Painted Post, New York

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Painted Post
Village
A monument to the Seneca Indians in Painted Post
Painted Post Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°9′40″N 77°5′29″W / 42.16111°N 77.09139°W / 42.16111; -77.09139
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Steuben
Area [1]
• Total	1.33 sq mi (3.46 km2)
• Land	1.27 sq mi (3.30 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2)
Elevation	942 ft (287 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,768
• Density	1,387.76/sq mi (535.75/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	14870
Area code	607
FIPS code	36-56088
GNIS feature ID	0959764
Website	http://villageofpaintedpost.com/

Painted Post is a village in Steuben County, New York. The village is in the town of Erwin, west of the city of Corning. The population was 1,809 at the 2010 census. The name comes from a Seneca carved post found by explorers at the junction of three local rivers.^[2] Corning-Painted Post Airport (7N1) is west of the village.

The former town of Painted Post was in 1836 renamed the town of Corning.^{[citation needed]}