Jefferson County (New York)

administration
US state :	new York
Administrative headquarters :	Watertown
Foundation :	March 28, 1805
Made up from:	Oneida County
Area code :	001 315
Demographics
Residents :	116,229  (2010)
Population density :	35.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	4,810.2 km²
Water surface :	1,524.5 km²
map
Website : www.co.jefferson.ny.us

Winter time in Jefferson County

Jefferson County is a county in the state of New York in the United States . At the 2010 census , the county had 116,229 people and a population density of 35.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Watertown .

geography

Jefferson County is located in the north of the United States on the border with Canada on the east bank of Lake Ontario and at the outflow of the St. Lawrence River from the lake. At the same time, the St. Lawrence River forms the northern boundary of the county. It covers an area of ​​4,810.2 square kilometers, of which 1,524.5 square kilometers are water surface, which particularly affects Lake Ontario.

The county's terrain is largely hilly and heavily forested; Due to the Ice Age characteristics - the area was under an ice sheet in the last Ice Age - there are many elongated lakes that generally extend from southwest to northeast. Large areas of the hinterland of the lake are flat and are used intensively for agriculture. Important rivers are the Black River , which flows into the Black River Bay of Lake Ontario, the Chaumont River , which drains into Chaumont Bay , part of Three Miles Bay, and the Oswegatchie River , a right tributary of the Saint Lawrence River. In Lake Ontario and in the outflow of the St. Lawrence River lie a number of mostly flat islands; in the river they are sometimes very small and are collectively named Thousand Islands .

Surrounding areas

Ontario (Canada)	Ontario (Canada)	St. Lawrence County
Lake Ontario		Lewis County
Lake Ontario	Oswego County	Lewis County

history

Today's Jefferson County emerged from a series of subdivisions of the original, very large administrative structure, which was further subdivided as the population increased (Albany, November 1, 1683; Tryon, March 12, 1772; Herkimer, January 16, 1791; Oneida, March 15, 1798). It emerged from a subdivision of Oneida County on March 28, 1805 and was named after US President Thomas Jefferson ; a first meeting of officials took place on October 1st of that year.

The original inhabitants of the country were two of the five Iroquois nations, the Oneida and the Onondaga , who used the land as hunting grounds. During the early phase of colonization in North America, first contacts between the Dutch, French and the tribes were documented from around 1665; Martial contacts hit the French in particular, who undertook missionary, research and conquest excursions into the area. From around 1680 onwards, trade relations with the French became more important than struggle for most of the tribes involved: A fort near Kingston was built as a fortified trading post north of the St. Lawrence River, and in 1684 another trading fort about 100 kilometers further west, which followed led to a significant calming of the situation. After the Dutch were displaced by the British and the British-French War (1754 to 1763), the native inhabitants were finally pushed north and west. In 1788 the Oneidas ceded the area to the white settlers in a treaty; this was confirmed at another meeting between colonists and tribal leaders on November 11, 1794 by the government of the United States.

From 1786 land sales to settlers were carried out by the newly founded office of land commissioners . On June 22, 1791, Alexander Macomb purchased a huge piece of land for his company, now known as Macomb's Purchase . It was to be developed and resold to settlers. This land area was divided into five sections and numbered; Section 4 largely corresponded to today's Jefferson County in terms of location and shape, but also comprised part of Lewis County . On May 1, 1798, James Le Ray purchased 10,000 acres , approximately 4,000 hectares, and began building some settlements and harbors, particularly along the Saint Lawrence River. He named these settlements after himself and the name of his family; they still exist today. His son Vincent (after whom Cape Vincent takes its name) took over his father's land ownership on December 31, 1823 and continued the sales to the settlers.

Due to its location at the connection of the Great Lakes and the flourishing merchant shipping and the large port cities of the Saint Lawrence River System, Sackets Harbor became a transshipment port for shipping on the lake and river traffic, and from 1818 as a military base expanded. The establishment of a regular steamship connection from Sackets Harbor down the St. Lawrence River led to the flourishing of several, partly newly established, settlements along this route from 1816. From 1825 onwards, the part of the trade traffic that had arisen up to that point in the direction of New York was largely taken over by the Erie Canal , and from around 1840 also by railroad lines that arose between Buffalo and the east coast and the detour via Lake Ontario and Lake Champlain was superfluous did. As a result, Jefferson County remained a largely agricultural area. After the war of 1818 there were no further military actions between Canada and the USA, so that no large military areas were built. There were also no large industrial settlements. Neither the civil war nor the economic crisis therefore had a significant impact on the population and economic development of the region. Today Jefferson County is used primarily for agriculture; Along the St. Lawrence River, especially in the area of ​​the Thousand Islands, tourism has also become an important industry.

