Where is Canastota, New York located?

Canastota is located in New York, United States, at approximate coordinates 43.0841°, -75.7555°.

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Canastota

Founded

1835

Elevation131 m

Land area8.66 km²

Coordinates43.08°, -75.76°

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Founded

1835

Elevation

131 m

Area

8.66 km²

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Overview

Canastota is a village within the town of Lenox in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 4,556 at the 2020 census, down from 4,804 in 2010.

History & geography

History

Kniste Stota was the historic name of Canastota, a term used by the local Oneida people, meaning "cluster of pines near still waters". The area that makes up Canastota was once inhabited by people of the Oneida Nation, a member of the Haudenosanee confederacy. The Nation's homelands before European settlement of central New York consisted of more than six million acres from the St. Lawrence River to the Susquehanna River. The village was founded by Captain Reuben Perkins, a veteran of the Revolutionary War who served in the battles of Plattsburgh, Saratoga, and Stony Point. In 1800 Captain Perkins moved his family to a log cabin on Quality Hill, along the Seneca Turnpike. In 1810, Captain Perkins purchased of land from the Oneida Nation and permanently settled his family in a cabin at the intersection of what would become James Street and Main Street. Perkins later won a contract for the two miles of the Erie Canal through Canastota, and served as its superintendent. In 1814 Perkins sold of his land, and in 1832 he sold his remaining land holdings. Construction of the Erie Canal through Canastota began in 1817. As the waterway was opened from 1819 through 1825, it caused a surge of growth and development in the area. Workers and their employers soon moved their families to the area, and eventually schools, businesses, and religious organizations sprung up. As soon as this section of the canal was opened, a line of packets was established, making regular trips between Syracuse and Utica, stopping at all intermediate towns. Trade sprang up at once between Canastota and other villages, making it one of the foremost villages in central New York. The first post office was established in 1829 with Ichabod S. Spencer as postmaster, and by 1831 there were three public…

Geography

Canastota is in the southern part of the town of Lenox. Interstate 90, the New York State Thruway, passes through the northern part of the village, with access from Exit 34. I-90 leads east to Utica and west to the Syracuse area. New York State Route 13 passes through the center of Canastota as Peterboro Street and leads north to Sylvan Beach at the east end of Oneida Lake. State Route 5 runs along the southern border of Canastota, leading east to Oneida and west to Chittenango. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village of Canastota has a total area of , of which , or 0.12%, are water. Canastota Creek flows through the center of the village and joins Cowaselon Creek in the village's north end, which continues northwest to Oneida Lake at Lakeport.

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