Description: Tioga County takes its name from “Tyoga”, an Indian word meaning “gateway” or “place to enter”. The area now known as Ansonia was the entrance to the “Tiadaghton” or “River of Pines”, which was the major north-south Indian route that connected the tribes of the Finger Lakes (Seneca) region to the Susquehannock Tribes on the Susquehanna. The Pine Creek Valley is now known as the “Pennsylvania Grand Canyon”.
Population: 41,198
Area in square miles: 1,133.8
County seat: Wellsboro
Pronunciation: (ti-OH-ga)
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