Tioga, NY
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ripraff
N 42° 03.612 W 076° 21.209
18T E 388012 N 4657346
Tioga is a small town on the north side of the Susquehanna River. The town hall is a new looking simple building with pale yellow siding with white trim and reddish brown roof.
Waymark Code: WMQ4NK
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 12/19/2015
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"Within its present boundaries Tioga includes 35,805 acres of land; and as good land as' can be found in all Tioga county. The Susquehanna forms the southern boundary, while its principal tributary streams within the town are Pipe and Catatonk creeks. Owego creek forms the eastern boundary. The soil is a fine dark loam in the valleys and a gravelly loam on the hills.
The act creating the town made provision for the first town meeting, and accordingly the inhabitants met and elected officers...The pioneers found in the valley many cleared places on which the Indians had planted gardens and grown fruits...According to the local tradition. the first settlers were lumbermen as well as farmers, and from 1800 down to about 1840 Tioga was one of the first towns in the valley in the shipment of lumber and rafts down the river...Indeed, the chief factor in Tioga Centre history for many years was Col. William Ransom, and second to his efforts were those of his partner, David Waffis. They began mercantile business in 1827, and for years were the most extensive dealers in the region west of Owego creek. "