Tioga County, New York

Tioga County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 51,784. Its name derives from an word meaning "at the forks," describing a meeting place. Its is.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Tioga County was part of. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of and, in theory, extending westward to the. This county was reduced in size on, by the creation of , and further on ,  by the creation of , both containing territory now in Vermont.

On, , what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces,, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of, and the county included the western part of the and the area west of the West Branch of the. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for, colonial governor of New York.

In the years prior to, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to. In, following the peace treaty that ended the , the name of Tryon County was changed to in honor of the general, , who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of , replacing the name of the hated British governor.

In, Montgomery County was reduced in size by the splitting off of. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present, , , , , , , , , , , , and part of and.

Tioga County was one of three counties split off from Montgomery County (the others being and ) in. Tioga County was at this time much larger than the present county, also including the present and  and parts of  and.

Tioga County was reduced in size in by the splitting off of  (which also included part of the present  and by the combination of a portion with a portion of  to create . In  it was further reduced by the splitting off of.

Geography
Tioga County is located in southwest New York State, west of and directly north of the border with. The flows into Pennsylvania from this county. The county is considered part of the region of New York State.

The highest elevation is an unnamed 1,994-foot (607.8 m) hill in the county's northern corner.

According to the, the county has a total area of 1,354 (523 ). 1,343 km² (519 sq mi) of it is land and 11 km² (4 sq mi) of it (0.81%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 51,784 people, 19,725 households, and 14,320 families residing in the county. The was 39/km² (100/sq mi). There were 21,410 housing units at an average density of 16/km² (41/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.52%, 0.54% , 0.22% , 0.57% , 0.01% , 0.21% from , and 0.92% from two or more races. or of any race were 0.98% of the population.

There were 19,725 households out of which 34.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.70% were living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.40% were non-families. 22.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.00% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 28.80% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 13.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,266, and the median income for a family was $46,509. Males had a median income of $32,161 versus $23,653 for females. The for the county was $18,673. About 6.00% of families and 8.40% of the population were below the, including 10.00% of those under age 18 and 4.20% of those age 65 or over.

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