Corning is a

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in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the

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. The population was 10,551 at the 2020 census. It is named for

Erastus Corning Erastus Corning (December 14, 1794 – April 9, 1872) was an American businessman and politician from Albany, New York. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service as mayor of Albany from 1834 to 1837, in the New York State Senate from 1842 ...

, an Albany

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and railroad executive who was an investor in the company that developed the community. The city is best known as the headquarters of

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company

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, formerly Corning Glass Works, a manufacturer of

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and

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products for industrial, scientific and technical uses.

Overview

The city of Corning is situated at the western edge of the

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of Corning and in the southeast part of Steuben County. It is also home to the

Corning Museum of Glass The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning, New York in the United States, dedicated to the art, history, and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works and currently has a collection of more than 50,000 glass obje ...

, which houses one of the world's most comprehensive collections of glass objects from antiquity to the present. The museum houses the Rakow Library, one of the world's major glass research centers. The city's other major cultural attraction is the

Rockwell Museum The Rockwell Museum is a Smithsonian Affiliate museum of American art located in the Southern Tier region of New York in downtown Corning, New York. Frommer's describes it as "one of the best-designed small museums in the Northeast." In 2015, T ...

. It contains an important collection of Western American painting and sculpture assembled over the past 40 years by Robert F. and Hertha Rockwell. The city has been cited several times by ''

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'' magazine as one of the top twenty-five small city arts destinations in the U.S. – most recently in June 2010. Many of the cultural events and historic landmarks in the city are in Corning's Gaffer District. Corning Country Club annually hosted the

Corning Classic The LPGA Corning Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It took place every year from 1979 through 2009 at the Corning Country Club in Corning, New York. It was one of the longest running tourname ...

, a stop on the

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tour, from 1979 to 2009. The city has commercial air service available at

Elmira/Corning Regional Airport Elmira Corning Regional Airport is in Chemung County, New York, seven miles northwest of Elmira and eight miles east of Corning. It is in the town of Big Flats but its mailing address is Horseheads, New York. The airport was formerly Elmira ...

in the nearby town of Big Flats. Corning is also home to the 2006 New York State Class A high school football champions. In 2006, the city council approved public water fluoridation. In 2007, a petition was launched to ban this practice by local resident Kirk Huttleston which eventually became known as Proposition 1. Proposition 1 passed the ban by a close vote of 1,287 to 1,222, according to unofficial results, leading to a full ban on public water fluoridation in 2008. In 2013, Rand McNally's list of best small towns in America named Corning the "Most Fun" town out of all the list's finalists.

History

The first settlement in the town of Corning was made near the site of the future city in 1796. The community was incorporated as a

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in 1848. Corning was incorporated as a city in 1890. As the

industry developed, Corning became known as the "Crystal City" which was supported by companies such as Hawkes, Sinclair, and Hunt - which produced some of the finest American Brilliant Period

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between 1880 and 1915. The Corning area's first real industry was

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. The first settlers used the area's river systems to transport logs and finished lumber in fleets downstream to buyers. This gave rise to large mills which helped to develop the area. Rafting of lumber began to wane as timber was depleted. At one time the mills of the Corning area were reputed to be among the biggest in the world. After the lumber was depleted the great mills moved north to new forests. East, across the

from Corning, lies

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, the site of a feeder canal for the

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system. Some of Corning's early prosperity came from the feeder canal system exposure. Canal cargoes from Corning included soft coal,

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, and

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. From April 22 to December 11, 1850, the canal season that year, the newspaper reported that 1,116 boats left the port of Corning. Tolls for the year totaled $54,060.39. Among items shipped were 46,572,400 pounds of coal. The canal's best peacetime year was 1854 when 270,978 tons of freight were hauled. The

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brought an abnormal amount of business, with a peak of 307,151 tons hauled in one year. After the Civil War, an industrial boom occurred in the region.

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opened during this period in Painted Post, just north of Corning. Corning became a

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in the 1880s, many smaller railroad lines busily weaving webs of tracks connecting the major trunk line to smaller communities. In 1912, the

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three miles east of Corning in Gibson left 39 dead. The Jenning's Tavern,

Corning Armory Corning Armory, since 1977 home to the Corning YMCA, is a historic National Guard armory building located at Corning in Steuben County, New York. It was designed by architect William Haugaard. The historic, main block of the armory is a T-shaped ...

