Painted Post, New York

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subdivision_name2 = Steuben
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1842
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Painted Post is a village in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 1,842 at the 2000 census. The name comes from a painted and carved post found by explorers at the junction of three local rivers.

The Village of Painted Post is in the Town of Erwin, west of the City of Corning.

Corning-Painted Post Airport (7N1) is west of the village.

History

Painted Post was founded around 1823. The village was first incorporated in 1860 and officially re-incorporated in 1893. The name is derived from an historic, although probably unpainted, wooden post seen in the area at the end of the 18th century. The origin and purpose of the post remain controversial.

The following footnote appears in French's Gazetteer of New York State [cite book |title=Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State |last=French |first=J.H. |authorlink= |year=1860|publisher=R. Pearsall Smith |location=Syracuse, NY ] and gives two possible versions of the origin of the name:

In the summer of 1779, a party of tories and Indians, under the command of a loyalist named McDonald, returned from an incursion into the Susquehanna settlements, bringing with them many of their number wounded. At the confluence of Tioga and Conhocton [sic] Rivers, Captain Montour, son of the famous Queen Catharine, a chief of great promise, died of his wounds. "His comrades buried him by the riverside, and planted above his grave a post on which were painted various symbols and rude devices. This monument was known throughout the Genesee Forests as 'The Painted Post.' It was a landmark well known to all the Six Nations, and was often visited by their braves and chieftains." This account of the origin of the Painted Post was given to Benj. Patterson, the hunter, by a man named Taggart, who was carried to Fort Niagara a prisoner by McDonald's party, end was a witness of the burial of Capt. Montour, or at least was in the encampment at the mouth of the Tioga at the time of his death. Col. Harper, of Harpersfield, the well known officer of the frontier militia of New York in the Revolution, informed Judge Knox, of Knoxville, in this co., that the Painted Post was erected over the grave of a chief who was wounded at the battle of the "Hog-Back" and brought in a canoe to the head of the Chemung, where he died. It was well understood by the early settlers that this monument was erected in memory of some distinguished warrior who had been wounded in one of the border battles of the Revolution and afterward died at this place. The post stood for many years after the settlement of the co.; and the story goes that it rotted down at the butt, and was preserved in the bar-room of a tavern till about the year 1810 and then mysteriously disappeared. It is also said to have been swept away in a freshet. — McMasters's Hist, of Steuben. Simm's Hist, Schoharie, p. 333.

Geography

Painted Post is located at coor dms|42|9|40|N|77|5|29|W|city (42.161188, -77.091315).GR|1 Painted Post is west of the City of Corning, New York.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²), of which, 1.3 square miles (3.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (4.51%) is water.

New York State Route 415 passes through the village which also borders the Southern Tier Expressway and the Cohocton River.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 1,842 people, 811 households, and 480 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,457.0 people per square mile (564.4/km²). There were 879 housing units at an average density of 695.3/sq mi (269.4/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 95.71% White, 1.36% African American, 0.16% Native American, 1.74% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.76% of the population.

There were 811 households out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.8% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the village the population was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 84.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $41,477, and the median income for a family was $58,295. Males had a median income of $39,519 versus $26,583 for females. The per capita income for the village was $23,664. About 4.5% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

* [http://www.glenphotos.com/paintedpost Flood of '72 & Old Painted Post Photos]
* [http://www.paintedpostny.com Village of Painted Post, NY]