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| Nickname(s): Maple City, H-Town | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Steuben |
| First settled | 1790 |
| Incorporated (Town of Hornellsville) | 1820 |
| Incorporated (Village of Hornellsville) | 1852 |
| Incorporated (City of Hornellsville/Hornell) | 1888/1906 |
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| • Type | (Mayor-Council) |
| • Mayor | Shawn Hogan (D) |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 2.7 sq mi (7.1 km2) |
| • Land | 2.7 sq mi (7.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,161 ft (354 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 9,019 |
| • Density | 3,309.0/sq mi (1,277.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 14843 |
| Area code(s) | 607 |
| FIPS code | 36-35672 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0975771 |
Hornell is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 9,019 at the 2000 census. The city is named after the Hornell family, early settlers. Its current population has not yet been released by the new census.
The City of Hornell is located within the Town of Hornellsville. Hornell is about 55 miles south of Rochester and is near the western edge of Steuben County.
Hornell is nicknamed the "Maple City" after the large maple trees that once grew throughout the town and covered the surrounding hills of the Canisteo Valley. Hornell has the largest Saint Patrick's Day parade and celebration in the area, bringing many out to welcome spring and show their green. It has also become a tradition that Mayor Shawn Hogan finds an innovative way of making his way down main street on this particular day.
Hornell Municipal Airport (4G6) is located a few miles north of the city on Route 36. The airport has a hard surface runway capable of landing small jets, a rotating beacon and fuel.
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What is now Hornell was first settled in 1790 under the name "Upper Canisteo" to distinguish it from the community of Canisteo, then known as "Lower Canisteo". The family of Benjamin Crosby were the first settlers in what is now Hornell. The area was incorporated as a town in 1820, as "Hornellsville." The name comes from early settler George Hornell, who built the first gristmill here.
The City of Hornell was chartered in 1888 as the "City of Hornellsville," (having been first organized as the "Village of Hornellsville" in 1852). The name was changed to Hornell in 1906.
The terrible floods of 1935 put parts of the city under water, prompting the creation of a system of levees to prevent any more serious flood problems.
There use to be a city park called Union park that was destroyed by the urban renewal of the 1970s.
In 1950, Hornell had a population near 16,000 people.
The current mayor of Hornell is Democrat Shawn Hogan, who has held the position since January 1986.[1] Hogan is the longest-serving current mayor in New York State.
In 2009 Kirk W. House produced Around Hornell, a historic photo book in Arcadia Publishing's "Images of America" series. Around Hornell also includes the surrounding rural communities of Canisteo, Dansville, Fremont, Hartsville, Hornellsville, and Howard.
The New York and Erie Railroad arrived in Hornell in 1850, which connected New York City and Dunkirk on Lake Erie via a southern tier route. Another route, the (Buffalo and New York City Railroad) was added in 1852, branching from Hornell northwestward to Buffalo. For the next hundred years Hornell enjoyed prosperity with its steam engine shop doing the repairs for the entire railroad line. The railroad then came upon hard times as trucking picked up more and more of the freight business. In 1972, the line filed for bankruptcy. Just a few days later floods from Hurricane Agnes destroyed about 200 miles (320 km) of roadbed along the Canisteo River, removing all hope of reorganizing the railroad.
Hornell has struggled since to regain its former prosperity. The Erie shops are now Alstom's main North American assembly and manufacturing site for the production of AC traction motors, railway cars, and passenger locomotives. Car bodies are shipped from Sao Paulo, Brazil and completed as final cars in Hornell. Prior to Alstom, the shops were operated by Morrison Knudsen. After a difficult period Alstom Transport has won a contract worth $194 million USD to execute the complete overhaul of the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) metro fleet. The entire refurbishment and testing process will be managed by Alstom’s Train Life Services (TLS) unit and take place in the facility in Hornell, NY (which is the largest of its kind in the United States).
Hornell is located at (42.3244, -77.6603)[2]. Hornell is at an altitude of 1,160 feet (354 meters) above sea level.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2), all of it land.
Hornell is on the Canisteo River and surrounded by the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains.
New York State Route 21 conjoined with New York State Route 36 passes through the city, which is just south of the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 / New York State Route 17). County Roads 65, 68 and 109 also lead into the city.
The City is served by two railroads - it is on the Norfolk Southern's Buffalo-East Coast mainline and is the eastern terminus of the mainline of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 9,019 people, 3,596 households, and 2,218 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,309.0 people per square mile (1,275.6/km²). There were 4,100 housing units at an average density of 1,504.2 per square mile (579.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.73% White, 2.38% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.38% from other races, and 0.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.29% of the population.
There were 3,596 households out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.9% were married couples living together, 16.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.3% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $28,184, and the median income for a family was $35,000. Males had a median income of $31,727 versus $18,854 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,419. About 18.7% of families and 21.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.1% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.
There are several parks in the city of Hornell including:
There are five public schools and one private school located in Hornell.
Public schools include:
(The North Hornell School is physically located in the village of North Hornell, but is still a part of the Hornell City School District).
Private Schools:
The current Superintendent of Schools is George Kiley. In June 2007 the Hornell Evening Tribune newspaper announced that a school planning committee is proposing a $100,000,000.00 project to re-organize the schools and improve assessment results.
The NY School Report Card for the Hornell City School District can now be found at the NYSTART site.
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