Daily Almanac for
Nov 23, 2009
Search White Pages
Search: Infoplease Info search tips
Search: Biographies Bio search tips

Sponsored LinksTravel reviews & great deals at TripAdvisor:

Encyclopedia

Fredonia

Fredonia (frēdō'nēu) [key], village (1990 pop. 10,436), Chautauqua co., SW N.Y., near Lake Erie; inc. 1829. Grape juice, wine, and canned foods are produced. Fredonia was the site of the first natural-gas well in the United States. The first local unit of the Granger movement was also founded there. The State Univ. of New York has a campus at Fredonia.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark

More on Fredonia from Infoplease:

See more Encyclopedia articles on: U.S. Political Geography