Place:Canisteo (town), Steuben, New York, United States

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NameCanisteo (town)
Alt namesCanisteo
TypeTown
Coordinates42.267°N 77.6°W
Located inSteuben, New York, United States
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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 Native American village located there, and is Iroquoian in origin.

The Town of Canisteo is in the westernmost part of the county, bordering Allegany County and southeast of Hornell.

The town contains a village also named Canisteo.

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The Senecas had a major village here called "Kah-nis-ti-oh." Canisteo is rich in Indian lore.

The first settlers arrived around 1788, making Canisteo one of the earliest locations occupied in the county. A large proportion of the first settlers of Canisteo were from Pennsylvania, since at the time access was primarily via the Susquehanna River; there were no direct links to Albany or New York City.

The town was formed in 1796 at the time of the creation of the county and is one of its original towns.
A local writer, in the year 1811, in describing the town of Canisteo says, "it is miles long, north and south, by wide; its area is . The Canisteo river courses centrally across the town, and is boatable from Arkport to Tioga, in the town of Painted Post. Boats descend the Canisteo laden with one thousand bushels of wheat. The settlements are of recent date, and still retain their first local names. At Hornell's Mills, on the Canisteo, is a ferry and a road of pretty extensive travel; here is located the Canisteo Post-office."

Products were shipped via the Canisteo, Chemung, and Susquehanna Rivers to the port of Baltimore.[1]

Hornell was originally a village in the town of Canisteo. From parts of Canisteo came, in whole or part, the Towns of West Union, Hartsville, Hornellsville (1820), Troupsburg (1808, 1818), Greenwood (1827), and Jasper (1837).

The population of Canisteo in 1905 was 3,171.

Residents of Canisteo settled Canisteo Township, Dodge County, Minnesota.

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