, Market Street Historic District, Southside Historic District, World War Memorial Library, and

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are listed on the

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The flood of 1972

The flood of 1972 was a major event for the area. On June 22, 1972, the storm that had been

Hurricane Agnes Hurricane Agnes in 1972 was the costliest hurricane to hit the United States at the time, causing an estimated $2.1 billion in damage. The hurricane's death toll was 128. The effects of Agnes were widespread, from the Caribbean to Canada, ...

struck the Southern Tier of New York. The storm combined with a storm system from

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to drop six to eight inches (203 mm) of rain in the

basin. This ultimately overwhelmed the flood control systems of the time, and the Chemung River broke through the dam system on Friday, June 23 at 4:00 a.m. By 9:00 a.m. the river crested and began to recede. In the Corning area, eighteen people were killed and untold millions of dollars of damage was incurred. An example of these expenses took place in the town of Bath, NY, where a local woman, Lila Marano cooked nearly 100 pizzas out of her home kitchen to accommodate students at the Haverling High School graduation reception at the local Maarit Assembly Hall. The river receded within hours, leaving mud which can still be found in basements of homes and businesses in Corning, and there is a section of the

that indicates on the wall how high the flood waters rose. Corning Clock Tower

Geography

Just upstream from Corning, the

Cohocton River The Cohocton River, sometimes referred to as the Conhocton River, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Chemung River in western New York ...

and the Tioga River merge to form the

which flows through downtown. The river was an important source of

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in the early history, and is part of the attractiveness of the region today. The river is prone to floods, as rain water runs off quickly from the steep hillsides of the area. In 1972 the remnants of

dropped fifteen or more inches of rain in the area within a short time causing extensive flooding. Eighteen people were killed in the immediate Corning-Painted Post area. The entire downtown area was flooded, with severe damage. Flooding is now controlled by a system of dams upstream from Corning. Interstate 86 (the

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, and

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are major highways connecting in Corning. County Road 40 leads into the city from the south and County Road 41 from the north.

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and

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proceeds southward from Painted Post, west of Corning. According to the

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, the city has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km²), of which, 3.1 square miles (8.1 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (5.18%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 11,183 people in 5,114 households residing in the city. The

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was 3,626.1 people per square mile (1,346.0/km²). There were 5,519 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 91.8%

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, 3.2%

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, 0.3% Native American, 1.8%

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of any race were 2.4% of the population. 4.1% speak a language other than English at home. In 2000, there were 4,996 households, out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.6% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.6% were non-families. 40.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.89. In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $32,780, and the median income for a family was $46,674. Males had a median income of $39,805 versus $27,489 for females. The

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for the city was $22,056. About 9.1% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the

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, including 18.4% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over. In 2010, 20.4% were below the poverty line.

Politics

Most local officials are Republicans. The Corning area typically votes Republican, though some outsiders have deemed its constituents "moderate" Republicans. Amo Houghton, the area's long-serving U.S. congressman, was a moderate Republican. While the Town of Corning and surrounding areas are reliably Republican, the City of Corning leans Democratic, voting for both

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and

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in recent presidential elections.

Federal representatives

Corning is in

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, which is currently represented by Republican

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State representatives

It is in New York's 53rd Senate District, represented by Tom O'Mara, a Republican. Corning is in the 136th Assembly District, represented by Phil Palmesano, also a Republican.

City Mayors

Democrat Joseph Nasser served for many years as Corning's mayor, and the Nasser Civic Center, headquarters of city government, bears his name. In 2005 City Councilman

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defeated incumbent Republican mayor Alan Lewis to become the first Democratic mayor since 1953. On November 6, 2007,

, the head of the city's Republican Party, was elected to replace Coccho. He completed his two-year term on December 31, 2009. Richard Negri was elected in November 2009 and took office January 1, 2010. Negri's second term expired December 31, 2013. Democrat William Boland is the current mayor of Corning and has served in that capacity since January 2018. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Mayor for four years under Negri.

Government

Since 1995, the City of Corning operates under the Council-Manager form of government, with the City Manager serving as the Chief Executive Officer. The first City Manager was Suzanne Kennedy who served until July 1997. In July 1997, Mark L. Ryckman was appointed as the city's second City Manager. The city council consists of eight members. One member is elected from each of the eight wards.

