Savona, New York

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Savona, New York

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'''Savona''' is a [[Village (New York)|village]] in [[Steuben County, New York|Steuben County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], Savona had a population of 672.{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A65354&in=state%3A36|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=March 6, 2026|df=mdy}} The village is named after [[Savona]] in [[Italy]], and is located in the eastern part of the town of [[Bath (town), New York|Bath]]. The village is located at the intersection of routes 226 and 415, and [[Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania-New York)|Interstate 86]].
'''Savona''' is a [[Village (New York)|village]] in [[Steuben County, New York|Steuben County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], Savona had a population of 672.{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A65354&in=state%3A36|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=March 6, 2026|df=mdy}} The village is named after [[Savona]] in [[Italy]], and is located in the eastern part of the town of [[Bath (town), New York|Bath]]. The village is located at the intersection of routes 226 and 415, and [[Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania-New York)|Interstate 86]].
Savona is a small village in Steuben County, in the town of Bath, and had a population of 672 at the 2020 census. It sits where Mud Creek meets the Cohocton River. 
==History==

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Its beginnings were not colonial in the usual sense. There was no major English or Dutch colonial town at Savona. The area’s modern settlement came after the Revolution, as western New York land changed hands through the Phelps-Gorham purchase and then the Pulteney Estate, a huge tract acquired through Robert Morris and managed by Charles Williamson in the 1790s. Steuben County settlement began in that post-Revolution land-boom era, not as an old colonial village. 
The name "Mud Creek" was associated with the village in the 19th century. The village was incorporated in 1883.

Savona itself traces its start to 1793, when Thomas Corbitt built a sawmill and tavern near the mouth of Mud Creek to serve incoming settlers buying land from the Pulteney Estate. The place was first known as “Mud Creek,” which was eventually shortened from “Tommy Corbitt’s at the mouth of Mud Creek.” In 1850, the village and post office were renamed Savona, reportedly at the suggestion of Dr. Marsena Terry, after the Italian city of Savona. It was incorporated in 1883. 

In the 19th century, Savona grew as a transport and farm-market village rather than as a political center. Railroad connections mattered. Local history identifies Savona as a station point tied to the region’s railroad development, and later village historian material notes the DL&W depot, with passenger service ending in 1944. A regional rail history also notes the Sodus Bay, Corning & Southern was built to connect with the Erie at Savona, which helps explain why a small place like Savona punched above its weight as a shipping point. 

Savona also had the kind of agricultural industry you would expect in that part of Steuben County. Local village history records the Savona Elgin Butter & Cheese Association being organized in 1898, which fits the Finger Lakes/Southern Tier pattern of dairy-based local manufacturing.


Unwanted attention was brought to the village in 1993 by the slaying of four-year-old [[Derrick Robie]] by thirteen-year-old [[Eric Smith (murderer)|Eric Smith]]. He was the youngest defendant in state history to be tried as an adult.
Unwanted attention was brought to the village in 1993 by the slaying of four-year-old [[Derrick Robie]] by thirteen-year-old [[Eric Smith (murderer)|Eric Smith]]. He was the youngest defendant in state history to be tried as an adult.
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