Map of Corning town, Missouri

Corning is a village in Holt County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3 at the 2020 census.

The village is named for Erastus Corning who owned sizeable shares of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad and who is the namesake of another Burlington railroad community Corning, Iowa.

Corning town overview:
Name:	Corning town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Missouri
County:	Holt County
Elevation:	876 ft (267 m)
Total Area:	0.11 sq mi (0.28 km²)
Land Area:	0.11 sq mi (0.28 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	3
Population Density:	27.27/sq mi (10.57/km²)
ZIP code:	64437
Area code:	660
FIPS code:	2916462
GNISfeature ID:	2396661

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History

Corning was laid out in 1868 on main line of the railroad between Kansas City, Missouri and Council Bluffs, Iowa (the line remains active). A post office called Corning was in operation from 1868 to 1964.

From 1882 to 1980, a spur owned by the Burlington operated between Corning and Clarinda, Iowa initially under the name of the Tarko Valley Railroad.

The village’s St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Corning was impacted by the 2019 Midwestern U.S. floods.