Angola is a village in the town of Evans in Erie County, New York, United States.

The new name was apparently chosen because, at that time, local residents (primarily Quakers) were supporting missionary efforts in the Portuguese colony of Angola in Africa.

In June 2004, an attempt to dissolve the village was thwarted by a judicial ruling that the petitions for a referendum were invalid.

On December 18, 1867, just after 3 pm, the last coach of the Buffalo-bound New York Express of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway derailed.

It plunged off a truss bridge into Big Sister Creek just after passing Angola.

Angola is located in southwestern Erie County at 42°38′21″N 79°1′51″W / 42.63917°N 79.03083°W / 42.63917; -79.03083 (42.639109, -79.030709),[4] near the geographic center of the town of Evans.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), all land.

Angola is 2 miles (3 km) east of the shore of Lake Erie and is west of the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90).

The B&E was abandoned with the approval of the New York State Public Service Commission to promote the growth and development of highway transportation.