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Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Tioga County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Wellsboro
Year Organized: 1804
Square Miles: 1,134
Court House:

118 Main Street
County Courthouse
Wellsboro, PA 16901-0589

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for the Tioga River. Tioga is derived from an Indian word meaning "the forks of a stream."

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Created March 26, 1804 from part of Lycoming County and named for the Tioga River. Tioga is derived from an Indian word meaning "the forks of a stream." Wellsboro, the county seat, was laid out in 1806 and incorporated as a borough on March 6, 1830. It was named for the Wells family,

Soldiers on the Continental Army's Sullivan Expedition in 1779 saw the potential of the area, but not until the Trenton Decree in 1782 abolished Connecticut's claims and the Ft. Stanwix Treaty of 1784 (the "Last Purchase") took title away from the Indians, did many settlers arrive. The Williamson Road, from Williamsport to Bath, was opened in 1793. The State Road to Wellsboro in 1800 brought in about five hundred settlers, mostly from Connecticut and New York. These residents did not advocate creation of the new county. In 1802 Aaron Bloss settled Blossburg and mined the high quality Bloss vein bituminous coal. An east-west road, begun in 1807, was essential. Forestry and agriculture controlled the economy from the first, but not until gristmills, sawmills, tanneries, distilleries, and iron works appeared in the 1840s was economic growth significant. The Corning and Blossburg Railroad was opened in 1840. By 1883 railroads connected coal fields with outlets on all four sides of county. 1890 saw the all time peak population: 52,313. The white pines were exhausted by 1865, but hemlock became marketable until it too was depleted, around 1900. Tanning leather was a major industry while there was hemlock; only one company remains today. Tobacco production and cigar making flourished from 1880 to 1900. Celery was a major product from 1900 to 1950. The coal-mining operators experienced labor unrest from the beginning. Now, mining has almost ceased. In the 1930s natural gas was discovered, sold off, and is now exhausted. Today dairying, corn, and maple sugar produce income. Farms cover 31 percent of the county. Corning Glass Works, two manufacturers of pipe fittings and related metal items, Wundies Corporation producing lingerie, and Borden Food Products, are major employers. In the years 1987 to 1992, the value added to the economy by this county's manufactures increased 71 percent. Hunting, fishing, water sports, and other tourism are strong, and there are extensive state forest reserves.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,137 square miles (2,946 kmē), of which, 1,134 square miles (2,936 kmē) of it is land and 4 square miles (9 kmē) of it (0.31%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

  • Steuben County, New York (north)
  • Chemung County, New York (northeast)
  • Bradford County (east)
  • Lycoming County (south)
  • Potter County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Bloss township
- Blossburg borough Incorporated Area
- Brookfield township
- Charleston township
- Covington township
- Deerfield township
- Delmar township
- Duncan township
- Elk township
- Elkland borough Incorporated Area
- Gaines township
- Hector township
- Kennedy township
- Knoxville borough Incorporated Area
- Lawrenceville borough Incorporated Area
- Liberty borough Incorporated Area
- Mansfield borough Incorporated Area
- McNett township
- Middlebury township
- Morris township
- Nelson township
- Osceola township
- Putnam township
- Richmond township
- Rutland township
- Shippen township
- Sullivan township
- Tioga borough Incorporated Area
- Union township
- Wellsboro (County Seat) borough Incorporated Area
- Westfield borough Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
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