Editing Chemung County, New York

{{Short description|County in New York, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Chemung County
 | state                = New York
 | type                 = [[List of counties in New York|County]]
 | seal                 = Chemungcountyseal.png
 | founded              = March 29, 1836
 | seat wl              = Elmira
 | largest city wl      = Elmira
 | leader_title         = Executive
 | leader_name          = Christopher J. Moss
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 411
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 407
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 3.4
 | area percentage      = 0.8
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 84148<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census 2020 Population Dataset Tables for New York |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Population%20Total&g=0400000US36%240500000&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref>
 | density_sq_mi        = 206.6
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | web                  = https://www.chemungcountyny.gov/
 | ex image             = Chemung County Courthouse.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Chemung County Courthouse
 | district             = 23rd
 | flag                 =
 | named for            = [[Unami language|Unami]] for "big horn"
}}

'''Chemung County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]. The population was 84,148 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2019">{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Chemung County, New York|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/chemungcountynewyork/PST045221|access-date=January 3, 2022|website=www.census.gov|language=en}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Elmira, New York|Elmira]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> Its name is derived from a [[Lenape|Delaware]] [[Native American (U.S.)|Indian]] village whose name means "big horn" in the [[Seneca 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 (city), New York|Corning]], NY [[Combined Statistical Area]].

Many signs posted along roads in Chemung County refer to the area as "[[Mark Twain]] Country," because the noted author lived and wrote for many years in Elmira.

==History==
[[File:Chemung County New York - Beers 1869.jpg|thumb|left|150px|1869 map of Chemung County]]
{{for|the history of Chemung County prior to its creation by partition|Tioga County, New York|}}

Chemung County was formed from {{convert|520|sqmi|km2}} of Tioga County in 1836.<ref name="NYLAWS CHEMUNG 01">'''New York. ''Laws of New York.''1836, 59th Session, Chapter 077, Section 1, Page 102.'''</ref>

In 1854, Chemung County was divided and {{convert|110|sqmi|km2}} became [[Schuyler County, New York|Schuyler County]], reducing Chemung to {{convert|410|sqmi|km2}}, its current size.<ref name="NYLAWS CHEMUNG 02">'''New York. ''Laws of New York.''1854, 77th Session, Chapter 386, Sections 1—4 & 6, Pages 913—915.'''</ref>

In the late 1870s, the [[Greenback Party]] became prominent in Chemung and nearby counties in western New York. Here it was primarily allied with labor in a critique of capital, reaching its peak in 1878, the year following the [[Great Railroad Strike of 1877]] and the [[Scranton General Strike]] in Pennsylvania. There were also strikes that year in Albany, Syracuse and Buffalo, starting with the railroad workers. In [[Steuben County, New York|Steuben]] and Chemung counties, Greenbackers were elected to county councils in 1878 instead of Democrats, and others were elected from there and nearby counties to the state legislature, gaining votes of more than 25 percent in several of the Southern Tier counties. It gradually declined after that, due to internal dissension and the strength of the two major parties.<ref name="klein">[https://books.google.com/books?id=FSn8HvlYsgUC&dq=Chemung+Greenbacker+Party&pg=PA455 Milton M. Klein, ''The Empire State: A History of New York''], Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2005, pp. 455-456</ref>
[[File:Chemung County Flag.jpg|thumb|Flag of Chemung County, at the Chemung County Courthouse]]

==Geography==
[[File:John H. Hazlett Building, Elmira.jpg|thumb|The Chemung County Government Building in Elmira]]
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|411|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|407|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.4|sqmi}} (0.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519062322/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 19, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 3, 2015 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref>

Chemung County is in the southwestern part of New York State, along the [[Pennsylvania]] border, in a part of New York called the [[Southern Tier]] and is also part of the [[Finger Lakes]] Region.

The [[Southern Tier Expressway]] runs through the County east-west near the Pennsylvania border, between [[Waverly, Tioga County, New York|Waverly]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Corning (town), New York|Corning]], [[New York (state)|New York]] via [[Elmira, New York|Elmira]], [[New York (state)|New York]].

