Sanborn, New York

Location in Niagara County and the state of New York.

Sanborn is a hamlet (and census-designated place, population: 1,645 in 2010 census) in the Towns of Cambria, Lewiston, and Wheatfield, New York, USA, on the southern side of the intersection of New York State Route 429 and New York State Route 31.^[1] Originally called South Pekin after the formerly thriving hamlet of Pekin to the north, Sanborn was renamed in 1866 after Ebenezer Sanborn.^[2] The ZIP code for Sanborn is 14132.

Sanborn is the home of Niagara County Community College.

Points of interest

• St. Andrews Lutheran Cemetery
• St. Peter's Lutheran Church and School
• Niagara Escarpment, from which one can sometimes view Lake Ontario and Toronto.

Famous people

• Dr. Myron Orton, pne of the founders of the Niagara County Medical Society
• Lee R. Sanborn, entrepreneur, built first sawmill
• Dr. William Huggins, first doctor in Sanborn
• Richard Goodheart, nanotechnology business leader

References

External links

• Town of Cambria

Municipalities and communities of Niagara County, New York, United States County seat: Lockport Cities Lockport Niagara Falls North Tonawanda Towns Cambria Hartland Lewiston Lockport Newfane Niagara Pendleton Porter Royalton Somerset Wheatfield Wilson Villages Barker Lewiston Middleport Wilson Youngstown CDPs Gasport Newfane Olcott Ransomville Rapids Sanborn South Lockport Other hamlets Appleton Beach Ridge Blairville Burt Cambria Center Carlisle Gardens Colonial Village Comstock Corners Coolidge Beach Corwin Dickersonville Dysinger East Wilson Elberta Gilberts Corners Hartland Hess Road Hickory Corners Highland Park Hoffman Hopkins Beach Johnson Creek Mapleton McNalls Corners Millers‡ Model City Molyneaux Corners Nashville North Hartland North Ridge Nottingham Estates Orangeport Pekin Pendleton Pendleton Center Pleasant Corners Porter Center Raymond Ridgewood Roosevelt Beach Royalton Center St. Johnsburg Sawyer Shawnee Shooktown Somerset South Somerset South Wilson Streeters Corners Sunset Beach Terrys Corners Towers Corners Walmore Warrens Corners Wendelville West Somerset Wolcottsville Wrights Corners Indian reservations Tonawanda Reservation‡ Tuscarora Reservation Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 43°08′12″N 78°53′05″W / 43.13667°N 78.88472°W / 43.13667; -78.88472