Corning, New York

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{{About|the city|the adjacent town|Corning (town), New York}}
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| leader_name              = William M. Boland, Jr ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
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| leader_name1             = [[Mark L. Ryckman]]
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 |4     = • W4: Chris Merola ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
 |5.    = • W5: Frank J. Muccini (R)
 |6     = • W6: Frank Coccho
 |7     = • W7: Mark Resue ([[Independent politician|I]])
 |8     = • W8: Alison Hunt (R)
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'''Corning''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#City|city]] in [[Steuben County, New York]], United States, on the [[Chemung River]]. The population was 10,551 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is named for [[Erastus Corning]], an [[Albany, New York|Albany]] [[financier]] and railroad executive who was an investor in the company that developed the community. The city is best known as the headquarters of [[Fortune 500]] company [[Corning Incorporated]], formerly Corning Glass Works, a manufacturer of [[glass]] and [[ceramic]] products for industrial, scientific and technical uses. Corning is roughly [[equidistant]] from [[New York City]] and [[Toronto]], being about {{convert|220|mi|km}} from both.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cityofcorning.com/vertical/sites/%7BBE0E976C-81B9-4F4C-8763-A90E76CF4D33%7D/uploads/2018.11_Corning_Economic_Development_Strategic_Plan-_Final(1).pdf |title=Corning Economic DevelopmentStrategic Plan}}</ref>

== Overview ==
[[File:Corning rockwell 9066.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rockwell Museum]]]]
[[File:Downtown Corning New York.jpg|thumb|left|Market Street in Corning's [[Gaffer District (Corning, New York)|Gaffer District]].]]

The city of Corning is situated at the western edge of the [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] of [[Corning (town), New York|Corning]] and in the southeast part of [[Steuben County, New York|Steuben County]].

It is also home to the [[Corning Museum of Glass]], which houses one of the world's most comprehensive collections of glass objects from antiquity to the present. The museum houses the Rakow Library,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corning Museum of Glass |url=http://www.cmog.org/index.asp?pageId=416 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526160400/http://www.cmog.org/index.asp?pageId=416 |archive-date=26 May 2008 |access-date=21 September 2014}}</ref> one of the world's major glass research centers.

The city's other major cultural attraction is the [[Rockwell Museum]]. 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 ''[[American Style]]'' magazine as one of the top twenty-five small city arts destinations in the U.S. &ndash; most recently in June 2010.<ref name="American Style Magazine">{{Cite web |title=American Style Magazine |url=http://www.americanstyle.com/2010/05/top-25-small-cities/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123111621/http://www.americanstyle.com/2010/05/top-25-small-cities/ |archive-date=2011-01-23 |access-date=2011-01-28}}</ref>  Many of the cultural events and historic landmarks in the city are in Corning's [[Gaffer District (Corning, New York)|Gaffer District]].

[[Corning Country Club]] annually hosted the [[LPGA Corning Classic|Corning Classic]], a stop on the [[Ladies Professional Golf Association]] tour, from 1979 to 2009. The city has commercial air service available at [[Elmira/Corning Regional Airport]] in the nearby town of [[Big Flats (town), New York|Big Flats]].

Corning is also home to the 2006 New York State Class A high school football champions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2006 |url=http://www.section4football.com/stateplayoffs/#2006 |access-date=10 July 2014 |website=New York State High School Football State Playoff Results |publisher=Section 4 Football}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Day will feature fluoride in Corning |url=http://centralny.twcnews.com/content/news/126489/election-day-will-feature-fluoride-in-corning/ |access-date=21 September 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Dan |title=Dan Hall: Limbaugh, his pals need to get fresh air |url=https://www.the-leader.com/story/news/2008/11/05/dan-hall-limbaugh-his-pals/65028261007/ |website=The Leader}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rand McNally Blog – News - Road Rally - Road Trips - Small Town Spotlight - America's Best Small Towns: The 2013 Winners |url=http://blog.randmcnally.com/2013/10/08/americas-best-small-towns-the-2013-winners/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820115234/http://blog.randmcnally.com/2013/10/08/americas-best-small-towns-the-2013-winners/ |archive-date=20 August 2014 |access-date=21 September 2014}}</ref>

== History ==
{{More citations needed|date=May 2009}}
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 [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|village]] in 1848. Corning was incorporated as a city in 1890. As the [[glass]] 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 [[cut glass]] between 1880 and 1915.