==Transportation==

===Major highways===
{{div col}}
* [[File:I-86.svg|20px]] [[File:NY-17.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania-New York)|Interstate 86]] / [[New York State Route 17]] ([[Southern Tier Expressway]])
* [[File:NY-13.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 13]]
* [[File:NY-14.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 14]]
* [[File:NY-34.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 34]]
* [[File:NY-223.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 223]]
* [[File:NY-328.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 328]]
* [[File:NY-352.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 352]]
* [[File:NY-367.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 367]]
* [[File:NY-414.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 414]]
* [[File:NY-427.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 427]]
{{div col end}}

===Airport===
* [[Elmira Corning Regional Airport]]

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
|1840= 20732
|1850= 28821
|1860= 26917
|1870= 35281
|1880= 43065
|1890= 48265
|1900= 54063
|1910= 54662
|1920= 65872
|1930= 74680
|1940= 73718
|1950= 86827
|1960= 98706
|1970= 101537
|1980= 97656
|1990= 95195
|2000= 91070
|2010= 88830
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 3, 2015|archive-date=December 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226073904/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ny190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36015.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205223137/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36015.html|archive-date=February 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|2020=84148}}

=== 2020 Census ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Chemung County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title =P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Chemung County, New York|url= https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Chemung%20County,%20New%20York&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|69,559
|82.66%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|5,009
|5.95%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|198
|0.23%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|1,426
|1.69%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|15
|0.02%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|5,003
|5.95%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|2,938
|3.49%
|}

=== 2000 Census ===
As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 91,070 people, 35,049 households and 23,272 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|223|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 37,745 housing units at an average density of {{convert|92|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 90.96% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 5.82% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.23% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.78% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.75% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.44% from two or more races. 1.77% of the population were [[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 16.4% were of [[Germans|German]], 15.7% [[Irish people|Irish]], 12.5% [[English people|English]], 11.8% [[Italian people|Italian]], 7.8% [[United States|American]] and 6.3% [[Polish people|Polish]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]] [https://www.census.gov]. Most of those claiming to be of "American" ancestry are of English descent and, in upstate New York, also in some cases of Dutch descent, but have family that has been in the country for so long, in many cases since the early seventeenth century, that they choose to identify simply as "American".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SVoAXh-dNuYC&dq=Sharing+the+dream:+white+males+in+multicultural+America++english+ancestry&pg=PA57 ''Sharing the Dream: White Males in a Multicultural America''] By Dominic J. Pulera.</ref><ref>Reynolds Farley, "The New Census Question about Ancestry: What Did It Tell Us?", ''Demography'', Vol. 28, No. 3 (August 1991), pp. 414, 421.</ref><ref>Stanley Lieberson and Lawrence Santi, 'The Use of Nativity Data to Estimate Ethnic Characteristics and Patterns', ''Social Science Research'', Vol. 14, No. 1 (1985), pp. 44-6.</ref><ref>Stanley Lieberson and Mary C. Waters, 'Ethnic Groups in Flux: The Changing Ethnic Responses of American Whites', ''Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'', Vol. 487, No. 79 (September 1986), pp. 82-86.</ref><ref>Mary C. Waters, ''Ethnic Options: Choosing Identities in America'' (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990), p. 36.</ref> 96.2% spoke [[English language|English]] and 1.6% [[Spanish language|Spanish]] as their first language.

There were 35,049 households, of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.80% were [[Marriage|married couples]] 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.

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

==Government==
{{Expand section|date=August 2008}}
Before 1974, Chemung County was governed by a board of supervisors. On January 1, 1974, executive and legislative powers were split between a [[county executive]] and a 15-seat legislature.<ref>{{Citation
| date = November 25, 1973
| title = 3 MORE COUNTIES ADOPT CHARTERS
| periodical = [[The New York Times]]
| location = [[New York City|New York, New York]]
| pages = 59
}}</ref> All 15 members are elected from [[single-member district]]s. As of 2024, the Chemung County Legislature includes 13 Republicans and 2 Democrats. Chemung County is a part of the [[New York's 23rd congressional district|23rd congressional district]], represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Nick Langworthy]].

