| Official Name: | Kennedy, New York |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | New York |
| Pushpin Label: | Kennedy |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of New York |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New York |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chautauqua |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town |
| Subdivision Name3: | Poland |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.29 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.29 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.04 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.04 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 473 |
| Population Density Km2: | 89.40 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 231.52 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1270 |
| Coordinates: | 42.1572°N -79.1019°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 14747 |
| Area Code: | 716 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 36-39243 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0954501 |
Kennedy is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Poland in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 465 at the 2010 census.[2] From 1805 - 1841, the hamlet was known as Kennedy Mills, in honor of Thomas Ruston Kennedy, the founder of the local mills. The name was changed in 1841 to Kennedyville. Eleven years later, the name changed again, this time to Falconer in honor of Robert and William Falconer (the current Falconer was known as Worksburg until 1874). In 1860, on the request of an Erie Railroad official, the hamlet became Kennedy. The name was promptly placed on the railroad station constructed in 1861.[3]
Kennedy is located in the northeastern part of the town of Poland in eastern Chautauqua County, in the valley of Conewango Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny River. U.S. Route 62 intersects New York State Route 394 in the center of the hamlet on the north side of Conewango Creek. US 62 leads south to Exit 14 on the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and New York State Route 17). From there it is 9miles west to Jamestown, the largest city in the region, and east to Salamanca.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Kennedy has a total area of 5.3km2, all land.[2]