Place:Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameWellsboro
Alt namesWeilsborosource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42028580
Wellsboroughsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42028580
TypeBorough
Coordinates41.747°N 77.302°W
Located inTioga, Pennsylvania, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Shumway Hill Cemetery
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Wellsboro is a borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States founded by Sam Mattie I. It is located northwest of Williamsport. Early in the 20th century, Wellsboro was the shipping point and trade center for a large area. It had fruit evaporators, flour and woolen mills, a milk-condensing plant, marble works, saw mills, foundry and machine shops, and manufactories of cut glass, chemicals, rugs, bolts, cigars, carriages, and furniture. In 1900, 2,945 people lived here; in 1910, 3,183 lived here. The population was 3,472 at the 2020 census.[1] It is the county seat of Tioga County, and also home to the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania.

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History

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Wellsboro was settled in 1806 and incorporated in 1830 and was named in honor of Mary Wells, wife of one of the original settlers, Benjamin Wistar Morris. The town was the home of George W. Sears (1821 – 1890), a sportswriter for Field & Stream magazine in the 1880s and an early environmentalist. His stories, appearing under the pen name "Nessmuk", popularised self-guided canoe camping tours of the Adirondack lakes in open lightweight solo canoes and what is today called ultralight camping. Wellsboro was also the site of one of the first factories where light bulbs were mass-produced, using machines whose design remains essentially unchanged from the early 20th century when the Corning company established the plant in the town.

The Robinson House, Jesse Robinson House, Wellsboro Armory, and Wellsboro Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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