Government Detail

Summary

Name Level Type/Class Home Rule?
Tioga, County of county County (Class: 6) no

Detail

Census Creation Date Created Boundary Alteration Count Dissolved
Mar 26, 1804 0

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Related

Name Relationship Status
Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Parent current
Bloss, Township of Child current
Blossburg, Borough of Child current
Brookfield, Township of Child current
Charleston, Township of Child current
Charlestown, Township of (Tioga, alternate) Child variant
Chatham, Township of Child current
Clymer, Township of Child current
Covington, Borough of (1831-1835, defunct) Child most recent
Covington, Borough of (1851-1918, defunct) Child most recent
Covington, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Deerfield, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Delmar, Township of Child current
Duncan, Township of Child current
Elk, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Elkland, Borough of Child current
Elkland, Township of (Tioga, since 1913, defunct) Child most recent
Elkland, Township of (Tioga, thru 1858, defunct) Child most recent
Fall Brook, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Fallbrook, Borough of (alternate) Child variant
Farmington, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Gaines, Township of Child current
Hamilton, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Holidaytown, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Horacetown, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Jackson, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Knoxville, Borough of (Tioga) Child current
Lawrence, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Lawrenceville, Borough of (Tioga) Child current
Liberty, Borough of (Tioga) Child current
Liberty, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Mainsburg, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Mansfield, Borough of (Tioga) Child current
Middlebury, Township of Child current
Middletown, Township of (Tioga, defunct) Child most recent
Millerton, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Morris, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Morris, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Nelson, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Nelson, Township of Child current
Nelson, Township of (1897-1913, defunct) Child most recent
Nelson, Township of (thru 1886, defunct) Child most recent
Osceola, Borough of (Tioga, defunct) Child most recent
Osceola, Township of Child current
Osceola, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Putnam, Township of Child current
Richmond, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Roseville, Borough of Child current
Roseville, Borough of (1876-1908, defunct) Child most recent
Rutland, Township of Child current
Shippen, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Sullivan, Township of Child current
Tioga, Borough of Child current
Tioga, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Unadilla, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Union, Township of (Tioga) Child current
Ward, Township of Child current
Wellsboro, Borough of Child current
Westfield, Borough of Child current
Westfield, Township of Child current

Identifier

Detail Type Source Identifier Relationship Web Link
View census US Census Bureau FIPS: County 42117 Lead
View geologic USGS GNIS: Civil 1209189 Lead View
View other Wikidata Q495613 Lead View
View state Pennsylvania DCED: County 59 Lead

Affected Government

Detail How Affected Adverse Government How Adverse Affected Date
View Creation (Within) Lycoming, County of Part Mar 26, 1804
View Separation Lycoming, County of Reduction Oct 13, 1812
View Ascertainment Lycoming, County of Ascertainment 1879
View Ascertainment Chemung, County of (NY) Ascertainment Aug 19, 1890
View Ascertainment Steuben, County of (NY) Ascertainment Aug 19, 1890
View Ascertainment Lycoming, County of Ascertainment 1892–1904

Affected Government Form

Detail Government Form Date
View County (Unorganized) Mar 26, 1804
View County Oct 13, 1812
View County, 7th Class Jul 10, 1919
View County, 6th Class Sep 15, 1971

