Tioga County, New York

Founding: 1791
Parent county: Montgomery

Namesake: An Iroquois word describing a river confluence
Seat: Owego (1801–)

Land area: 519 square miles

Population (2020): 48,455

Population (historic): 7,109 (1800); 20,527 (1840); 30,572 (1870); 27,951 (1900); 25,480 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1840–1880; 1920–1990

Subdivisions: Six villages; three CDPs; nine towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,371 (28.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 78%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 29.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,441
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,360
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,541
Average farm size (1920): 76.4 acres
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Owego

Namesake: An Iroquois word describing the Susquehanna River valley

Founding: 1800 (post office); 1827 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,654

Population (historic): 4,756 (1870); 5,039 (1900); 4,742 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1920–1960; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,228 (63.6%)
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