The 20th Century

 

Through the years of the Great Depression and World War II, Erin’s population dropped as people left farms and rural areas.  By the 1960s, however, the trend reversed as Erin became a bedroom community for the city of Elmira.  By 1970, the population reached 1,669, more than double that of the 1940s. The Volunteer Fire Department was established in 1955.  They purchased their first truck in 1956 and built a new fire station in 1998. The Newtown Creek Watershed Project, which began in 1956, resulted in the construction of the Jackson Creek, Park Station, and Marsh Dams in the 1970s.