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Elmira (city), New York

Elmira, New York
City
Flag of Elmira, New York
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Official seal of Elmira, New York
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Location in Chemung County in the state of New York
Location in Chemung County in the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°05′07″N 76°48′33″W / 42.08528°N 76.80917°W / 42.08528; -76.80917Coordinates: 42°05′07″N 76°48′33″W / 42.08528°N 76.80917°W / 42.08528; -76.80917
Country United States
State New York
County Chemung
Incorporated 1864
Government
 • Mayor Daniel Mandell (R)
 • City Manager P. Michael Collins
 • City Council
Area
 • City 7.58 sq mi (12.2 km2)
 • Land 7.28 sq mi (11.72 km2)
 • Water 0.3 sq mi (0.48 km2)
Elevation 873 ft (266 m)
Population (2010)
 • City 29,200
 • Density 4,229.5/sq mi (1,632/km2)
 • Metro 90,070 (Chemung County)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 14901
Area code(s) 607
FIPS code 36-24229
Website CityOfElmira.net

Elmira /ˌɛlˈmrə/ is a city in Chemung County, New York, US. It is the principal city of the Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses Chemung County, New York. The population was 29,200 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Chemung County.

The City of Elmira is in the south-central part of the county, surrounded on three sides by the Town of Elmira. It is in the Southern Tier of New York, a short distance north of the Pennsylvania state line.

This was long an area inhabited by indigenous people. In historic times, it was occupied by the Cayuga nation of the Iroquois Confederacy, also called the Kanawaholla. They had some relations with Europeans and English over fur trading, but were relatively isolated from the encroaching settlements.

During the American Revolutionary War, the Sullivan Expedition of 1779 was mounted against the four Iroquois nations who had allied with the British and Loyalist forces. It fought a combined British-Iroquois force at the Battle of Newtown, south of the current city, in which Sullivan and his forces were victorious. After the conclusion of the war, the Iroquois and the new United States made a treaty at Elmira in 1791 to settle territorial disputes in the region. Most of the Seneca emigrated under pressure with the other Iroquois to Canada, where they resettled on land provided by the British Crown.


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