The Corning area's first real industry was [[lumber]]. 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 [[Chemung River]] from Corning, lies [[Gibson, New York|Gibson]], the site of a feeder canal for the [[Chemung Canal]] system. Some of Corning's early prosperity came from the feeder canal system exposure. Canal cargoes from Corning included [[soft coal]], [[timber]], [[tobacco]], [[grain]], and [[whiskey]]. 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 [[American Civil War|Civil War]] brought an abnormal amount of business, with a peak of 307,151 tons hauled in one year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corning, New York - The Crystal City - CorningNY.com |url=http://www.corningny.com/history4.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918130109/http://www.corningny.com/history4.shtml |archive-date=September 18, 2007}}</ref>

After the Civil War, an industrial boom occurred in the region. [[Ingersoll Rand]] opened during this period in [[Painted Post, New York|Painted Post]], just north of Corning.

Corning became a [[railroad town]] in the 1880s, many smaller railroad lines busily weaving webs of tracks connecting the major trunk line to smaller communities. In 1912, the [[Corning train wreck]] three miles east of Corning in Gibson left 39 dead.

The [[Jenning's Tavern]], [[Corning Armory]], [[Market Street Historic District (Corning, New York)|Market Street Historic District]], [[Southside Historic District (Corning, New York)|Southside Historic District]], [[World War Memorial Library]], and [[United States Post Office (Corning, New York)|United States Post Office]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

===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]] struck the [[Southern Tier]] of New York. The storm combined with a storm system from [[Ohio]] to drop six to eight inches (203&nbsp;mm)  of rain in the [[Chemung River]] 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&nbsp;a.m. By 9:00&nbsp;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 [[Corning Museum of Glass]] that indicates on the wall how high the flood waters rose.

[[File:Corning Clock Tower.jpg|thumb|upright|Corning Clock Tower at Market and Pine Streets in downtown Corning.]]

== Geography ==
Just upstream from Corning, the [[Cohocton River]] and the [[Tioga River (Chemung River)|Tioga River]] merge to form the [[Chemung River]] which flows through downtown.<ref>''Corning, NY,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1953</ref> The river was an important source of [[water power|power]] 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 [[Hurricane Agnes]] 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.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} Flooding is now controlled by a system of dams upstream from Corning.

[[Interstate 86 (east)|Interstate 86]] (the [[Southern Tier Expressway]]), [[New York State Route 17]], [[New York State Route 352]], [[New York State Route 414]], and [[New York State Route 415]] are major highways connecting in Corning. County Road 40 leads into the city from the south and County Road 41 from the north. [[Interstate 99]] and [[U.S. Route 15]] proceeds southward from Painted Post, west of Corning.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 3.3&nbsp;square miles (8.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 3.1&nbsp;square miles (8.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it is land and 0.2&nbsp;square miles (0.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it (5.18%) is water.


