Chemung County is situated along New York's southern border with Pennsylvania, is a largely rural county that was once home to American author Mark Twain. Chemung County has a long and rich history. The name itself dates back to 1779 when early settlers named the area after a Native American village that was destroyed by the Sullivan Expedition. In the Delaware dialect of the Algonquin language, the word Chemung means place of the big horn. This harkens back to a time when Native Americans discovered large mammoth tusks along what is now the Chemung River. The county is known as the Soaring Capital of the World and is home to the National Warplane Museum.

Population: 91,070
Area in square miles: 412
County seat: Elmira