Other Successful Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Tribal Land Cession Pennsylvania 1768 Tribal Land Cession yes+ 1768
View Annexation Northumberland County-Westmoreland County 1785 Annexation yes+ 1785
View New Township Delmar Township 1807 Creation yes+ 1807
View New Township Deerfield Township-Elkland Township 1814 Creation yes* 1814
View New Township Covington Township 1815 Creation yes* Feb 15, 1815
View New Township Jackson Township (Tioga) 1815 Creation yes* Sep 1815
View New Township Sullivan Township 1816 Creation yes* Feb 1816
View New Township Lawrence Township (PA) 1816 Creation yes* Dec 1816
View New Township Charleston Township 1820 Creation yes* Dec 1820
View New Township Westfield Township 1821 Creation yes* Dec 1821
View New Township Middlebury Township 1822 Creation yes* Sep 1822
View New Township Liberty Township-Shippen Township 1823 Creation yes* Feb 1823
View New Township Richmond Township 1824 Creation yes* Feb 1824
View New Township Morris Township 1824 Creation yes* Sep 14, 1824
View New Township Brookfield Township 1827 Creation yes* Feb 13, 1827
View New Township Chatham Township 1828 Creation yes* Feb 21, 1828
View New Township Rutland Township 1828 Creation yes* Feb 21, 1828
View Annexation Elkland Township-Deerfield Township 1828 Annexation yes* Dec 19, 1828
View New Township Farmington Township 1830 Creation yes* Feb 1830
View New Township Union Township 1830 Creation yes* Feb 17, 1830
View New Borough Wellsboro Borough 1830 Creation yes Mar 16, 1830
View Annexation Farmington Township-Middlebury Township to Chatham Township 1831 Annexation yes* 1831
View New Borough Covington Borough 1831 Creation yes Mar 21, 1831
View New Borough Lawrenceville Borough 1831 Creation yes Mar 21, 1831
View Annexation Westfield Township-Brookfield Township 1833 Annexation yes* 1833
View Dissolution Covington Borough-Covington Township 1835 Merger yes* May 30, 1835
View Charter Amendment Wellsboro Borough 1835 Charter Amendment yes* May 30, 1835
View New Township Gaines Township 1838 Creation yes* 1838
View New Borough Horacetown Borough 1840 Creation yes Feb 19, 1840
View New Township Bloss Township 1841 Creation yes* Jun 16, 1841
View Dissolution Horacetown Borough-Lawrence Township 1844 Merger yes May 8, 1844
View Annexation Delmar Township-Charleston Township 1849 Annexation yes* 1847–1849
View New Borough Elkland Borough 1849 Creation yes Apr 10, 1849
View New Borough Knoxville Borough 1850 Creation yes Apr 19, 1850
View New Township Middletown Township 1850 Creation yes* 1850
View New Borough Covington Borough 1851 Creation yes Mar 7, 1851
View New Township Ward Township 1852 Creation yes* Feb 5, 1852
View New Name Clymer Township 1852 Creation yes Mar 25, 1852
View General Law Wellsboro Borough 1852 General Law yes May 21, 1852
View General Law Knoxville Borough 1852 General Law yes Sep 16, 1852
View Annexation Delmar Township-Middlebury Township 1856 Annexation yes* 1856
View Boundary Realignment Richmond Township-Rutland Township 1856 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1856
View New Township Elk Township 1856 Creation yes* Feb 16, 1856
View New Township Osceola Township 1856 Creation yes* 1856
View Boundary Realignment Elkland Borough-Elkland Township 1857 Boundary Realignment yes* 1857
View General Law Elkland Borough 1857 General Law yes Jan 8, 1857
View New Borough Mansfield Borough 1857 Creation yes Feb 21, 1857
View New Name Nelson Township 1858 Creation yes Apr 20, 1858
View New Borough Mainsburg Borough 1859 Creation yes Feb 9, 1859
View New Borough Tioga Borough 1860 Creation yes Jun 14, 1860
View Boundary Realignment Middlebury Township-Richmond Township to Tioga Township 1861 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1860–1861
View Boundary Realignment Rutland Township-Sullivan Township 1861 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1860–1861
View Annexation Deerfield Township-Knoxville Borough 1862 Annexation yes* 1862
View Boundary Realignment Chatham Township-Delmar Township-Shippen Township 1863 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1862–1863
View Boundary Realignment Delmar Township-Shippen Township 1863 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1862–1863
View New Borough Fall Brook Borough 1864 Creation yes Aug 31, 1864
