Town of Elmira – Civil in Chemung, New York

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 978939

Location

State New York

County Chemung

Feature Class Civil

Coordinates

DMS

42°05'37"N 76°46'33"W

Decimal Degrees

42.0936887, -76.7758637

Elevation

1,177.82 ft (359.00 m)

USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Elmira

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Dewittsburg Park Housing Project

0.9 mi WSW

Also Known As

Town of Newtown

Hydrography

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Description

22.6 square miles

History

Established in 1792. Name changed in 1808.

Nearby Features

Jones Island Island · 0.6 mi SW
Newtown Creek Stream · 0.6 mi SSW
Dewittsburg Park Housing Project Populated Place · 0.9 mi WSW
Badger Creek Stream · 1.0 mi WNW
Weyer Pond Lake · 1.7 mi NW
Elmira Populated Place · 1.7 mi W
Miller Pond Lake · 1.7 mi SSW
Clinton Island Island · 1.9 mi WSW
Diven Creek Stream · 2.2 mi NW
Big Island Island · 2.3 mi SSE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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