Cheektowaga Wedding

Cheektowaga is a town (also a Census-designated Place, see below) in Erie County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 94,019. The name comes from the Iroquoian word Ji-ik-do-wa-gah, meaning the place of the crab apple tree.

The Town of Cheektowaga is in the north-central part of the county. Its western border is the City of Buffalo. Cheektowaga contains the site of the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, the principal airport of Erie County.

Villa Maria College and the Walden Galleria are also located in Cheektowaga.

The first European-American settler is said to have established himself in 1808.

The Town of Cheektowaga was organized in 1839 by a division of the Town of Amherst. The town area was reduced in 1851 by the formation of the Towns of Orchard Park, West Seneca, and Hamburg. The name referring to Crabapple trees may actually be referencing locally abundant Hawthorn trees.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 76.5 km (29.5 mi), all land.