Canisteo, New York
| Canisteo | |
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 Canisteo
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| Coordinates: 42°16′13″N 77°36′20″W / 42.27028°N 77.60556°WCoordinates: 42°16′13″N 77°36′20″W / 42.27028°N 77.60556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Steuben |
| Area | |
| • Total | 54.4 sq mi (141 km2) |
| Population (Census 2010) the word "Canisteo" derives from the Seneca language and translates roughly to "board on the water". The prefix 'can' refers to a body of water in the Seneca dialect | |
| • Total | 3,391 |
| • Density | 62/sq mi (24/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Canisteo is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 3,391 at the 2010 census. The name was taken from a former Indian village located here.
The Town of Canisteo is in the westernmost part of the county, bordering Allegany County and southeast of Hornell, New York.
The town contains a village also named Canisteo.
The Senecas had a major village here called "Kah-ni-sti-oh." The first settlers arrived around 1788, making Canisteo one of the earliest locations occupied in the county.
Canisteo is rich in Indian lore. It is the site of the largest Living Sign in the world, noted by both Ripleys Believe it or Not and the Registry of Historical Places. It is 60 by 400 feet, and consists of Scotch Pine. The seeds for it were planted in 1934.
The town was formed in 1796 at the time of the creation of the county and is one of its original towns. From parts of Canisteo came, in whole or part, the Towns of West Union, Hartsville, Hornellsville (1920), Greenwood (1827), Troupsburg (1808, 1820) and Jasper (1927).
The population of Canisteo in 1905 was 3,171.
The original activities in the town of Canisteo were farming and lumbering; the Canisteo River offered transportation for products.
The Town of Canisteo's schools are all located in the Village of Canisteo. The oldest school, a wooden frame building on Fifth Street, was used as a feed store before being torn down in the 1950s, replaced by a bus garage at 22 Fifth Street. Adjacent to it to the south, between Fifth and Sixth Streets, is the Rotary Field, which remained the venue for school sports until the 1990s, when new facilities were built on Purdy Creek Road.
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