Lewis County (New York)

administration
US state :	new York
Administrative headquarters :	Lowville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Lewis County Court House Lowville, NY 13367
Foundation :	March 28, 1805
Made up from:	Oneida County
Area code :	001 315
Demographics
Residents :	27,087  (2010)
Population density :	8.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	3,341.0 km²
Water surface :	39.6 km²
map
Website : www.lewiscountyny.org

Lewis County is a county in the state of New York in the United States . At the 2010 census , the county had 27,087 residents and a population density of 8.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Lowville .

geography

Lewis County is located in north central New York on the wooded plains of the Tug Hill Plateau; in the east of the county a chain of the Adirondack Mountains runs in a southeasterly direction. The most important watercourses are the Black River , which runs south to north through the county , its right inlet, the Moose River , and the Salmon River, which flows directly into Lake Ontario . The highest point in the county is Gomer Hill at 643 meters.

The county covers an area of ​​3,341.0 square kilometers, of which 39.6 square kilometers are water.

Surrounding areas

Jefferson County	St. Lawrence County	St. Lawrence County
Jefferson County Oswego County		Herkimer County
Oswego County	Oneida County	Herkimer County

history

The county was formed from Oneida County on March 28, 1805 and named after Morgan Lewis , a New York governor from 1804 to 1807.

The town “High Market”, which was spun off from Town West Turin on November 11, 1852, was reorganized in 1973 and has not existed since then.

Franklin Hough House (1962)

One place has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Franklin Hough House . 29 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 19, 2018).

Population development

Census Results - Lewis County, New York

year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	-	6433	9227	15,239	17,830	24,564	28,580	28,699	31,416	29,806
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	27,427	24,849	23,704	23,447	22,815	22,521	23,249	23,644	25,035	26,796
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	26,944	27,087

cities and communes

In addition to the towns and reservations listed below, there are several villages in Lewis County that are not self-governing but are listed separately in the results of the census.

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Croghan	Town	3,093	471.5	464.1	6.7	0Apr 5, 1841
Denmark	Town	2,860	132.2	131.1	21.8	0Apr 3, 1807
Diama	Town	1,709	364.7	355.1	4.8	April 16, 1841
Greig	Town	1,199	239.2	235.7	5.1	Feb 20, 1832
Harrisburg	Town	437	103.4	103.3	4.2	22 Feb 1803
Lewis	Town	854	168.7	165.8	5.2	Nov 11, 1852
Leyden	Town	1,785	86.9	86.3	20.7	10 Mar 1797
Lowville	Town	4,982	98.7	98.0	50.8	14 Mar 1800	County Seat
Lyonsdale	Town	1,227	181.6	178.0	6.9	1873
Martinsburg	Town	1,433	196.9	196.0	7.3	23 Feb 1803	original spelling: Martinsburgh
Montague	Town	78	169.2	168.8	0.5	Nov 14, 1850
New Bremen	Town	2,706	144.5	144.0	18.8	31 Mar 1848
Osceola	Town	229	225.6	225.3	1.0	Feb. 28, 1844
Pinckney	Town	329	106.5	106.1	3.1	Feb 12, 1808
Turin	Town	761	81.3	80.7	9.4	14 Mar 1800
Watson	Town	1,881	299.7	292.0	16.7	30th Mar 1821
West Turin	Town	1,524	265.2	264.3	5.8	25th Mar 1830

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 2 . A. Boyd, Albany, NY 1873, pp. 365 ff . (English, archive.org [PDF; 69.5 MB ; accessed on June 15, 2016]).

Web links

Commons : Lewis County, New York  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lewis County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed June 16, 2016
2. ↑ Entry of Gomer Hill at www.peakbagger.com (English)
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York . National Park Service , accessed February 19, 2018.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 19, 2018.
5. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
6. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
7. ^ Franklin Benjamin Hough: Gazetteer of the State of New York . tape 2 . A. Boyd, Albany, NY 1873, pp. 368 ff . (unless otherwise stated)

Coordinates: 43 ° 47 ′  N , 75 ° 27 ′  W