View Annexation Shippen Township-Clymer Township 1866 Annexation yes* 1866
View General Law Lawrenceville Borough 1866 General Law yes Aug 20, 1866
View New Borough Westfield Borough 1867 Creation yes Feb 12, 1867
View General Law Knoxville Borough 1870 General Law yes Feb 1, 1870
View Annexation Delmar Township-Wellsboro Borough 1870 Annexation yes Apr 6, 1870
View New School District Elkland and Nelson Independent School District 1871 Creation yes* 1870–1871
View New Borough Blossburg Borough 1871 Creation yes Sep 9, 1871
View New Township Hamilton Township 1871 Creation yes* Dec 1871
View New Township Duncan Township 1873 Creation yes* Dec 1873
View Boundary Realignment Covington Township-Richmond Township 1875 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1875
View Annexation Mansfield Borough 1875 Ordinance yes Oct 4, 1875
View Boundary Realignment Shippen Township-Clymer Township 1876 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1876
View New Borough Roseville Borough 1876 Creation yes Feb 3, 1876
View Boundary Realignment Chatham Township-Clymer Township 1877 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1876–1877
View Annexation Chatham Township-Deerfield Township 1878 Annexation yes* 1878
View Annexation Deerfield Township-Osceola Township 1878 Annexation yes* 1878
View New Borough Osceola Borough 1882 Creation yes Dec 1, 1882
View Annexation Charleston Township-Bloss Township 1883 Annexation yes* 1882–1883
View Boundary Realignment Jackson Township-Rutland Township 1884 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1883–1884
View New Borough Nelson Borough 1886 Creation yes May 17, 1886
View General Law Covington Borough 1886 General Law yes Jun 28, 1886
View New School District Clymer Independent School District 1888 Creation yes* 1888
View New School District Clymer Independent School District 1888 Dissolution yes* 1888
View Boundary Realignment Richmond Township-Sullivan Township 1890 Boundary Realignment yes* 1890
View Boundary Realignment Farmington Township-Lawrence Township 1892 Boundary Realignment yes* 1892
View New Borough Liberty Borough 1893 Creation yes Jul 3, 1893
View Annexation Lawrence Township-Lawrenceville Borough 1894 Annexation yes* 1894
View New Township Nelson Township 1897 Creation yes* Oct 19, 1897
View Dissolution Mainsburg Borough-Sullivan Township 1898 Merger yes* Jun 24, 1898
View Township Classification Pennsylvania 1899 Township Classification yes Apr 28, 1899
View Dissolution Fall Brook Borough-Ward Township 1900 Merger yes* Oct 1, 1900
View Boundary Realignment Clymer Township-Westfield Township 1904 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1902–1904
View School District Annexation Bloss Township-Covington Township 1906 School District Annexation yes* 1905–1906
View Boundary Realignment Chatham Township-Shippen Township 1906 Boundary Ascertainment yes* 1905–1906
View Boundary Realignment Deerfield Township-Osceola Borough 1909 Boundary Realignment yes* 1902–1909
View Dissolution Roseville Borough-Rutland Township 1909 Merger yes* Jan 4, 1909
View New Name Elkland Township 1913 Creation yes* May 26, 1913
View New Township Nelson Township 1913 Creation yes* Jul 15, 1913
View New Borough Roseville Borough 1913 Creation yes Jul 17, 1913
View New Township Putnam Township 1918 Creation yes Oct 1, 1918
View Boundary Realignment Liberty Township-Union Township 1919 Boundary Ascertainment yes Jan 30, 1919
View General Law Elkland Borough 1919 General Law yes* Jun 16, 1919
View New Township Osceola Township 1919 Creation yes* Sep 29, 1919
View General Law Lawrenceville Borough 1923 General Law yes* Mar 20, 1923
View School District Dissolution Deerfield Township-Knoxville Borough 1938 School District Merger yes* 1938
View School District Dissolution Elkland Township-Elkland Borough 1938 School District Merger yes* 1938
View School District Dissolution Richmond Township-Mansfield Borough 1938 School District Merger yes* 1938
View School District Dissolution Roseville Borough-Rutland Township 1938 School District Merger yes* 1938
View Annexation Wellsboro Borough Ordinance 349 yes May 22, 1957
View Annexation Blossburg Borough Ordinance 168 yes Nov 22, 1965
View Dissolution Elkland Township-Nelson Township 1992 Merger yes Jan 6, 1992

