STEUBEN COUNTY 

 This county lies on the southern boundary of the state south- 

 west of the central lakes. It has an area of 896,640 acres. Its 

 average extent from north to south is 40 miles and from east to 

 west 40 miles. The population is distributed as follows: 



Corning (city) 

 Hornell (city) 



Addison 



Avoca 



Bath* 



Bradford 



Cameron 



Campbell 



Canisteo 



Caton 



Cohocton 



Corning 



Dansville 



Erwin 



Fremont 



Greenwood . . . . 



Hartsville 



Hornby 



Hornellsville . 



Population by Cities and Townships 



(Census of 1915) 



13,459 Howard 



Jasper 



Lindley 



Prattsburg 



Pulteney 



Rathbone 



Thurston 



Tronpsburgh 



Tusearora 



Urbana 



Wayland 



Wayne 



West Union 



Wheeler 



Woodhull 



14,352 



2,160 



2.10S 



8,172 



629 



957 



1,106 



3,394 



1,053 



3,103 



2,580 



1,269 



2,469 



812 



1,142 



638 



842 



2,053 



Total 



1,386 



1,253 



1,181 



1,798 



1,335 



869 



855 



1,532 



955 



3,096 



3,099 



686 



885 



892 



1,510 



83,630 



* Bath, in this town, is the county seat. 



Note: Corning now has a population of 15,800; Hornell, 15,000. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 

 The county was formed from Ontario in 1796 and named in 

 honor of Baron Steuben, the efficient drillmaster who assisted 

 Washington in building up his army. On the arrival of white 

 men the county was occupied by the Seneca Indians. Within the 

 limits of this county occurred the inception and gathering of the 

 first invasion of the Wyoming country by Indians and tories. The 

 result was Sullivan's march to the Genesee and the land of the 

 Senecas, when the Indian villages on the sites of Corning and 

 Painted Post were destroyed. Another Indian village once stood 

 on the site of Canisteo. Catherinestown was named for the cele- 

 brated Catherine Montour, queen of the Senecas. 



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