Place:Big Flats, Chemung, New York, United States

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NameBig Flats
TypeTown
Coordinates42.133°N 76.933°W
Located inChemung, New York, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Rural Home Cemetery
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Big Flats is a town in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 7,731 at the 2010 census. The town is on the western border of the county, west of Elmira. It is part of the Elmira Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town contains a hamlet also named Big Flats.

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The town of Big Flats, which had formerly been called "Great Plains", was organized in 1822 from the town of Elmira.

The Warren E. Eaton Motorless Flight Facility was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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  • Outstanding guide to Big Flats family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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