Historic building (2006) located in the Thousand Island Park Historic District , listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

143 structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 18, 2018).

Population development

Census Results - Jefferson County, New York

year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	-	15,140	32,952	48,493	60,984	68,153	69,825	65,415	66.103	68,806
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	76,748	80,382	82,250	83,574	84.003	85,521	87,835	88.508	88.151	110,943
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	111,738	116.229

cities and communes

In addition to the independent communities listed below, there are several villages in Jefferson County that are co-administered by the respective higher-ranking towns . These include the tourist destination of Alexandria Bay , Sackets Harbor and the Fort Drum military base .

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Adams	town	5,143	109.9	109.5	47.0	0Apr 1, 1802
Alexandria	town	4,061	219.0	188.2	21.6	0Apr 3, 1821
Antwerp	town	1,846	280.8	274.6	6.7	0Apr 5, 1810
Brownville	town	6.263	172.1	153.2	40.9	0Apr 1, 1802
Cape Vincent	town	2,777	232.7	146.0	19.0	Apr 10, 1849
champion	town	4,494	117.0	114.4	39.3	14 Mar 1800
Clayton	town	5,153	269.4	213.3	24.2	Apr 27, 1833
Ellisburg	town	3,474	224.2	220.5	15.8	22 Feb 1803	original spelling: Ellisburgh
Henderson	town	1,360	137.1	106.7	12.7	17 Feb 1806
Hounsfield	town	3,466	311.8	126.7	27.4	Feb. 17, 1805
Le Ray	town	21,782	191.7	190.7	114.2	17 Feb 1806
Lorraine	town	1,037	101.0	101.0	10.3	21 Mar 1804	Founding name Malta , renamed on April 6, 1808
Lyme	town	2,185	277.0	144.6	15.1	05th Mar 1818
Orleans	town	2,789	202.1	185.0	15.1	0Apr 3, 1821
Pamelia	town	3,160	91.2	87.6	36.1	Apr 12, 1890
Philadelphia	town	1,947	97.4	97.4	20.0	0Apr 3, 1821
Rodman	town	1,176	109.5	109.4	10.7	24 Mar 1804	Founding name Harrison , renamed April 6, 1808
Rutland	town	3,060	117.5	116.8	26.2	0Apr 1, 1802
Theresa	town	2,905	180.6	168.2	17.3	Apr 15, 1841
Watertown City	City	27,023	24.3	23.4	1154.8	0May 8, 1869	County Seat
Watertown Town	town	4,470	93.3	93.0	48.1	14 Mar 1800
Vilna	town	6,427	205.9	203.6	31.6	0Apr 2, 1813
Worth	town	231	112.2	111.9	2.1	Apr 12, 1848

literature

• John Homer French: Gazetteer of the State of New York . RP Smith, Syracuse, NY 1860 (English, archive.org [PDF; 63.8 MB ; accessed on June 15, 2016]).
• Franklin Benjamin Hough: Gazetteer of the State of New York . tape 1 . A. Boyd, Albany, NY 1873, pp. 343 ff . (English, archive.org [PDF; 58.3 MB ; accessed on June 15, 2016]).
• Hamilton Child: Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, NY, 1685-1890 . The Syracuse journal company, printers and binders, Syracuse, NY 1873 (English, archive.org [PDF; 94.3 MB ; accessed on June 15, 2016]).

Web links

Commons : Jefferson County (New York)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• County's homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jefferson County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 21, 2016
2. ↑ Hamilton Child: Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, NY, 1685-1890 . The Syracuse journal company, printers and binders, Syracuse, NY 1873, p. 9 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 18, 2018.
4. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
5. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
6. ↑ John Homer French: Gazetteer of the State of New York . RP Smith, Syracuse, NY 1860, pp. 348 ff .

Coordinates: 44 ° 0 ′  N , 76 ° 3 ′  W