Education

The Corning-Painted Post (Consists of the City of Corning, and the Village of Painted Post) School District currently has six public elementary schools, one public middle school, and one public high school located in the greater Corning area. In 2010 a referendum was passed that reconfigured the school district's secondary schools; both of the previous middle schools combined and moved into the former "West High School" building while both of the high schools combined at the former "East High School" campus. This reconfiguration / building project was finished by the beginning of the 2014–2015 school year. In addition to the public and private school options, the Corning-Painted Post District also partners with a regional P-Tech school (known as "The Greater Southern Tier STEM Academy") and sends selected students to a grade 9-14 program on their campus. Public elementary schools include: * Hugh W. Gregg * Winfield Street * William E. Severn * Calvin U. Smith * Erwin Valley * Frederick Carder * Lindley-Presho (closed) Public middle schools include: * Corning Free Academy (Before 2014–2015 school year) * Northside Blodgett (Before 2014–2015 school year) * Corning Painted Post Middle School (After 2013–current) Public high schools include: * East High School (Before 2014–2015 school year) * West High School (Before 2014–2015 school year) * High School Learning Center (HSLC) * Corning Painted Post High School (After 2013–current) Private schools in Corning include: * The Alternative School for Math and Science (ASMS) * All Saints Academy (a preK–8 Catholic school) * Corning Christian Academy (a P–12 evangelical Christian school) Higher education in Corning includes: *

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Places of interest

Downtown

: a not-for-profit museum dedicated to the art, history, science, and craft of glass. * The Gaffer District is the historic heart of Corning, featuring restored buildings, shopping, dining, and events through the year. ** Market Street is Corning's historic main street, lined with restaurants and shopping. ** The heart of Market Street is Centerway Square, a pedestrianized central square with a covered bandstand and public benches for public concerts and events. A restored historic clock tower serves as Centerway Square's focal point.

Elsewhere in Corning

* Chimney Rocks – A group of tall rock formations that stood east of Corning. The rocks are no longer there but were so named because they were tall and narrow like chimneys. * Bloody Run – An area near Gorton Creek, it was the site of a battle between forces of American generals John Sullivan and

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and Native American villagers. This battle was part of a campaign directly ordered by

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to break the control of the

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Indians in the area. It was called Bloody Run for the reports of bloody creek water coming from the battle scene. * Horace D. Page Tunnel – A tunnel connecting the two divided areas of Denison Park, located on the city's South side. It was named after Page, who lost the naming rights to Elmira's Millers (formerly Page's) Pond in a 1912 horse racing bet at

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, and was given naming rights to the tunnel as compensation. * Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes – Right in the heart of Corning, the Heritage Village is a Living History museum and the site of the Benjamin Patterson Inn, constructed in 1796 to draw settlers to the area. The site also includes a functioning blacksmith shop, one room school house, and an 1850s era log cabin.

Gallery

File:Corning_tower.jpg, Corning's

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Notable people

Thomas S. Buechner Thomas Scharman Buechner (pronounced BEAK-ner; September 25, 1926 – June 13, 2010) was an artist who turned to working at museums, who became the founding director of the Corning Museum of Glass and director of the Brooklyn Museum, where he o ...

(1926–2010), founding director of

Frederick Carder Frederick Carder (September 18, 1863 – December 10, 1963) was a glassmaker, glass designer, and glass artist who was active in the glass industry in both England and the United States, notably for Stevens & Williams and Steuben, respective ...

, glass artist * Joseph Costa, aviation pioneer *

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, Grammy Award-winning guitarist * Edd Hall, US television personality, announcer * Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1878–1951), social activist, mother of

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, United States Congressman *

Amory Houghton Amory Houghton (July 27, 1899 – February 21, 1981) served as United States Ambassador to France from 1957 to 1961 and as national president of the Boy Scouts of America. He was chairman of the board of Corning Glass Works (1941–1961). In 195 ...

, United States ambassador * Amory "Amo" Houghton Jr., politician * James R. Houghton, chairman of Corning Inc. *

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, United States Congressman *

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, MLB player *

Caroline Ella Heminway Kierstead Caroline Ella Heminway Kierstead (July 12, 1904 – June 17, 1985) was an American geologist and micropaleontologist who was a professor of geology at Smith College in Massachusetts, a Shell Oil Company paleontologist, and a scientist whose micr ...

, geologist *

Harvey Littleton Harvey Littleton (June 14, 1922 – December 13, 2013) was an American glass artist and educator, one of the founders of the studio glass movement; he is often referred to as the "Father of the Studio Glass Movement". Born in Corning (city), Ne ...

, glass artist *

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, United States Congressman *

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(1879 (born Margaret Louise Higgins)–1966), founder of

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* Samuel Sevian, chess prodigy, youngest Grandmaster US chess history * John Tillman, head lacrosse coach,

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, United States Congressman * Christi Wolf, champion female

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and

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best known for her stint in

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Sister cities

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Kakegawa is a city in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 117,925 in 45,519 households. The total area of the city is . Geography Kakegawa is in the coastal plains of southwest Shizuoka Prefecture. It is border ...

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