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NYSAC - Tioga County
Facts of Interest
- Population: 51,784
- Year Organized: 1791
- Area: 519 Square Miles
- County Seat: Owego
- Main Industry: Manufacturing
- County Legislators: 9
- State Parks: 1
- Communities: 16
- 30 Uniformed Police Officers
- School Districts: 6
- Named from an American Indian word meaning “at the forks” which referred to a famous Indian meeting place.
- Home of the living history museum, the Bement-Billings Farmstead.
- Home of the Tioga Scenic Railroad.
- Home of the Waverly Opera House, built in 1872.