Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Cameron’s post office has been open since 1825. Six other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Cameron
1825–today
South Cameron
1829–1850
South Hill
1843–1866
North Cameron
1850–1901
West Cameron
1850–1864
Swale
1862–1901
South Cameron
1866–1887
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
North CameronSouth CameronWest Cameron
Gone or out of use
Allen SchoolschoolBoyd SchoolschoolBranch SchoolschoolCameron Hill SchoolschoolFrench SchoolschoolGothic SchoolschoolLower Swale SchoolschoolSouth Hill Schoolschool
Around 1800, the first settler arrived near the present community of Cameron. The town was formed from the Town of Addison in 1822. Parts of Cameron were lost on the founding of the cities of Thurston (1844) and Rathbone (1856).
The New York and Erie Railroad line through Cameron opened in September 1850. The line, recently owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway, with trains operated by NS and Canadian Pacific (the latter under haulage arrangements), was destroyed by Hurricane Agnes in 1972 and had to be rebuilt afterward.
Passages that mention Cameron, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Steuben county, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers1879 · page 202Read the page →
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Phones Green lived below Baker's Mill, where the old reformation meetings were held. He was a grandfather of Capt. Luther White, ihe oldest resident of the town of Cameron now living. Baker's Mill, a mile below the village of Cameron, on the right bank of the river, was the site of the first sawand grist-mill in the town. Mr. Hadley built the saw-mill, and Capt. Samuel Baker, who came to the town in 1816, built the first grist-mill, in company
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History of Steuben county, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers1879 · page 204Read the page →
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The first annual election of the town of Cameron was held at the house of Samuel Pierson, a mile and a half from the village of Cameron, towards Bath. February, 1823.
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A history of Steuben County, New York, and its people1911 · page 193Read the page →
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In 1802 a Presbyterian church was organized in the town of Cohocton by Reverends Aaron C. Collins and Abijah Warren. A Methodist Episcopal church was organized in the town of Wayland in 1809 ; in Cameron, 1812 ; and in the town of Dansville, now in Steuben county, 1817. In 1798 Rev. Andrew Gray held religious services in the town of Dansville, then in Steuben county, and in 1800 organized a Presbyterian church in the same town.
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Timeline
Cameron, 1800 to 1926
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
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