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Chemung County Facts

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Facts of Interest

  • Population: 91,070
  • Year Organized: 1836
  • Area: 408 Square Miles
  • County Seat: Elmira
  • Main Industry: Manufacturing
  • County Legislators: 15
  • County Nursing Homes: 1
  • Colleges and Universities: 1
  • State Parks: 3
  • Cities, Towns and Villages: 17
  • 115 Uniformed Police Officers
  • School Districts: 3


  • The name Chemung is derived from the name of a Delaware Indian village said to signify “place of the big horn”, due to the mammoth tusks found in the region.
  • Final resting place of Samuel Clemens (A.K.A. Mark Twain) who wrote some of his best
    known works while spending his summers in Elmira.
  • Home of Wings of Eagles: The National Warplane Museum.
  • Home of The National Soaring Museum.
Last modified: February 25, 2008
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