===Climate===
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|location = Corning, New York  (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1992–present)
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|Jan record high F = 66
|Feb record high F = 71
|Mar record high F = 86
|Apr record high F = 91
|May record high F = 94
|Jun record high F = 95
|Jul record high F = 98
|Aug record high F = 100
|Sep record high F = 97
|Oct record high F = 84
|Nov record high F = 76
|Dec record high F = 69
|year record high F = 100
|Jan high F = 29.5
|Feb high F = 32.6
|Mar high F = 41.5
|Apr high F = 55.2
|May high F = 67.6
|Jun high F = 74.9
|Jul high F = 79.1
|Aug high F = 77.2
|Sep high F = 70.1
|Oct high F = 57.7
|Nov high F = 44.9
|Dec high F = 34.2
|year high F = 55.4
|Jan mean F = 20.8
|Feb mean F = 22.7
|Mar mean F = 30.5
|Apr mean F = 42.9
|May mean F = 54.6
|Jun mean F = 62.8
|Jul mean F = 67.1
|Aug mean F = 65.6
|Sep mean F = 58.4
|Oct mean F = 46.9
|Nov mean F = 35.8
|Dec mean F = 26.7
|year mean F = 44.6
|Jan low F = 12.2
|Feb low F = 12.8
|Mar low F = 19.6
|Apr low F = 30.5
|May low F = 41.6
|Jun low F = 50.6
|Jul low F = 55.1
|Aug low F = 54.0
|Sep low F = 46.7
|Oct low F = 36.2
|Nov low F = 26.6
|Dec low F = 19.2
|year low F = 33.8
|Jan record low F = -20
|Feb record low F = -18
|Mar record low F = -15
|Apr record low F = 6
|May record low F = 22
|Jun record low F = 33
|Jul record low F = 39
|Aug record low F = 41
|Sep record low F = 26
|Oct record low F = 20
|Nov record low F = -1
|Dec record low F = -13
|year record low F = -20
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|Jan precipitation inch = 2.34
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.92
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.99
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.37
|May precipitation inch = 3.05
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.18
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.69
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.86
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.18
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.60
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.85
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.66
|year precipitation inch = 38.69
|Jan snow inch = 11.8
|Feb snow inch = 11.3
|Mar snow inch = 13.6
|Apr snow inch = 2.2
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.2
|Nov snow inch = 4.1
|Dec snow inch = 10.0
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|Jan precipitation days = 14.8
|Feb precipitation days = 11.8
|Mar precipitation days = 13.3
|Apr precipitation days = 14.1
|May precipitation days = 14.0
|Jun precipitation days = 13.6
|Jul precipitation days = 12.7
|Aug precipitation days = 12.2
|Sep precipitation days = 11.6
|Oct precipitation days = 14.2
|Nov precipitation days = 13.6
|Dec precipitation days = 15.3
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|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 11.1
|Feb snow days = 9.4
|Mar snow days = 7.1
|Apr snow days = 1.9
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|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.2
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|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=nws>
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| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = February 6, 2024}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00301787&format=pdf
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
| title = Station: Corning, NY
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| access-date = February 6, 2024}}</ref>
}}

== Demographics ==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=2008-01-31 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> of 2010, there were 11,183 people in 5,114 households residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|3,626.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 5,519 housing units.  The racial makeup of the city was 91.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] 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 [[Marriage|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 [[per capita income]] for the city was $22,056. About 9.1% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], 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.
{{US Census population
|1870= 4018
|1880= 4802
|1890= 8590
|1900= 11061
|1910= 13730
|1920= 15820
|1930= 15777
|1940= 16212
|1950= 17684
|1960= 17085
|1970= 15792
|1980= 12953
|1990= 11938
|2000= 10842
|2010= 11183
|2020= 10551
|footnote=Sources: 1790–1950,<ref>{{Cite web |year=1950 |title=1950 Census of Population; Volume 1: Characteristics of the Population |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch08.pdf |access-date=2010-09-06 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |pages=32–8 (64 in PDF file)}}</ref><br />1960–1980,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PpUXAAAAYAAJ&q=roessleville%201980%20census&pg=SA34-PA10 |title=1980 Census of Population; Volume 1: Characteristics of the Population |publisher=United States Census Bureau |year=1980 |page=34-10 |accessdate=2010-09-06}}</ref> 1990–2000<ref name="GR2" />
}}

== Politics ==
Most local officials are [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]]. The Corning area typically votes Republican, though some outsiders have deemed its constituents "moderate" Republicans.{{Citation needed|date=May 2007}} [[Amo Houghton]], the area's long-serving U.S. congressman, was a [[Moderate Republicans (modern United States)|moderate Republican]]. While the Town of Corning and surrounding areas are reliably Republican, the City of Corning leans Democratic, voting for both [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] in recent presidential elections.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

=== Federal representatives ===
Corning is in [[New York's 23rd congressional district]], which is currently represented by Republican [[Nick Langworthy]].

