Lime Lake, New York

Lime Lake, New York
Census-designated place
Lime Lake Location within the state of New York
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Cattaraugus
Town	Machias
Area
• Total	2.6 sq mi (6.8 km2)
• Land	2.4 sq mi (6.2 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation	1,660 ft (510 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	867
• Density	365/sq mi (140.8/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	36-42345

Lime Lake is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the northeast part of the town of Machias, in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 867. Prior to the 2010 census, the area was delineated as part of the Lime Lake-Machias CDP.

Geography

Lime Lake is located in the northeast corner of the town of Machias at . It consists of development that surrounds a small water body named Lime Lake, about 1 mile (1.6 km) in diameter. The area is bordered to the south by the main hamlet of Machias.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lime Lake CDP has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.8 km²), of which 2.4 square miles (6.2 km²) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km²), or 10.06%, is water. The outlet of Lime Lake flows north to Elton Creek in Delevan, which then continues north to Cattaraugus Creek, a west-flowing tributary of Lake Erie. Less than one mile south of Lime Lake and only a few feet higher is the drainage divide between the Great Lakes watershed to the north and the Mississippi River watershed to the south: Ischua Creek flows south to Olean Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny River, then the Ohio River, and finally the Mississippi.

New York State Route 16 and Cattaraugus County Route 70 connect Lime Lake to Machias.

Notable inhabitants

• Jeffrey J. Miller, author and historian