Elma Center has yet to put a famous person on the list
No town in New York lists more than New York City, with 99. Huntington has the second-longest list in New York, after New York City, with 81. In New York, 1,288 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Elma Center), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Elma Center has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elma Center and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.