Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Corning came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Corning in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Corning. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Corning data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Corning:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Corning was listed as Corning Courthouse.

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for New York (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Corning is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Corning in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Corning for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Corning. See our Misc Page for Corning for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Corning:

Corning was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Corning. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Steuben County: www.steubencony.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/