The reason for this is because of the villages of Lancaster and Depew are in the western part of the town, and also many subdivisions are in the western part of the town.

The area North and East of the Village of Depew are also built up.

Aside from railroads, Depew also served on the boards of director for Western Union, the Hudson River Bridge Company, the Niagara River Bridge Company, the New York State Realty & Terminal Company, the Union Trust Company, Equitable Life Assurance Company, and Kensico Cemetery Association.

The town of Depew, Oklahoma is also named for him.

Depew was also the paternal uncle of Ganson and Chancey Depew, sons of his brother William Beverly Depew.

It may also refer to the former United States Senator Chauncey Depew.

A connection was also built, in or soon after 1923, from the northeast end at Depew north to the New York Central's West Shore Railroad ().

North of Ebenezer the branch continued to serve local traffic from a connection with the old PRR line to the NYC lines at Depew, but that has been cut back to a short section near Ebenezer.

The Village of Depew village extends across the boundary between the towns of Lancaster and Cheektowaga.

Depew began as a settlement named Hall in 1898, when the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad ( later merged into the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway ) built a line between Sapulpa, Oklahoma and Oklahoma City.

A new direct line opened from Buffalo east to Batavia on April 26, 1852, and the old line between Depew ( east of Buffalo ) and Attica was sold to the Buffalo and New York City Railroad on November 1.

His father, Isaac Depew, was a merchant and farmer ; pioneer in river transportation between Peekskill and New York ; son of Abraham Depew, who served in the Revolutionary Army, and Catherine ( Crankheit ) Depew, great-grandson of Captain James Cronkite of the Continental Army ; descendant of Frangois DuPuy, a French Huguenot, who came to America about 1661, settled first in Brooklyn, N. Y., and in 1685 bought land from the Indians at the present site of Peekskill.

* Lake Shore Limited-to / from Chicago along the Northeast Corridor in Boston, and Empire Corridor between Depew, New York and New York City.

The Buffalo and Rochester sold its line between Attica and Depew ( east of Buffalo ) to the Buffalo and New York City Railroad, part of the New York and Erie Railroad system.

The connection to the West Shore at Depew is now owned by New York Central Lines LLC, a CSX subsidiary, and is used to move trains between the old NYC main and West Shore lines.

Depew straddles the towns of Lancaster and Cheektowaga and lies to the east of Buffalo, New York.

On the east, Depew borders the Village of Lancaster.

The Lancaster / Depew high school football game is held in October.

* Scajaquada Creek-A small stream flowing through the Village of Depew and the Town of Lancaster.

Villages: The Town of Lancaster contains two villages ; its own Village of Lancaster, and the eastern part of the connecting Village of Depew.

The US Post Office-Depew, which is located on The Town of Lancaster's side of The Village of Depew is technically in the Town of Lancaster, so it is included on the list of historic sites.

The town is home to Lancaster High School, four operating elementary schools ; Como Park, Court Street, Hillview, John A. Sciole ( which is actually located on the Cheektowaga side of the Village of Depew ), and the former Central Avenue Elementary School.

The district serves most of the town and village, including a large majority of the northern part of the Village of Depew, on both the Lancaster and Cheektowaga sides.

The Depew Union Free School District serves most of the southern part of the Village of Depew, and almost none of the Town and / or Village of Lancaster.

* 20px New York State Route 78 ( Transit Road ), North-South roadway that provides the east border of Cheektowaga with Lancaster, north and south of Depew.

* Genesee Valley Transportation ( Depew, Lancaster & Western )

This 40 mile long creek begins in primarily farmland / wooded areas and passes through several residential communities including Cheektowaga, Lancaster, and Depew before its confluence with Buffalo Creek.

* Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad ( 1989 )

Former Green Bay Packers QB, Don Majkowski was born and raised in Depew and attended Depew High School.

* Depew Wildcats High School Alumni reunion page

The School's rival is the Depew High School Wildcats, and the two varsity football teams meet every year for a non-league game as a part of the Great American Rivalry Series, presented by the US Army.

Chauncey Depew, one-time runner-up for the Republican Presidential nomination, was attending a convention at Saratoga, where he was scheduled to nominate Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for Governor of New York when he noticed that the temporary chairman was a man he had never met.

After the preliminary business affair was finished Depew arose and delivered the convincing speech that clinched the nomination for Roosevelt.

If Depew had told any academic psychologist that he had a weird feeling of having lived through that identical convention session at some time in the past, he would have been informed that he was a victim of deja vue.

One week before the convention, Depew was seated on the porch of a country home on the Hudson, gazing at the opposite shore.

In D. J. Depew and B H Weber, eds., Evolution at a Crossroads: The New Biology and the New Philosophy of Science, Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, pp. 43 – 63.

Members of the Borough Council are Council President George F. Graham ( 2012 ), James Benson ( 2014 ), Michael Depew ( 2014 ), Diana Kuncken ( 2013 ), Brian Murphy ( 2012 ) and Doreen Thiselton ( 2013 ).

Depew is a village in Erie County, New York, United States.

The name is derived from Chauncey Mitchell Depew, the President of the New York Central Railroad and former US Senator.

Depew is currently studying dissolution of the village and / or consolidation or merging of the police department.

Named after " Railman " Chauncey Depew, the Village was founded as it become a hub of rapid growth.

Founded in 1892 as a rail center, the Village of Depew was incorporated on July 23, 1894.

The Depew economy in the 19th century was based primarily on railroad-related industries, such as the Gould Coupler Company, manufacturers of knuckle-type railroad couplers.

The poet Lucille Clifton was born and raised in Depew.

The US Post Office — Depew was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Depew is located at ( 42. 911758 ,-78. 701600 ).