NYSAC - Chemung

 

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.