 cattaraugus reservation is an indian reservation located partly in erie county, new york, united states. the population was 2,001 at the 2000 census. the part of the reservation in erie county is the largest. smaller parts of the reservation are found in cattaraugus county and chautauqua county. this is one of the reservations of the seneca nation of indians. ==geography== according to the united states census bureau, the indian reservation has a total area of 25.7&nbsp;miÂ² (66.5&nbsp;kmÂ²). 25.3&nbsp;miÂ² (65.6&nbsp;kmÂ²) of it is land and 0.3&nbsp;miÂ² (0.9&nbsp;kmÂ²) of it (1.36%) is water. cattaraugus creek runs along the southern portion of the census division, and lake erie helps form the western boundary. new york state route 438 is the primary route through the reservation. it is a state route in name only; the seneca nation maintains the route. ==demographics== as of the census of 2000, there were 2,001 people, 703 households, and 480 families residing
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