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History · Tioga Terrace

Half of Tioga Terrace’s homes were built after 1969

Most of Tioga Terrace was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969. Below: maps from 1901 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Tioga Terrace’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Tioga Terrace are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19013 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1969. Watch Tioga Terrace change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tioga Terrace’s history is told.

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On the map

Tioga Terrace on the map, 1901 to 1969

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Tioga Terrace. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Tioga Terrace on the 1901 USGS mapTioga Terrace on the 1956 USGS mapTioga Terrace on the 1969 USGS map1901Apalachin sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Tioga Terrace.

The story so far

Tioga Terrace, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tioga Terrace yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Tioga Terrace is a neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Owego, Tioga County, New York, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Tioga Terrace had a population of 2,082. The community is in southeastern Tioga County, on the eastern side of Owego. It is bordered to the east by the town of Vestal in Broome County, to the west by the hamlet of Apalachin, and to the north by New York State Route 434 in the valley of the Susquehanna River. NY-434 leads east-northeast 12 miles (19 km) to Binghamton and northwest 9 miles (14 km) to the village of Owego. Interstate 86 runs parallel to NY-434, just to the north of the CDP, w…

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Tioga Terrace

Nobody well known was born in Tioga Terrace itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Camille PagliaAmerican feminist academic and critic · b. 1947
Bridget MoynahanAmerican actress and model · b. 1971
Douglas G. HurleyAmerican astronaut · b. 1966
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Chris WedgeAmerican animator, director, producer, and writ… · b. 1957
Douglas H. WheelockAmerican astronaut · b. 1960
Rick BakerAmerican special makeup effects artist · b. 1950
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

ApalachinIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.