=== 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. On November 6, 2007, [[Tom Reed (politician)|Tom Reed]], the head of the city's Republican Party, was elected.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reed announces candidacy for Congress |url=http://www.the-leader.com/x931215457/Reed-announces-candidacy-for-Congress |access-date=21 September 2014 |publisher=The Leader - Corning, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Steuben County General Election 11/16/2007 |url=http://www.steubencony.org/2007genSteubenCountyElectionResults.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203024710/http://www.steubencony.org/2007genSteubenCountyElectionResults.pdf |archive-date=2007-12-03 |access-date=2007-11-17}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boland will seek second term as mayor of Corning |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/04/01/mayor-bill-boland-seek-second-term-mayor-corning/3333685002/ |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>

== 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, New York|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greater Southern Tier STEM Academy |url=https://www.gstboces.org/stemacademy/}}</ref>

'''Public elementary schools include:'''
* Calvin U. Smith
* Erwin Valley
* Frederick Carder
* Hugh W. Gregg
* Lindley-Presho (closed)
* William E. Severn
* Winfield Street
'''Public middle schools include:'''
* Corning Free Academy (Before 2014–2015 school year)
* Corning Painted Post Middle School (After 2013–current)
* Northside Blodgett (Before 2014–2015 school year)
'''Public high schools include:'''
* Corning Painted Post High School (After 2013–current)
* East High School (Before 2014–2015 school year)
* High School Learning Center (HSLC)
* West High School (Before 2014–2015 school year)

'''Private schools in Corning include:'''
* All Saints Academy (a preK–8 Catholic school)(Closed)
* Corning Christian Academy (a P–12 evangelical Christian school)
* The Alternative School for Math and Science (ASMS)

'''Higher education in Corning includes:'''
* [[Corning Community College]]<ref name="Profile">{{Cite web |year=2010 |title=Corning Community College College Profile |url=https://www.petersons.com/college-search/corning-community-college-000_10002218.aspx |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=petersons.com |publisher=Peterson's |location=Lawrenceville, New Jersey}}</ref>

== Places of interest ==
===Downtown===
* [[Corning Museum of Glass]]:  a not-for-profit museum dedicated to the art, history, science, and craft of glass.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.cmog.org/about |access-date=27 May 2019 |website=Corning Museum of Glass}}</ref>
* The [[Gaffer District (Corning, New York)|Gaffer District]] is the historic heart of Corning, featuring restored buildings, shopping, dining, and events through the year.<ref name="GafferDist">{{Cite web |title=One Downtown, Many Personalities |url=https://www.gafferdistrict.com/about |access-date=27 May 2019 |website=Corning's Gaffer District |publisher=City of Corning}}</ref>
** Market Street is Corning's historic main street, lined with restaurants and shopping.<ref name="GafferDist" />
** 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Centerway Square |url=https://www.pps.org/places/centerway-square |access-date=27 May 2019 |website=Project for Public Spaces}}</ref>

===Elsewhere in Corning===
* Bloody Run &ndash; An area near Gorton Creek, it was the site of a battle between forces of American generals [[John Sullivan (general)|John Sullivan]] and [[James Clinton]] and Native American villagers. This battle was part of a campaign directly ordered by [[George Washington]] to break the control of the [[Iroquois]] Indians in the area. It was called Bloody Run for the reports of bloody creek water coming from the battle scene.
* Chimney Rocks &ndash; 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.
* Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes &ndash; 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.
* Horace D. Page Tunnel &ndash; 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, New York|Elmira's]] Millers (formerly Page's) Pond in a 1912 horse racing bet at [[Tioga Downs]], and was given naming rights to the tunnel as compensation.

