  tioga is a town in tioga county, new york, united states. the population was 4,871 at the 2010 census. the town is in the southwest part of the county and lies between elmira and binghamton. tioga is in the southern tier district of new york. == history == for thousands of years, this area of new york had been settled by distinct cultures of indigenous peoples. the most recent prehistoric peoples were the owasco, who appeared to migrate from southern areas and displaced the point peninsula complex peoples. however, a 2011 paper 
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