Angola is a village in the town of Evans in Erie County, New York, United States. Located 2 miles (3 km) east of Lake Erie, the village is 22 miles (35 km) southwest of downtown Buffalo. As of the 2010 Census, Angola had a population of 2,127. An unincorporated community known as Angola upon the Lake, with a population of 1,675, lies together with Angola village and Lake Erie.

The community was previously called “Evans Station”. Circa 1854 or 1855, a declare office was time-honored there, bearing the name “Angola”. The first postmaster was John H. Andrus, who complex became county clerk. The new name was apparently prearranged because, at that time, local residents (primarily Quakers) were supporting missionary efforts in the Portuguese colony of Angola in Africa. The economy of the village improved like the introduction of a railroad line in 1852.

The Village of Angola was incorporated in 1873. In June 2004, an try to put an end to the village was thwarted by a judicial ruling that the petitions for a referendum were invalid. In 2007, the village entirely to end its police department and contract afterward the Town of Evans for police services. Angola officers would be hired by Evans.

In February 2008, local officials rejected the urging of local politician Kevin Gaughan to cut the size of the village board, stating that no financial savings would result. Gaughan, a proponent of reducing the number of executive entities in Erie County, is plus a proponent of metro government. The US Post Office—Angola was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.