Chemung County, New York

Chemung County is a located in the  of. It is part of the 'Elmira, New York ' which encompasses all of Chemung County. As of the, the population was 91,070. Its name is derived from the name of a  village (meaning "big horn"). Its is. Many signs posted along roads in Chemung County refer to the area as " Country" because of the many years the author lived and wrote in Elmira. The Chemung County Chamber of Commerce has represented business and Industry in Elmira and Chemung County in such diverse areas as local, State and Federal legislation, small business concerns, tourism promotion and economic development.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Chemung County was part of. This was a large 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.

was one of three counties split off from Montgomery County (the others being and ) in.

Chemung County was formed from Tioga County in, but the county at that time was rather larger than the present county.

In, a portion of Chemung County was combined with areas taken from and  to create.

Geography
Chemung County is in the southwestern part of New York State, along the border, in a part of New York called the  and is also part of the  Region.

According to the, the county has a total area of 1,064 (411 ). 1,057 km² (408 sq mi) of it is land and 7 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.64%) is water.

The runs through the County east-west near the Pennsylvania border.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 91,070 people, 35,049 households, and 23,272 families residing in the county. The was 86/km² (223/sq mi). There were 37,745 housing units at an average density of 36/km² (92/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.96%, 5.82% or , 0.23% , 0.78% , 0.02% , 0.75% from , and 1.44% from two or more races. 1.77% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 35,049 households out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.80% were living together, 12.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.60% were non-families. 27.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.40% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 28.30% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,415, and the median income for a family was $43,994. Males had a median income of $35,076 versus $24,215 for females. The for the county was $18,264. About 9.10% of families and 13.00% of the population were below the, including 18.40% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.

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