St. Lawrence County

administration
US state :	new York
Administrative headquarters :	Canton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 48 Court Street Canton, NY 13617-1169
Foundation :	March 3, 1802
Made up from:	Clinton County Herkimer County Montgomery County
Area code :	001 315
Demographics
Residents :	111,944  (2010)
Population density :	16.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	7,307.5 km²
Water surface :	365.4 km²
map
Website : www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us

St. Lawrence County is a county in the state of New York in the United States . At the 2010 census , the county had 111,944 residents and a population density of 16.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Canton .

geography

The county covers an area of ​​7,307.5 square kilometers, of which 365.4 square kilometers are water. The county is the largest county in New York by area. As a former ground moraine, the area is largely flat to hilly, heavily forested and criss-crossed by a large number of mostly small lakes. St. Lawrence County is bordered to the north by the Saint Lawrence River, which forms the border between the United States and Canada and is also the largest body of water in the county. Other important bodies of water are the Oswegatchie River , the Grass River and the Raquette River , all of the right-hand tributaries of the St. Lawrence River.

Surrounding areas

Ontario (Canada)	Ontario (Canada)	Ontario (Canada)
Ontario (Canada)		Franklin County
Jefferson County Lewis County	Herkimer County	Hamilton County

history

The county was formed on March 3, 1802 and after Lawrence St. ( St. Lawrence River named).

The Herring-Cole Hall (2012) at St. Lawrence University is one of 73 properties in the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

One place in the county has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Adirondack Forest Preserve . 73 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 21, 2018).

In 1856, St. Lawrence University was founded in Canton .

Population development

Census Results - St. Lawrence County, New York

year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	-	7885	16,037	36,354	56,706	68,617	83,689	84,826	85.997	85,048
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	89,083	89.005	88.121	90,960	91,098	98,897	111,239	111.991	120,254	116,374
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	111.231	111,944

cities and communes

In addition to the independent communities listed below, there are several villages in St. Lawrence County that are co-administered by the respective higher-ranking towns .

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Brasher	town	2,512	238.5	236.0	10.6	Apr 21, 1825
Canton	town	10,995	274.2	271.3	40.5	28 Mar 1805	County Seat
Clare	town	105	251.9	250.1	0.4	1880
Clifton	town	881	389.4	348.0	2.5	Apr 21, 1868
Colton	town	1,451	660.3	626.0	2.3	Feb 21, 1806
De Kalb	town	2,434	215.5	213.7	11.4	Feb 21, 1806
De Peyster	town	998	116.8	111.2	9.0	24 Mar 1825
Edwards	town	1,156	132.9	130.7	8.8	0Apr 7, 1827
Fine	town	1,512	438.8	432.0	3.5	27 Mar 1844
Fowler	town	2,202	157.2	153.7	14.3	Apr 15, 1816
governor	town	7,085	187.2	184.5	38.4	0Apr 5, 1810	originally under the name Cambray known
Hammond	town	1,191	201.8	161.1	7.4	30th Mar 1827
Hermon	town	1.108	140.4	137.6	8.1	Apr 17, 1830
Hopkinton	town	1,077	484.4	480.0	2.2	02nd Mar 1805
Lawrence	town	1,826	123.5	123.3	14.8	0Apr 4, 1828
Lisbon	town	4.102	295.0	280.4	14.6	06th Mar 1801
Louisville	town	3,145	165.4	125.7	25.0	0Apr 5, 1810
Macomb	town	906	163.5	157.3	5.8	0Apr 3, 1841
Madrid	town	1,735	138.8	137.2	12.6	03rd Mar 1802
Massena	town	12,883	145.4	114.9	112.1	03rd Mar 1802
Morristown	town	1,974	154.0	118.4	16.7	27 Mar 1821
Norfolk	town	4,668	149.6	147.0	31.8	0Apr 3, 1823
Ogdensburg	City	11,128	21.1	12.8	869.4	Apr 27, 1868
Oswegatchie	town	4,397	184.4	169.6	25.9	03rd Mar 1802
Parishville	town	2.153	262.7	254.2	8.5	Apr 15, 1818
Piercefield	town	310	287.7	269.8	1.1	1801
Pierrepont	town	2,589	157.3	156.1	16.6	Apr 15, 1818
Pitcairn	town	846	154.0	151.6	5.6	29 Mar 1836
Potsdam	town	16,041	267.9	262.6	61.1	Feb 21, 1806
Rossie	town	877	101.6	98.1	8.9	Jan. 27, 1813
Russell	town	1,856	252.0	250.4	14.6	27 Mar 1807
Stockholm	town	3,665	244.8	243.2	15.1	Feb 21, 1806
Waddington	town	2,266	150.1	133.7	16.9	Nov 22, 1859

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 January 1, 2016]).
• Franklin Benjamin Hough: Gazetteer of the State of New York . tape 2 . A. Boyd, Albany, NY 1873, pp. 574 ff . (English, archive.org [PDF; 58.3 MB ; accessed on January 1, 2016]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ St. Lawrence County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 269 .
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York . National Park Service , accessed February 21, 2018.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 21, 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. 574 ff . (unless otherwise stated)

Web links

Commons : St. Lawrence County, New York  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′  N , 75 ° 4 ′  W