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Chenango County Facts

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  • 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.
Last modified: February 25, 2008
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