Tioga County, NY history

The Tioga County chapter, from French's Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860).

French's Gazetteer provides a detailed capsule description of this county on the eve of the Civil War. For those unfamiliar with the county and its history, it's hard to imagine a better place to start coming up the learning curve.  Localities mentioned include the following:  Barton, Waverly, Factoryville, North Barton, Halsey Valley, Berkshire, East Berkshire, Wilson Creek, Candor, Candor Center, Willseyville, South Candor, Weltonville, East Candor, Newark, Newark Valley, Ketchumville, West Newark, Nichols, Hoopers Valley, Canfields Corners, Owego, Apalachin, Campville, Flemingville, Willsboro, South Owego, Richford, West Richford, Spencer, Tioga, Tioga Center, Smithsboro, Halsey Valley, Straights Corners, and Jenksville.  5+ pages, PDF format, download now for $1.75.

We'll be adding the chapter about Tioga County from Mather & Brockett's Geographical History of the State of New York (1848) shortly as a download.