Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Tioga County Courthouse
Location in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's location in the U.S.
Founded	October 13, 1812
Named for	Tioga River
Seat	Wellsboro
Largest borough	Mansfield
Area
• Total	1,137 sq mi (2,945 km2)
• Land	1,134 sq mi (2,937 km2)
• Water	3.2 sq mi (8 km2), 0.3%
Population (est.)
• (2015)	41,877
• Density	37/sq mi (14/km²)
Congressional districts	5th, 10th
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website	www.tiogacountypa.us

Tioga County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,981. Its county seat is Wellsboro. The county was created on March 26, 1804, from part of Lycoming County and later organized in 1812. It is named for the Tioga River.

The county was originally settled by immigrants of "Yankee" stock (immigrants from New England and the western part of New York descended from the English Puritans whose ancestors settled New England in the colonial era). With the opening of a rough wagon road to the source of the Tioga River, New England settlers poured over the Allegheny Mountains. Tioga County resembled upstate New York more than it did Pennsylvania with its population primarily consisting of settlers from New England. Roads were laid out, post routes established, public buildings erected and people were invited to move there. The original settlers were entirely of New England origins or were Yankees from upstate New York whose families had moved to that place from New England only one generation earlier, in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War. This resulted in Tioga County being culturally contiguous with early New England culture.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,137 square miles (2,940 km²), of which 1,134 square miles (2,940 km²) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km²) (0.3%) is water. It is the fourth-largest county in Pennsylvania by land area and fifth-largest by total area.