The city of Lockport was incorporated in 1865. The workers remained in Lockport after the completion of the locks, giving the city a heavy Celtic influence still discernible today, especially in the Lowertown and North Lockport neighborhoods. The community was centered on the locks, and consisted mainly of immigrant Scottish and Irish canal workers brought in as labor. By 1829, Lockport was an established village. The canal reached Lockport in 1824, but the Flight of Five Locks were not completed until 1825. By December 1820, when the exact location of the step locks had been determined, the area that would become Lockport was owned by only fifteen men, many of whom were Quakers. Following the announcement, land speculators began to buy large plots along and near the proposed route of the canal. At the time, the nearest settlers were in nearby Cold Springs, New York.
The route proposed by surveyors was to traverse an area in central Niagara County, New York, which was then "uncivilized" and free of White settlers. The New York State Legislature authorized the Erie Canal's construction in April 1816.
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