Place:Cameron, Steuben, New York, United States

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NameCameron
TypeTown
Coordinates42.183°N 77.4°W
Located inSteuben, New York, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
South Hill Cemetery
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Cameron is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population is 889 as of 2020. The town is named after Dugald Cameron, an early settler and land agent of the Pulteney Estate.

The Town of Cameron is centrally located in the county, west of the City of Corning.

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Around 1800, the first settler arrived near the present community of Cameron. The town was formed from the Town of Addison in 1822. Parts of Cameron were lost on the founding of the towns of Thurston (1844) and Rathbone (1856).

The New York and Erie Railroad line through Cameron opened in September 1850. The line, recently owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway, with trains operated by NS and Canadian Pacific (the latter under haulage arrangements), was destroyed by Hurricane Agnes in 1972 and had to be rebuilt afterwards.

The population of Cameron in 1905 was 1,217.

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