Place:Essex, New York, United States

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NameEssex
Alt namesEssexsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates44.1°N 73.817°W
Located inNew York, United States     (1799 - )
See alsoClinton, New York, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Lewis Cemetery
North Jay Cemetery
Inhabited place
Aiden Lair
Au Sable Forks
Averyville
Baldwin
Bloomingdale
Blue Ridge
Boquet
Boreas River
Burdick Crossing
Chesterfield
Chilson
Cold Spring Park
Craterclub
Crown Point Center
Crown Point
Crowningshield
Deerhead
Elizabethtown
Essex
Glenmore
Green Street
Grover Hills
Haselton
Howes Landing
Irishtown
Ironville
Jay
Keene Valley
Keene
Keeseville
Lake Placid
Lewis
Loch Muller
Marcy Landing
Minerva
Mineville
Mineville-Witherbee
Moriah Center
Moriah
New Russia
Newcomb
North Elba
North Hudson
North Pole
Northwoods Club
Olmstedville
Panorama Bluff
Paradox
Port Douglass
Port Henry
Port Kent
Pudding Hollow
Ray Brook
Reber
Rome
Saint Huberts
Schroon Falls
Schroon Lake
Schroon
Severance
Shady Corner Curve
South Schroon
St. Armand
Stillwater
Stowersville
Ticonderoga (town)
Ticonderoga ( 1700 - )
Trudeau
Undercliff
Underwood
Upper Jay
Wadhams
Wagon Wheel Landing
Westport
Whallonsburg
Whiteface Landing
Whiteface
Willsboro Point
Willsboro
Wilmington
Witherbee
Unknown
Fort Ticonderoga
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Essex County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,381. Its county seat is the hamlet of Elizabethtown. Its name is from the English county of Essex. Essex is one of only 2 counties that are entirely within the Adirondack Park, the other being Hamilton County.

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History

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When counties were established in the state of New York in 1683, the present Essex County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York state as well as all of the present state of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of Gloucester County, both containing territory now in Vermont. On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces, Charlotte County, contained the eastern portion.


In 1784, the name "Charlotte County" was changed to Washington County to honor George Washington, the American Revolutionary War general and later President of the United States of America.

In 1788, Clinton County was split off from Washington County. This was a much larger area than the present Clinton County, including several other counties or county parts of the present New York state (near Clunes).

Essex County was split from Clinton County in 1799.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1799 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1799 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1810 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1920 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1810 9,477
1820 12,811
1830 19,287
1840 23,634
1850 31,148
1860 28,214
1870 29,042
1880 34,515
1890 33,052
1900 30,707
1910 33,458
1920 31,871
1930 33,959
1940 34,178
1950 35,086
1960 35,300
1970 34,631
1980 36,176
1990 37,152

Note: in 1800 Essex was reported with Clinton.

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External links

  • Outstanding guide to Essex County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county and town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
  • www.rootsweb.com/~nyessex/
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