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Steuben County, New York

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
64historic places
—earliest paper
1796formed
93,584pop. 2020
186cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 64 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Bath, Hornell, Corning.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

35 of 64 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

64 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Addison Village HallAddisonBuilding1980
Adsit HouseHornellBuilding2003
Bolton, James H., HouseBathBuilding2015
Campbell-Rumsey HouseBathBuilding1983
Canisteo Living SignCanisteoSite2004
Church of the RedeemerAddisonBuilding1992
Cobblestone HouseBathBuilding1983
Corning ArmoryCorningBuilding2003
Cottages at Central PointWayneBuilding2011
Davenport LibraryBathBuilding1983
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad StationPainted PostBuilding1991
District School Number FiveCampbellBuilding2001
Erie Freighthouse Historic DistrictBathDistrict1991
Erwin Town HallPainted PostBuilding2022
First Baptist Church of Painted PostPainted PostBuilding1999
First Baptist Society of Bath, TheBathBuilding2013
Gansevoort/East Steuben Streets Historic DistrictBathDistrict1983
Germania Wine CellarsHammondsportDistrict2000
Gold Seal WineryHammondsportBuilding2010
Hallock, George W., HouseBathBuilding2004
Hammondsport Union Free SchoolHammondsportBuilding2008
Haverling Farm HouseBathBuilding1983
Hornell ArmoryHornellBuilding1980
Hornell Public LibraryHornellBuilding1975
Jenning's TavernCorningBuilding1973
Larrowe HouseCohoctonBuilding1989
Liberty Street Historic DistrictBathDistrict1983
Lincoln SchoolHornellBuilding2015
Main Street Historic DistrctAddisonDistrict1996
Mallory MillHammondsportBuilding1999
Maple Street Historic DistrictAddisonDistrict1996
Market Street Historic DistrictCorningDistrict1974
Market Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)CorningDistrict2000
McMaster HouseBathBuilding1983
Myrtle, Henry C. HouseBathBuilding2014
New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home-Bath Veterans Administration Center Historic DistrictBathDistrict2013
Northrup Hill School District 10RathboneBuilding1999
Pleasant Valley Wine CompanyRheimsBuilding1980
Potter-Van Camp HouseBathBuilding1983
Prattsburgh Commercial Historic DistrictPrattsburghDistrict2023
Presbyterian Church of AtlantaAtlantaBuilding2010
Pulteney Square Historic DistrictHammondsportDistrict1999
Quick, Martin A., HouseBathBuilding2014
Robie, Reuben, HouseBathBuilding1983
Rockland Silk MillHornellBuilding2021
Rowe HouseWaylandBuilding2008
Sedgwick HouseBathBuilding1983
Shepherd, William, HouseBathBuilding1983
Southside Historic DistrictCorningDistrict1998
St. Ann's Federation BuildingHornellBuilding2001
St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church ComplexCorningDistrict2025
Temple Beth-ElHornellBuilding2016
Town Linke Church and CemeteryCameron MillsBuilding2000
US Post Office-BathBathBuilding1988
US Post Office-CorningCorningBuilding1988
US Post Office-HornellHornellBuilding1997
US Post Office-Painted PostPainted PostBuilding1989
Village of Hammondsport Historic DistrictHammondsportDistrict2024
Ward, M. J., Feed Mill ComplexBathDistrict1991
Western New York Wine CompanyPulteneyBuilding2014
Wombough, William, HouseAddisonBuilding2003
Wood Road Metal Truss BridgeCampbellStructure2005
World War Memorial LibraryCorningBuilding1995
Younglove, Timothy M., Octagon HouseUrbanaBuilding2002

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Steuben was formed in 1796 (1796-03-18) from Ontario.

