Corning, city, Steuben County, southern New York, on the Chemung River; incorporated as a city 1890. The city is famous for the Corning Glass Works, which was established in 1868 and produces a variety of glass products. It also is the site of the Corning Museum of Glass, the Rockwell-Corning Museum, and a junior college. Settled in 1789, Corning was named in 1837 for Erastus Corning, a New York railroad executive and congressman. The city was badly damaged by flooding in 1972. Population 12,953 (1980); 11,938 (1990); 10,842 (2000).
