The
hamlet of
Findley Lake is in the town of
Mina in southwestern
Chautauqua County,
New York in the
United States, at an elevation of 1440 ft (439 m) above sea level. The hamlet was settled by
War of 1812 veteran Alexander Findley who in 1815 built a
dam to power his mill and thus created the lake from two ponds. The settlement that grew up around the mills prospered.