{"id":6999,"count":8,"description":"Alden is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 10,470 at the 2000 census. The town is derived from a family name known to early settlers.\nThe Town of Alden is in the northeast part of Erie County and is east of Buffalo. It contains a village also called Alden.\nThe Town of Alden was established in 1823 from part of the Town of Clarence. Part of the town was later given up to form the Town of Marilla in 1853.\nIn 1856, the community of Alden in the town set itself off by incorporating as a village. The town was made more popular by the discovery of the black water baths in 1891. People would travel from Buffalo and from areas far east of the town to experience the healing powers of the black water baths. Afterwards, they would head to local bars and expect free drinks.\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 34.5\u00a0square miles (89.4\u00a0km\u00b2), of which, 34.5\u00a0square miles (89.3\u00a0km\u00b2) of it is land and 0.1\u00a0square miles (0.2\u00a0km\u00b2) of...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/alden\/","name":"Alden","slug":"alden","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/6999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=6999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}