Place:Jefferson, New York, United States

NameJefferson
Alt namesJeffersonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates44.05°N 75.9°W
Located inNew York, United States     (1805 - )
See alsoOneida, New York, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Adams Rural Cemetery
Adams State Road Cemetery
Arsenal Street Cemetery
Black River Cemetery
Brookside Cemetery
Carpenter Cemetery
Cooper Cemetery
Fields Settlement Cemetery
Grow Cemetery
Maplewood Cemetery
North Adams Cemetery
North Watertown Cemetery
Parrish Cemetery
Sanford Corners Cemetery
Woods Mill Cemetery
Census-designated place
Fort Drum
Inhabited place
Adams (town) ( 1 Apr 1802 - )
Adams Center
Adams Cove
Adams
Alexander Corners
Alexandria Bay
Alexandria Center
Alexandria ( 3 Apr 1821 - )
Allendale
Alverson
Antwerp (town) ( 5 Apr 1810 - )
Antwerp
Aspinwall Corners
Babbitt Corner
Baggs Corner
Bartletts Corner
Bean Hill Crossing
Belleville
Bentleys Corners
Bishas Mill
Black River
Browns Corners
Brownville (town) ( 1 Apr 1802 - )
Brownville
Burr Mills
Butterville
Calcium
Camps Mills
Cape Vincent (town) ( 10 Apr 1849 - )
Cape Vincent
Carthage
Champion Huddle
Champion ( 14 Mar 1800 - )
Chaumont
Clark Point
Clayton (town) ( 27 Apr 1833 - )
Clayton Center
Clayton
Cobbtown
Collins Landing
Cowan Corner
Deferiet
Depauville
Dexter
Dillen
Doolins Crossing
Douglas Crossing
Dutch Settlement
East Hounsfield
East Rodman
East Watertown
Edgewood Park
Ellisburg (town) ( 22 Feb 1803 - )
Ellisburg
Evans Mills
Fargo
Felts Mills
Fields Settlement
Fineview
Fishers Landing
Frontenac
Giddingsville
Glen Park
Godfreys Corner
Goose Bay
Grandview Park
Great Bend
Green Settlement
Grenell
Grindstone
Halls Corner
Henderson Harbor
Henderson ( 17 Feb 1806 - )
Herrick Grove
Herrings
Hill
Honeyville
Hounsfield ( 17 Feb 1806 - )
Hubbard Crossing
Hungerford Corners
Huntingtonville
Jefferson Park
Jewettville
Karter
La Fargeville
Le Ray ( 17 Feb 1806 - )
Limerick
Lorraine ( 24 Mar 1804 - )
Lower Town Landing
Lyme ( 6 Mar 1818 - )
Lyon Corner
Mannsville
Millen Bay
Montario Point
Moore Landing
Natural Bridge
North Adams
North Croghan
North Landing
North Wilna
Noseville
Omar
Orleans Four Corners
Orleans ( 3 Apr 1821 - )
Oxbow
Paddy Hill
Pamelia ( 12 Apr 1819 - )
Perch River
Philadelphia (town) ( 3 Apr 1821 - )
Philadelphia
Pierrepont Manor
Pillar Point
Pinehurst Resort
Plessis
Point Peninsula
Point Vivian
Redwood
Reedville
Reynolds Corner
Rices
Rivergate
Roberts Corner
Rodman ( 24 Mar 1804 - )
Rosiere
Rutland Center
Rutland ( 1 Apr 1802 - )
Sackets Harbor ( 15 Apr 1814 - )
Saint Lawrence Park
Saint Lawrence
Saxe Corner
Smithville
Stears Corners
Sterlingville
Stone Mills
Stroughs Crossing
Sunnybank
Taylor Settlement
Theresa (town) ( 15 Apr 1841 - )
Theresa
Thomas Settlement
Thousand Island Park
Three Mile Bay
Tylersville
Upper Town Landing
Wardwell
Watertown (town) ( 14 Mar 1800 - )
Watertown Center
Watertown
Waterville
West Carthage
Westminster Park
Wilna ( 2 Apr 1813 - )
Winona
Woods Mill
Woodville
Worth Center
Worth ( 12 Apr 1848 - )
Zoar
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Jefferson County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,721.[1] Its county seat is Watertown. The county is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. It is adjacent to Lake Ontario, southeast from the Canada–US border of Ontario.

Jefferson County comprises the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2014 it elected Colleen M. O'Neill as the first woman county sheriff in the state. She had served with the New York State Police for 32 years. The popularity of the area as a summer tourist destination results in a dramatic increase of population during that season.

The United States Army's 10th Mountain Division is based at Fort Drum. The base had a total population of nearly 13,000 according to the 2010 census.

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History

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When counties were established in the Province of New York in 1683, the present Jefferson 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, Tryon County, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately west of the present city of Schenectady, and the county included the western part of the Adirondack Mountains and the area west of the West Branch of the Delaware River. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for William Tryon, colonial governor of New York.

In the years subsequent to 1776, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to Canada. In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War, the name of Tryon County was changed to Montgomery County to honor the general, Richard Montgomery, who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of Quebec, replacing the name of the hated British governor.

In 1789, the size of Montgomery County was reduced by the creation of Ontario County from Montgomery. The area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, as it was later divided to form the present Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Steuben, Wyoming, Yates, and parts of Schuyler and Wayne counties.

Jefferson County is part of Macomb's Purchase of 1791.

In 1791, Herkimer County was one of three counties split off from Montgomery (the other two being Otsego, and Tioga County). This was much larger than the present county, however, and was reduced by a number of subsequent splits. The first one of these, in 1794, produced Onondaga County. This county was larger than the current Onondaga County, including the present Cayuga and Cortland Counties, and part of Oswego County.

Oneida County (as well as a part of Chenango County), was split off from Herkimer County in 1798.

Jefferson County was split off from Oneida County in 1805. In 1817, Carleton Island, captured from the British in the War of 1812, was annexed to the county. During the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the county was largely developed for agriculture.

By the early 20th centuries, Watertown was a city with the highest per capita number of millionaires in the United States. Local industrialists had made early fortunes from industries driven by water power. Mills were established along the falls of the Black River from the first half of the nineteenth century.

In 2019, Jefferson County and much of the rest of the North Country was identified as one of the most politically tolerant communities in America, according to an analysis by PredictWise.

Timeline

Date Event Source
1805 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1808 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
1820 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1810 15,140
1820 32,952
1830 48,493
1840 60,984
1850 68,153
1860 69,825
1870 65,415
1880 66,103
1890 68,806
1900 76,748
1910 80,382
1920 82,250
1930 83,574
1940 84,003
1950 85,521
1960 87,835
1970 88,508
1980 88,151
1990 110,943

Research Tips

External links

  • Outstanding guide to Jefferson 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/~nyjeffer/


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