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==History== {{see also|Canisteo, New York|Canisteo (village), New York|Hornell, New York|Greenwood, New York, insurrection of 1882}} [[Ontario County, New York|Ontario County]] was established in 1789 to govern lands the state of New York had acquired in the [[Phelps and Gorham Purchase]]; at the time it covered the entirety of [[Western New York]]. Steuben County, much larger than today, was split off from Ontario County on March 8, 1796. In 1823 a portion of Steuben County was combined with a portion of [[Ontario County, New York|Ontario County]] to form [[Yates County, New York|Yates County]]. Steuben County was further reduced in size on April 17, 1854, when a portion was combined with portions of [[Chemung County, New York|Chemung]] and [[Tompkins County, New York|Tompkins]] counties to form [[Schuyler County, New York|Schuyler County]]. In its earliest years Steuben County was demographically and geographically linked to the [[Susquehanna River]] basin in Pennsylvania, leading to the port of [[Baltimore]]. The Canisteo River, navigable as far as [[Arkport]], emptied into the [[Chemung River]] and it into the Susquehanna. There were no natural barriers, like the [[Cohoes Falls]] on the Mohawk, to impede transportation, and timber and other agricultural products were easily shipped downriver from what are today (2019) the towns of [[Addison, New York|Addison]], [[Canisteo, New York|Canisteo]], and [[Hornellsville, New York|Hornellsville]]. Prior to the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, followed by the railroads, communication with the Hudson Valley and New York City was difficult. Limited to horses, mules, and donkeys, it was far too expensive to be used to ship bulky agricultural products. In 1892 a bill was introduced in the Legislature to split Steuben County, with Canisteo, Corning, and "the south towns" becoming Lincoln County. It did not pass.<ref>{{cite news |title=To Divide Steuben County |newspaper=[[Times Herald-Record|Middletown Daily Press]] |location=[[Middletown, Orange County, New York|Middletown, New York]] |date=November 28, 1892 |page=4 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33125780/to_divide_steuben_county/}}</ref>
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