Place:Champion, Jefferson, New York, United States


NameChampion
TypeTown
Coordinates43.95°N 75.683°W
Located inJefferson, New York, United States     (14 Mar 1800 - )
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Champion is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 4,494 at the 2010 census. The town is named after General Henry Champion, early owner.

The town is on the eastern edge of the county and is east of Watertown.

History

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Settlement began around 1798. Henry Champion purchased the lands and sent his surveyor Noadiah Hubbard to the land. Hubbard settled in the area where his homestead still exists today.

The town was the birthplace of George E. Spencer (1836-1893), a Union general in the Civil War who later served two terms as a U.S. senator from Alabama.

Champion was established in 1800 from part of the town of Mexico (now in Oswego County) before the county was created. The town was named after Henry Champion, who in return commissioned a bell for the town church. In 1803, part of the town was used to establish part of the town of Harrisburg (now in Lewis County). Early settlers hoped the town would become the locale for the county seat, but were disappointed.

The community of West Carthage incorporated as a village in 1889.

The Hiram Hubbard House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

Research Tips

External Links

  • Outstanding guide to Champion 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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