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Painted Post is a village in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 1,842 at the 2000 census. The name comes from a painted and carved post found by explorers at the junction of three local rivers.

The Village of Painted Post is in the Town of Erwin, west of the City of Corning.

Corning-Painted Post Airport (7N1) is west of the village.

Painted Post was founded around 1823. The village was first incorporated in 1860 and officially re-incorporated in 1893. The name is derived from an historic, although probably unpainted, wooden post seen in the area at the end of the 18th Century. The origin and purpose of the post remain controversial.

Painted Post is located at 42.161188, -77.091315. Painted Post is west of the City of Corning, New York.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²). 3.3 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (4.51%) is water.

New York State Route 415 passes through the village which also borders the Southern Tier Expressway and the Cohocton River.

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