{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Chemung County Executives'''
! Name
! Party
! Term
|-
| John H. Hazlett
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| January 1, 1974 – 1975
|-
| Morris E. Blostein
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 1975 – 1979
|-
| R. Stanley Benjamin
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 1979 – 1983
|-
| Robert G. Densberger
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 1983 – 1991
|-
| G. Thomas Tranter, Jr.
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 1991 – 2000
|-
| Thomas J. Santulli
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2000 – 2019
|-
|Christopher J. Moss
|{{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|2019 –
|}

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{{PresRow|1972|Republican|26,200|12,650|94|New York}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|20,693|15,820|3,040|New York}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|14,716|26,332|34|New York}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|26,469|17,899|28|New York}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|33,270|11,592|0|New York}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|30,188|13,729|79|New York}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|22,754|13,352|813|New York}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|22,198|15,064|97|New York}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|22,156|15,203|140|New York}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|20,515|15,542|138|New York}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|20,152|13,825|773|New York}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|25,029|12,189|136|New York}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|18,599|7,162|3,004|New York}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|17,864|7,060|1,144|New York}}
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{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|3,317|6,008|3,660|New York}}
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{{PresRow|1904|Republican|7,282|5,641|741|New York}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|6,921|6,531|545|New York}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|7,926|5,259|401|New York}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|5,410|4,661|1,104|New York}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|5,467|6,037|394|New York}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|5,198|4,719|798|New York}}
|}

In presidential elections, Chemung County tends to vote Republican. Only two Democrats ([[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1964 and [[Bill Clinton]] in 1996) have carried the county since 1920. It voted for [[George W. Bush]] in 2004 by a 10.85% margin. In 2008, the margin was much closer, but voters still gave [[John McCain]] a 1.23% win over [[Barack Obama]]. In 2012, [[Mitt Romney]] carried the county by 2.33%. In 2016, [[Donald Trump]] carried Chemung County with 55.64% of the vote compared to [[Hillary Clinton]]'s 38.09%. Trump carried the county again in 2020 with over 55% of the vote.

==Education==
{{See also|Category:Education in Chemung County, New York}}
Education in Chemung County is provided by various private and public institutions. High school students and adults have access to GST [[Board of Cooperative Educational Services (New York)|BOCES]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About GST BOCES Bush Campus|url=http://www.gstboces.org/#/pages/bushcampus.cfm|publisher=GST BOCES|access-date=8 May 2013}}</ref> BOCES provides vocation-style training in a wide range of fields as well as adult education and special education.

===Public school districts===
School districts with any portion of territory in the county, even if the schools and/or administrative offices are elsewhere, include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36015_chemung/DC20SD_C36015.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Chemung County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-12-23}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36015_chemung/DC20SD_C36015_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Corning City School District]]
* [[Elmira City School District]]
* [[Elmira Heights Central School District]]
* [[Horseheads Central School District]]
* [[Odessa-Montour Central School District]]
* [[Spencer-Van Etten Central School District]]
* [[Watkins Glen Central School District]]
* [[Waverly Central School District]]
{{div col end}}

===Private schools===
* Chemung Valley [[Montessori education|Montessori]] School<ref>{{cite web|title=Chemung Valley Montessori School|url=http://www.cvms.org/|publisher=Go Montessori|access-date=May 8, 2013}}</ref>
* Elmira Christian Academy<ref>{{cite web|title=Elmira Christian Academy|url=http://www.elmirachristianacademy.com/|publisher=Elmira Christian Academy|access-date=May 8, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622030046/http://www.elmirachristianacademy.com/|archive-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref>
* Holy Family Middle School<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome-Holy Family Junior High School (Elmira)|url=http://schools.dor.org/hfamilyms/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409134903/http://schools.dor.org/hfamilyms/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2010|publisher=Diocese of Rochester|access-date=May 8, 2013}}</ref>
* Saint Mary Our Mother School<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome-St. Mary Our Mother School|url=http://schools.dor.org/stmom/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060815042029/http://schools.dor.org/stmom/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 15, 2006|publisher=Diocese of Rochester|access-date=May 8, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Notre Dame High School (Elmira, New York)|Notre Dame High School]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Notre Dame High School|url=http://www.notredamehighschool.com/|publisher=Notre Dame High School|access-date=May 8, 2013}}</ref>
* Twin Tiers Christian Academy<ref>{{cite web|title=Twin Tiers Christian Academy Home|url=http://www.twintierschristianacademy.org/|publisher=Twin Tiers Christian Academy|access-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref>

===Higher education===
* Arnot Ogden School of Nursing<ref>{{cite web|title=Arnot Health|url=http://www.arnothealth.org/son|publisher=Arnot Health|access-date=May 8, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Corning Community College]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Corning Community College Facilities|url=http://www.corning-cc.edu/community/comed/facilities.php|publisher=Corning Community College|access-date=May 8, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527100141/http://www.corning-cc.edu/community/comed/facilities.php|archive-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref> ''(off-campus sites)''
* [[Elmira College]]
* Elmira Business Institute<ref>{{cite web|title=Medical and Technical Career Training Programs - EBI Career Institute|url=http://www.ebi-college.com/|publisher=Elmira Business Institute|access-date=May 8, 2013}}</ref>

