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Population: 200,536

Year Organized: 1806

Area: 707 Square Miles

County Seat: Bingamton

County Legislators: 19

County Nursing Homes: 1

Colleges and Universities: 2

State Parks: 2

Communities: 24

281 Uniformed Police Officers

School Districts: 12

Named in honor of John Broome, New York Lieutenant Governor in 1806

Home of Binghamton, Birthplace of IBM and Carousel Capitol of the World

Home of Rod Serling, creator of “The Twilight Zone” television show

Home of the Kopernik Space Education Center and Observatory, one of the largest
public observatories in the Northeast

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