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the south by the State of Pennsylvania. It contains 705 square miles, 

 85 per cent of which is in farms. In 1920, according to preliminary returns 

 for the fourteenth United States census, the population was 113,610. 

 Binghamton, near the center of the county, the county seat and the 

 only city of importance, had a population of 66,800. Three railroad lines 

 - the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, the Erie, and the Delaware 

 and Hudson serve the county. Binghamton furnishes a fair market 



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for a considerable amount of farm produce. Most of the surplus is 

 shipped to New York City, 207 miles by rail. 



The topography of Broome County is that of a feebly glaciated plateau 

 region, thru which streams have cut deep valleys. Besides many small 

 streams, three rivers of considerable size intersect the county, the Otselic 

 joining the Tioughnioga at Whitney Point in the northern part, the Tiough- 

 nioga joining the Chenango at Chenango Forks, and the Chenango joining 

 the Susquehanna at Binghamton. These river valleys are from one-half 

 mile to almost two miles wide, and lie at an elevation of about 800 

 to 900 feet. 



