farnham Gowanda‡ Hamburg Kenmore Lancaster North Collins Orchard Park Sloan Springville Williamsville
CDPs	Angola on the Lake Billington Heights Cheektowaga Clarence Clarence Center Eden Eggertsville Elma Center Grandyle Village Harris Hill Holland Lake Erie Beach North Boston Tonawanda Town Line University at Buffalo Wanakah West Seneca
Other hamlets	Akron Junction Alden Center Armor Athol Springs Bagdad Bellevue Big Tree Blakeley Blossom Boston Bowmansville Brant Brighton Carnegie Chaffee Clarksburg Cleveland Hill Clifton Heights Collins Center Concord Creekside Crittenden Dellwood Derby Doyle Duells Corner Dutchtown East Amherst East Concord East Eden East Elma East Seneca Ebenezer Eden Valley Ellicott Elma Evans Center Ferry Village Footes Forks Fowlerville Gardenville Getzville Glenwood Green Acres Valley Griffins Mills Holland Hunts Corners Jerusalem Corners Jewettville Kenilworth Lake View Langford Lawtons Locksley Park Looneyville Loveland Marilla Marshfield Millersport Millgrove Morton Corners Mount Vernon Murrays Corner New Ebenezer New Oregon North Bailey North Evans Oakfield Patchin Peters Corners Pine Hill Pinehurst Pontiac Porterville Protection Sand Hill Sandy Beach Scranton Sheenwater Shirley Snyder South Cheektowaga South Newstead South Wales Spring Brook Swifts Mills Taylor Hollow Town Line Station Swormville Walden Cliffs Wales Hollow Water Valley Webster Corners Wende West Alden West Falls Weyer Williston Windom Wolcottsburg Woodlawn Woodside Wyandale Zoar
Indian reservations	Cattaraugus Reservation Tonawanda Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 43°02′18″N 78°41′50″W / 43.03833°N 78.69722°W / 43.03833; -78.69722

External links

• Swormville community Web Directory
• St. Mary's Church Swormville's church
• Wikipedia page
• St. Mary's School School website