Machias is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.

[2] Machias is an interior town in the northeast quadrant of the county.

The town of Machias straddles the border of the Mississippi River drainage basin, with the waters of Lime Lake flowing north and then west via Cattaraugus Creek to Lake Erie and eventually the Saint Lawrence Seaway to the Atlantic Ocean, while the waters of Ischua Creek, less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Lime Lake, flow south towards the Allegheny River and eventually the Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico.

Ischua Creek flows past the south part of Machias village.

As of the 2000 census,[5] there were 2,482 people, 906 households, and 654 families residing in the town.

22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.