STEUBEN created from ONTARIO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Steuben County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

100k51k1,78818001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,78821,98946,13866,69077,58682,82280,62784,92791,43997,69199,21798,72693,584

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

186 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 186 listed
NameLatLon
Addison Hill Cemetery42.03253-77.29249
Aldrich Cemetery42.20164-77.31562
Allen Cemetery42.39686-77.51455
Amos White Cemetery42.37057-77.62729
Anson Brewster Cemetery42.15373-77.73359
Arkport Cemetery42.39661-77.69526
Atkins Cemetery42.12785-77.7211
Averell Hill Cemetery42.24032-77.38987
Babcock Hollow Cemetery42.3082-77.282
Baker Cemetery42.26412-77.54852
Balcom Cemetery42.19816-77.16381
Bath National Cemetery42.34882-77.3511
Beachville Cemetery42.45178-77.62482
Bennetts Cemetery42.18896-77.62053
Big Creek Cemetery42.36878-77.57393
Bluff Point Cemetery42.50463-77.69899
Bonny Hill Cemetery42.27043-77.32959
Boyd Cemetery42.15197-77.44368
Bradford Cemetery42.36947-77.11273
Buck Cemetery42.29229-77.40136
Call Hill Cemetery42.21284-77.7061
Cameron Cemetery42.20545-77.41466
Cameron Hill Cemetery42.22821-77.3564
Cameron Mills Cemetery42.17602-77.34365
Card Cemetery42.01318-77.52002
Carter Cemetery42.23846-77.60961
Central Valley Cemetery42.25396-77.03272
Chamberlain Cemetery42.35585-77.39364
Chenango Cemetery42.04886-77.47024
Chestnut Grove Cemetery42.44354-77.19738
Clark Cemetery42.19518-77.46754
Clearview Cemetery42.56048-77.47249
Cold Springs Cemetery42.36825-77.29117
Coopers Plains Cemetery42.18277-77.14028
Davis Cemetery42.08014-77.63643
Depew Wixon Cemetery42.45372-77.2205
Doty's Corners Cemetery42.46522-77.72232
Dublin Cemetery42.31161-77.48151
Durnian Cemetery42.33156-77.43049
Duvall Cemetery42.25639-77.09304
Eagle Valley Cemetery42.29787-77.24981
East Campbell Cemetery42.22301-77.13635
East Pennsylvania Hill Cemetery42.36006-77.70096
East Wayland Cemetery42.53506-77.56888
Eight Square Cemetery42.15117-77.48456
Elk Creek Cemetery42.04285-77.32467
Elmwood Cemetery42.05506-77.02441
Elmwood Cemetery42.40683-77.22293
Erwins Cemetery42.11979-77.13331
Fairview Cemetery42.02981-77.14331
Fairview Cemetery42.17145-77.09913
Five Corners Cemetery42.11261-77.49339
Free Baptist Cemetery42.42971-77.25277
Freeman Cemetery42.03577-77.24867
Fremont Center Cemetery42.39468-77.62612
Glenview Cemetery42.53189-77.16252
Gobel Cemetery42.49562-77.11108
Goodsell Cemetery42.22563-77.03818
Grant Cemetery42.31906-77.35635
Greenlawn Cemetery42.51981-77.67299
Greenville Cemetery42.42749-77.51547
Greenwood Cemetery42.10921-77.72562
Greenwood Cemetery42.14842-77.64269
Grove Cemetery42.33034-77.31109
Gully Cemetery42.14262-77.57976
Hadleyville Cemetery42.25493-77.46161
Hallett Cemetery42.2647-77.55337
Hampshire Cemetery42.15704-77.5196
Hartsville Center Cemetery42.25124-77.68593
Hartsville Hill Cemetery42.26892-77.72147
Hatch Cemetery42.52378-77.43075
Hauber Cemetery42.08057-77.67098
Hedgesville Cemetery42.13667-77.41288
High Street Cemetery42.16162-77.09063
Highland Cemetery42.4131-77.41312
Hillside Cemetery42.21621-77.16742
Holy Sepulchre Roman Catholic Cemetery42.34719-77.30988
Hope Cemetery42.13341-77.03865
Hope Cemetery42.22784-77.17803
Hope Cemetery42.33423-77.6736

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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