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Chemung County
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county in New York, United States
Chemung County is a county located in New York State in the United States. It is part of the broader administrative and governmental structure of New York.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- Founded
- March 29, 1836
- Named after
- Unami for "big horn"
- Seat
- Elmira
- Largest city
- Elmira
- Executive
- Christopher J. Moss
- Total
- 411 sq mi (1,060 km )
- Land
- 407 sq mi (1,050 km )
- Water
- 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 80,415
- Density
- 207/sq mi (79.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 23rd
- Website
- www .chemungcountyny .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Chemung
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New York
- Contains
- Elmira
- Capital
- Elmira
- Population
- 84148
- Area
- 1064
- Shares border with
- Steuben County
- Official website
- www.chemungcounty.com
- Image
- Chemung County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 34328
Show 10 more facts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Chemung County, New York
- Commons category
- Chemung County, New York
- topic's main category
- Category:Chemung County, New York
- inception
- 1836-03-29
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chemung County, New York
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Chemung County
- different from
- Chemung
- per capita income
- 29959
- topic has template
- Template:Chemung County, New York
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Encyclopedic overview
Chemung County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 84,148 as of the 2020 census. Its county seat is Elmira. Its name is derived from a Delaware Indian village whose name means "big horn" in a Lenape language. The county is part of the Southern Tier region of the state.
Chemung County comprises the Elmira, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Elmira-Corning, NY Combined Statistical Area.
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