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Tioga County / t aɪ ˈ oʊ ɡ ə / is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census , the population was 48,455. [ 2 ] Its county seat is Owego . [ 3 ]
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Tioga is a town in Tioga County, New York, United States. The population was 4,455 at the 2020 census. [2] The town is in the southwestern part of the county and lies ...
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The village of Owego was established in 1787. When the "Town of Tioga" was created from the Town of Union, Owego village was in Tioga. In 1813, Tioga and Owego switched names, putting the village in the same-named town. The current Town of Tioga is now just west of the village. The village is in the Owego-Apalachin Central School District.
USS Tioga County, a United States Navy landing ship tank in commission from 1953 to 1970 which also saw non-commissioned service in the Military Sealift Command from 1972 to 1973 as USNS Tioga County (T-LST-1158)
The name "Tioga" is borrowed from Native American tribes who lived in the area at the time of the arrival of European colonists; it means "at the forks". The various Iroquois tribes all had similar words for the concept: the Oneida called it Te-ah-o-ge, the Mohawk called it Te-yo-ge-ga, the Cayuga called it Da-o-ga and the Seneca called it Da-yo-o-geh.
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