Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1812 (declared in 1804)
Parent county: Lycoming

Namesake: The Tioga River
Seat: Wellsboro (1812–)

Land area: 1,134 square miles

Population (2020): 41,045

Population (historic): 1,687 (1810); 15,498 (1840); 35,097 (1870); 49,086 (1900); 31,871 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1890; 1930–2010

Subdivisions: Ten boroughs; two CDPs; 29 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,821 (31.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 67.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,324
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,381
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,702
Average farm size (1920): 76.3 acres
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Wellsboro

Namesake: Mary Wells, wife of an early resident

Founding: 1808 (post office); 1830 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,472

Population (historic): 620 (1850); 1,465 (1870); 2,954 (1900); 3,643 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1890; 1900–1960; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 820 (48.2%)
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