HORNELL, a city of Steuben county, New York, 9om. S.E. of Buffalo, on the Canisteo river; served by the Erie and the Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern railways. The population was 15,025 in 1920 (92% native white) and was 16,250 in 1930 by the Federal census. It is the trade centre for a wide agricultural area; has large railroad shops and woodworking industries; and manu factures silk gloves, silk cloth, shoes, furniture and electrical specialties. The aggregate factory output in 1928 was valued at $15,000,000. A settlement was founded here in 1790, known as Upper Canisteo until 1820, when it was renamed Hornellsville in honour of Judge George Hornell (d. 1813) . It was incorporated as a village in 1852 and as a city in 1888, and in 1906 the name was shortened to its present form.