The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Arkport’s history is told.
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Arkport, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Arkport is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Arkport has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hornell Armory in Hornell, 4.5 miles away.
Arkport and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.