Arkport

History

Arkport was founded in 1797 by Christopher Hurlbut. The Canisteo River was used to ship crops, livestock, and timber to Baltimore using arks. The navigable portion of the river ended in Arkport; thus the name of ark-port. This practice of using arks as cargo vessels continued until 1825, when the Erie Canal was built and it became more cost-effective to ship crops via the canal. The existing Post Office was built in 1890.

Geography

Arkport is located at (42.393347, -77.696134). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. The village is on the eastern bank of the Canisteo River. New York State Route 36 passes from north to south through the village. The Southern Tier Expressway lies between the village and Hornell. County Roads 48 and 67 lead into the village.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,447
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,430
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,304
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  1,240
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,178
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,115
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  992
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  789

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2022-03-15
  5 km SSW of Warsaw, New York
• M 2.91 — 2009-06-05
  4 km SSE of Attica, New York
• M 2.6 — 2007-12-13
  7 km NW of Warsaw, New York