==Gallery==
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File:Corning_tower.jpg|Corning's [[Little Joe Tower]]
File:Corning_6.jpg|Corning
File:Corning_3.jpg|Corning
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== Notable people ==
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* [[Alanson B. Houghton]], United States Congressman
* [[Amo Houghton|Amory "Amo" Houghton Jr.]], politician
* [[Amory Houghton]], United States ambassador
* [[Caroline Ella Heminway Kierstead]], geologist<ref>{{Cite news |date=1929-02-27 |title=Attorney H. A. Heminway, Corning, Dies in Office |pages=19 |work=Star-Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98397498/attorney-h-a-heminway-corning-dies/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
* [[Charles C. B. Walker]], United States Congressman
* [[Christi Wolf]], champion female [[bodybuilder]] and [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] best known for her stint in [[World Championship Wrestling]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Almanac of Women's Bodybuilding |url=http://www.getbig.com/almanac/women/women-w.htm |website=getbig.com}}</ref>
* [[Duane Eddy]], Grammy Award-winning guitarist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Duane Eddy Biography |url=https://rockhall.com/inductees/duane-eddy/bio/ |access-date=2 December 2014 |website=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |publisher=The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.}}</ref>
* [[Edd Hall]],  US television personality, announcer
* [[Eric Massa]], United States Congressman
* [[Frederick Carder]], glass artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography: Frederick Carder |url=http://www.cmog.org/bio/frederick-carder |access-date=2 December 2014 |website=Corning Museum of Glass |publisher=Corning Museum of Glass}}</ref>
* [[Greg Keagle]], MLB player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Directory: Greg Keagle |url=http://www.ritathletics.com/staff.aspx?staff=129 |access-date=2 December 2014 |website=RIT Athletics |publisher=Rochester Institute of Technology}}</ref>
* [[Harvey Littleton]], glass artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harvey K. Littleton and the American Studio Glass Movement |url=http://www.cmog.org/article/harvey-k-littleton-and-american-studio-glass-movement |access-date=2 December 2014 |website=Corning Museum of Glass |publisher=Corning Museum of Glass}}</ref>
* [[James R. Houghton]], chairman of [[Corning Inc.]]
* [[John N. Hungerford]], United States Congressman
* [[John Tillman (lacrosse)|John Tillman]], head lacrosse coach, [[University of Maryland, College Park]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Tillman |url=http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208120781 |access-date=2 December 2014 |website=Maryland Terrapins Athletics |publisher=University of Maryland}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Costa (aviator)|Joseph Costa]], aviation pioneer
* [[Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn|Katharine Houghton Hepburn]] (1878–1951), social activist, mother of [[Katharine Hepburn]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Katharine Houghton Hepburn |url=http://cwhf.org/inductees/reformers/katharine-houghton-hepburn |access-date=2 December 2014 |website=Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame |publisher=Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame}}</ref>
* [[Margaret Sanger]] (1879 (born Margaret Louise Higgins)–1966), founder of [[American Birth Control League]]
* [[Samuel Sevian]], chess prodigy, youngest Grandmaster US chess history<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIDE Chess Profile: Samuel Sevian |url=http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2040506 |access-date=2 December 2014 |website=World Chess Federation |publisher=World Chess Federation}}</ref>
* [[Thomas S. Buechner]] (1926–2010), founding director of [[Corning Museum of Glass]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography: Thomas S. Buechner |url=http://www.cmog.org/bio/thomas-s-buechner |access-date=2 December 2014 |website=Corning Museum of Glass |publisher=Corning Museum of Glass}}</ref>
* [[Tom Reed (politician)|Tom Reed]], United States Congressman

== Sister cities ==
{{SisterCities|Corning|three}}
* {{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Kakegawa, Shizuoka|Kakegawa]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]], Japan (formerly Osuka which was annexed by Kakegawa)
* {{flagdeco|UKR}} [[Lviv]], Ukraine
* {{flagdeco|ITA}} [[San Giovanni Valdarno]], [[Tuscany]], Italy

== See also ==
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* [[Corning (town), New York]]
* [[Corning Inc.]]
* [[Corning Museum of Glass]]
* [[Houghton family]]
* [[Steuben Glass Works]]

==References==
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* {{Cite book |last=Dimitroff |first=Thomas P. |title=History of the Corning Painted Post Area, 200 years in Painted Post Country |last2=Janes |first2=Lois S. |year=1990}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.corningny.com/ Chamber of Commerce website]
* {{Official website|http://www.cityofcorning.com/ }}
* {{Internet Archive short film|id=gov.archives.arc.61035|name="Welcome to Corning, New York: Tropical Storm Agnes Flood (1972)"}}

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