===Public libraries===
'''Chemung County Library District'''
[[File:Steele Memorial Library.png|thumb|Steele Memorial Library]]
* Steele Memorial Library
* Horseheads Free Library
* Big Flats Library
* West Elmira Library
* Van Etten Library
* Chemung County Bookmobile<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Libraries|url=http://www.steele.lib.ny.us/our_libraries.htm|publisher=Chemung County Library District|access-date=May 8, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510022105/http://www.steele.lib.ny.us/our_libraries.htm|archive-date=May 10, 2013}}</ref>

==Communities==

===Larger Settlements===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!#
!Location
!Population
!Type
!Area
|-
|1
|†[[Elmira, New York|Elmira]]
|29,200
|City
|Elmira-Horseheads
|-
|2
|[[Southport (CDP), New York|Southport]]
|7,238
|CDP
|Elmira-Horseheads
|-
|3
|[[Horseheads (village), New York|Horseheads]]
|6,461
|Village
|Elmira-Horseheads
|-
|4
|[[Big Flats (CDP), New York|Big Flats]]
|5,277
|CDP
|West
|-
|5
|[[West Elmira, New York|West Elmira]]
|4,967
|CDP
|Elmira-Horseheads
|-
|6
|[[Elmira Heights, New York|Elmira Heights]]
|4,097
|Village
|Elmira-Horseheads
|-
|7
|[[Horseheads North, New York|Horseheads North]]
|2,843
|CDP
|North
|-
|8
|[[Pine Valley, New York|Pine Valley]]
|813
|CDP
|North
|-
|9
|[[Breesport, New York|Breesport]]
|626
|CDP/Hamlet
|Northeast
|-
|10
|[[Wellsburg, New York|Wellsburg]]
|580
|Village
|Southeast
|-
|11
|††[[Van Etten (hamlet), New York|Van Etten]]
|537
|CDP/Hamlet
|Northeast
|-
|12
|[[Erin (CDP), New York|Erin]]
|483
|CDP
|Northeast
|-
|13
|[[Millport, New York|Millport]]
|312
|Village
|North
|}
† - County Seat

†† - Former Village

===Towns===
{{div col}}
* [[Ashland, Chemung County, New York|Ashland]]
* [[Baldwin, Chemung County, New York|Baldwin]]
* [[Big Flats (town), New York|Big Flats]]
* [[Catlin, New York|Catlin]]
* [[Chemung, New York|Chemung]]
* [[Elmira (town), New York|Elmira]]
* [[Erin, New York|Erin]]
* [[Horseheads (town), New York|Horseheads]]
* [[Southport (town), New York|Southport]]
* [[Van Etten (town), New York|Van Etten]]
* [[Veteran, New York|Veteran]]
{{div col end}}

===Hamlet===
* [[Lowman, New York|Lowman]]

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Chemung County, New York}}

==See also==
{{Portal|New York (state)}}
* [[List of counties in New York]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Chemung County, New York]]

==References==
;Specific
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;General
* New York: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; Compiled by Kathryn Ford Thorne and Edited by John H. Long.

==Further reading==
* {{cite Q|Q114149636|p=825-31|chapter=Chapter V. Chemung County.
 |editor=Sullivan, James
 |editor2=Williams, Melvin E.
 |editor3=Conklin, Edwin P.
 |editor4=Fitzpatrick, Benedict
}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Chemung County}}
* [http://www.chemungcounty.com Chemung County, New York site]
* [http://www.chemungchamber.org Chemung County Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.elmira.edu Elmira College]
* [http://ccld.lib.ny.us/ Chemung County Library District]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Chemung County, New York
|North     = [[Schuyler County, New York|Schuyler County]]
|Northeast = [[Tompkins County, New York|Tompkins County]]
|East      = [[Tioga County, New York|Tioga County]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Bradford County, Pennsylvania]]
|Southwest = [[Tioga County, Pennsylvania]]
|West      = [[Steuben County, New York|Steuben County]]
|Northwest =
}}
{{Chemung County, New York}}
{{New_York}}

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