Chenango County Facts
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Facts of Interest
- Population: 51,401
- Year Organized: 1798
- Area: 864 Square Miles
- County Seat: Norwich
- Main Industry: Manufacturing
- County Supervisors: 23
- State Parks: 2
- Communities: 30
- 50 Uniformed Police Officers
- School Districts: 8
- Named from the Onondaga Indian words meaning “pleasant river flowing through the land of the large bull thistle”.
- Home of the Earlville Opera House.
- Home of the Colorscape Arts Festival.
- Home of Preferred Manor.
- Home of the General Clinton Canoe Regatta.
- Home of the Oxford Memorial Library.