| DATE | EVENTS |
| 1797 | First dwelling built |
| 1798 | Kings move to Ceres, sawmillbuilt |
| 1798-99 | First birth, death and burial |
| 1802 | The Bells, Bees, Smiths, and Listers arrive |
| 1804 | First recorded flood,McKean County formed |
| 1805 | John Brevoost was first justice of peace |
| 1807 | First marriage in Ceres |
| 1817 | First Ceres Post Office established at John King's |
| 1823 | First school house in Ceres, PA |
| 1833 | First Sschool house in Ceres, NY |
| 1842 | William King established station for underground railroad |
| 1838 | Church built that was in both states |
| 1852 | Plank road built to Olean |
| 1888 | First natural gas for fuel and light |
| 1881 | Trolley from Olean |
| 1926 | Trolley shut down |
| 1801 | Mrs Francis King dies |
| 1817 | William Bell first settler in Ceres, NY |
| 1814 | Francis King dies |
| 1879 | Narrow guage railroad from Olean to Ceres to Friendship |
| 1875 | First iron bridge over the Oswayo River |
| 1901 | Last logs sawed at the Walsh mill |
| 1830 | Dr Enoch Maxson was first doctor |
| 1873 | The Ceres News was the first newspaper |
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