Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Adams
- Townships
- Quincy , Jasper
- Incorporated
- December 13, 1871
- Total
- 1.56 sq mi (4.05 km )
- Land
- 1.56 sq mi (4.04 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 1,217 ft (371 m)
- Density
- 1,003.7/sq mi (387.54/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-16500
- Website
- www .cityofcorningia .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Corning
- Population
- 1564
- Area
- 4.110891
- Elevation
- 364
- Official website
- www.cityofcorningia.com
- Image
- Icarian Colony sign and buildings.jpg
- Households
- 778
- Dialing code
- 641
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- postal code
- 50841
- Commons category
- Corning, Iowa
- inception
- 1852-00-00
- P8168
- Kaganovich
- water as percent of area
- 0.2275
- native label
- Corning
- per capita income
- 31222
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Corning is a city in Quincy and Jasper Townships, Adams County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,564 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Adams County. Corning is located just north of the intersection of U.S. Route 34 and Iowa Highway 148. Corning is perhaps best known as the birthplace of Johnny Carson. Daniel Webster Turner, who was governor of Iowa from 1931 to 1933, was born in Corning on March 17, 1877.
The town is named for Erastus Corning who owned stock in the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad which reached Corning on August 23, 1869 (resulting in the local depot moving from nearby Queen City to Corning). Corning donated a church bell to the Methodist Church. Corning also owned sizeable shares of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and other towns on the railroad including Corning, Missouri.