{"id":7439,"count":2,"description":"Brocton is a village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States.The name was derived by combining the names \"Brockway\" and \"Minton,\" two prominent local families. The population was 1,547 at the 2000 census.\nThe Village of Brocton is within the Town of Portland.\nThe Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility, a state prison is located by the village.\nThe community was first settled in 1805 by Captain James Dunn. The Village of Brocton was incorporated in 1894. Brocton used to be named \"Salems Corners (Cross Roads)\" after the town in Massachusetts, but was later renamed \"Brocton.'\nIn 1913, to commemorate the Town of Portland's Centennial, a green double-arch was erected over the town's main intersection. It is believed to be the only double-arch east of the Mississippi River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.\nThe Brocton Central School District is located in the northwest region of Chautauqua County, which is in the western-most part of New...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/brocton\/","name":"Brocton","slug":"brocton","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/7439","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=7439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}