Government Action

Detail Action Date Approved Effective Location
View Resolution: [Classifying Tioga County as a sixth class county] Sep 15, 1971
View Charter Commission Election Nov 7, 1972
View Election Nov 5, 1974 Rejected
View Election Nov 5, 1991

Research Log

Detail Type/Notes Log Date Coverage
Law Library Visit
Plan Index (Rec.Dd.)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. A–E (1821–1880)
Quarter Sessions Index bk. 1 (1830s–1909)
Quarter Sessions Index bk. 2–3 (1909–1972)
Road Docket bk. C–E (1850–1889)
Road Index bk. 1 (form–comp)

National Archives

Detail Source Set Government File Unit From To
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Tioga County 17500452 893 898
View Cns. Mp. 1940 Tioga County 5838369 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Tioga County 40037686 1 1

Other Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Boundary Realignment Westfield Township Proposed 1822 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1822
View Annexation Sullivan Township-Jackson Township Proposed 1822 Annexation no* 1822–1823
View New Township Delmar Township Proposed 1825 Division no* 1825
View New Township Westfield Township Proposed 1825 Division no* 1825–1826
View Annexation Brookfield Township Proposed 1827 Annexation no* 1827
View New Township Elkland Township-Lawrence Township Proposed 1827 New Township no* 1827
View Annexation Westfield Township-Brookfield Township Proposed 1830 Annexation unknown 1830
View Boundary Realignment Bloss Township-Covington Township Proposed 1842 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1842
View Boundary Realignment Bloss Township-Liberty Township to Union Township Proposed 1846 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1846
View Boundary Realignment Chatham Township Proposed 1847 Boundary Realignment unknown 1847
View New Township Delmar Township Proposed 1847 New Township no* 1847
View New Township Delmar Township-Gaines Township Proposed 1847 New Township no* 1847
View Boundary Realignment Elkland Township-Farmington Township Proposed 1848 Boundary Realignment unknown 1848
View Annexation Middlebury Township-Tioga Township Proposed 1848 Annexation unknown 1848–1849
View New Township Liberty Township-Morris Township Proposed 1849 New Township no* 1849–1850
View New Township Liberty Township-Morris Township Proposed 1850 New Township no* 1850–1851
View Plat Recording Covington Borough Proposed 1852 Plat Recording unknown 1852
View Boundary Realignment Lycoming County-Tioga County Proposed 1849 Boundary Realignment unknown 1849–1853
View Boundary Realignment Lawrence Township-Tioga Township Proposed 1857 Boundary Ascertainment unknown 1857
View New Township Unadilla Township Proposed 1859 Creation no 1859
View New Borough Westfield Borough Proposed 1865 Creation no 1865
View Annexation Elkland Borough Proposed 1868 Annexation unknown 1868
View New Borough Roseville Borough Proposed 1869 Creation no 1869
View Boundary Realignment Liberty Township-Union Township 1870 Boundary Realignment unknown 1870
View New School District Cherry Falls Proposed 1873 Independent School District unknown 1873
View Annexation Elkland Borough 1876 Ordinance no 1876
View Annexation Lawrence Township-Nelson Township Proposed 1875 Annexation no* 1875–1876
View New Borough Millerton Borough Proposed 1876 Creation no 1876
View School District Annexation Rathbone School District-Elkland and Nelson Independent School District Proposed 1877 Annexation no* 1877
View Annexation Covington Township-Covington Borough Proposed 1882 Annexation no 1882
View New Borough Holidaytown Borough Proposed 1882 Creation no 1882–1883
View Boundary Realignment Delmar Township-Wellsboro Borough Proposed 1885 Boundary Realignment no 1885–1886
View New Township Elk Township-Gaines Township Proposed 1889 New Township no* 1889
View Annexation Tioga Borough Proposed 1889 Annexation unknown 1889
View Annexation Elkland Borough Ordinance 4A unknown 1899
View New Township Osceola Township Proposed 1906 Creation no 1906–1907
View New Borough Morris Borough Proposed 1905 Creation no 1905–1908
View General Law Lawrenceville Borough Proposed 1910 General Law no 1910
View New Township Nelson Township Proposed 1912 Creation no 1912
View New Township Westfield Township Proposed 1922 Division no 1922
View Home Rule Mansfield Borough Proposed 1972 Home Rule no* 1972–1974