Tioga State Forest
State forest in Pennsylvania, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tioga State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in District #16, in the Allegheny Plateau region within Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
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Location | Pennsylvania, United States |
Coordinates | 41°46′37″N 77°30′50″W |
Area | 164,975 acres (667.63 km2) |
Elevation | 2,119 ft (646 m) |
Established | 1900 |
Named for | Tioga River |
Governing body | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
Website | Tioga State Forest |
The main offices are located in Wellsboro in Tioga County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
The state forest was named for the Tioga tribe of the Seneca, a Native American people, whose homeland was in the region. The Seneca language word "Tioga" means 'the meeting of two rivers' in English.
Prior to the July 1, 2005 realignment of Pennsylvania State Forest Districts, Tioga State Forest included almost all state forest lands in Tioga County and Bradford County, and encompassed 160,000 acres (64,750 ha). After realignment, the state forest tracts in Bradford County became part of the new Loyalsock State Forest. Currently, the forest is mostly located in Tioga County and only includes small areas within Bradford and Lycoming Counties.