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Painted Post, New York
Painted Post Population (2000)
• Total 1,842
— Village —
• Density 1,457.0/sq mi (562.6/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
DST)
• Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 14870
Area code(s) 607
FIPS code 36-56088
GNIS feature ID 0959764
Painted Post is a village in Steuben County, New York,
United States. The village is in the town of Erwin, west of
the city of Corning. The population was 1,842 at the 2000
census. The name comes from a painted and carved post
found by explorers at the junction of three local rivers.[1]
Corning-Painted Post Airport (7N1) is west of the village.
History
According to village records, Painted Post was estab-
lished as a village in 1803. The Erwin brothers are con-
sidered the first wealthy European descended settlers to
A monument to the Seneca Indians in Painted Post
have settled in the Painted Post area in the late 18th cen-
tury (Painted Post village is in the town of Erwin, named
for the brothers and incorporated in 1796). The brothers’
4 mansions are still standing. There are maps in existence
dated 1796 which include Painted Post. The village was
first incorporated in 1860 and officially re-incorporated
in 1893. The name is derived from an historic, although
probably unpainted, wooden post seen in the area at the
end of the 18th century. The origin and purpose of the
post remain controversial. A glyph of the post is visible
on the aforementioned 1796 map.
The following footnote appears in French’s Gazetteer
of New York State[2] and gives two possible versions of
the origin of the name:
Painted Post
Location within the state of New York
In the summer of 1779, a party of tories and Indians,
Coordinates: 42°9′40″N 77°5′29″W / 42.16111°N 77.09139°W
under the command of a loyalist named McDonald,
/ 42.16111; -77.09139Coordinates: 42°9′40″N 77°5′29″W /
42.16111°N 77.09139°W / 42.16111; -77.09139 returned from an incursion into the Susquehanna
settlements, bringing with them many of their
Country United States number wounded. At the confluence of Tioga and
State New York
Conhocton [sic] Rivers, Captain Montour, son of the
County Steuben
famous Queen Catharine, a Seneca chief of great
Area promise, died of his wounds. "His comrades buried
• Total 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2) him by the riverside, and planted above his grave
• Land 1.3 sq mi (3.3 km2) a post on which were painted various symbols and
• Water 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) rude devices. This monument was known through-
Elevation 942 ft (287 m) out the Genesee Forests as ’The Painted Post.’ It
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was a landmark well known to all the Six Nations, Interstate 86 also passes through Painted Post, and
and was often visited by their braves and chief- continues on until Jamestown, New York.
tains." This account of the origin of the Painted
Post was given to Benj. Patterson, the hunter, by a
man named Taggart, who was carried to Fort Ni-
Demographics
agara a prisoner by McDonald’s party, end was a
witness of the burial of Capt. Montour, or at least
was in the encampment at the mouth of the Tioga
at the time of his death. Col. Harper, of Harpers-
field, the well known officer of the frontier militia of
New York in the Revolution, informed Judge Knox,
of Knoxville, in this co., that the Painted Post was
erected over the grave of a chief who was wounded
at the battle of the "Hog-Back" and brought in a ca-
noe to the head of the Chemung, where he died. It
was well understood by the early settlers that this
monument was erected in memory of some distin-
guished warrior who had been wounded in one of
the border battles of the Revolution and afterward
A Victorian-era house on the corner of Water and Charles
died at this place. The post stood for many years
Streets in Painted Post
after the settlement of the co.; and the story goes
that it rotted down at the butt, and was preserved
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 1,842 people, 811
in the bar-room of a tavern till about the year 1810
households, and 480 families residing in the village. The
and then mysteriously disappeared. It is also said to
population density was 1,457.0 people per square mile
have been swept away in a freshet. — McMasters’s
(564.4/km²). There were 879 housing units at an average
Hist, of Steuben. Simm’s Hist, Schoharie, p. 333.
density of 695.3 per square mile (269.4/km²). The racial
In June 1972 the remnants of Hurricane Agnes stalled makeup of the village was 95.71% White, 1.36% African
over the New York–Pennsylvania border, dropping up American, 0.16% Native American, 1.74% Asian, 0.11%
to 20 inches (500 mm) of rain into the Chemung Valley, from other races, and 0.92% from two or more races. His-
which was among the worst hit areas by the resultant panic or Latino of any race were 0.76% of the population.
flooding. The Chemung, Tioga, and Cohocton rivers all There were 811 households out of which 27.6% had
overflowed their banks, leaving widespread areas of children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% were
Painted Post as well as Corning, Big Flats, and Elmira un- married couples living together, 9.4% had a female
der water and destroying many bridges. householder with no husband present, and 40.8% were
Willard Nelson Clute, a noted botanist, was born in non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of in-
Painted Post. Thomas Martin, a playwright, actor and di- dividuals and 23.8% had someone living alone who was
rector, grew up in the village. 65 years of age or older. The average household size was
2.26 and the average family size was 2.97.
Painted Post is featured in the Stephen Vincent Benet po- In the village the population was spread out with
em "American Names." 23.9% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from
25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For
Geography every 100 females there were 84.6 males. For every 100
Painted Post is located at 42°9′40″N 77°5′29″W / females age 18 and over, there were 78.4 males.
42.16111°N 77.09139°W / 42.16111; -77.09139 (42.161188, The median income for a household in the village was
-77.091315).[3] Painted Post is west of the city of Corning, $41,477, and the median income for a family was $58,295.
New York. Males had a median income of $39,519 versus $26,583
According to the United States Census Bureau, the for females. The per capita income for the village was
village has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), of $23,664. About 4.5% of families and 5.2% of the popula-
which, 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2) of it is land and 0.1 tion were below the poverty line, including 5.0% of those
square miles (0.26 km2) of it (4.51%) is water. under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.
New York State Route 415 passes through the village
which also borders the Southern Tier Expressway and the
Cohocton River.
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References External links
[1] Dimitroff, Thomas P (1991). History of the Corning- • Flood of ’72 & Old Painted Post Photos
Painted Post area: 200 years in Painted Post country. • Village of Painted Post, NY
[2] French, J.H. (1860). Historical and Statistical Gazetteer • "The Story of Painted Post: A Humble Monument of
of New York State. Syracuse, NY: R. Pearsall Smith. the Old Indian Wars" (PDF). New York Times. August
[3] "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United 13, 1893. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-
States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. free/
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/ pdf?_r=1&res=9A04E2D7143EEF33A25750C1A96E9C94629ED7CF.
gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
[4] "American FactFinder". United States Census
Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved
2008-01-31.
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• Populated places established in 1823
• Populated places in Steuben County, New York
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