Place:Potsdam (town), St. Lawrence, New York, United States

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NamePotsdam (town)
Alt namesPotsdam
TypeTown
Coordinates44.667°N 74.967°W
Located inSt. Lawrence, New York, United States


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Potsdam is a town located in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The town population was 17,029 at the 2010 census. The ZIP code is 13676. Potsdam is a cultural and educational hub of Northern New York. When Clarkson University and SUNY Potsdam are both in session, the population increases by approximately 7,500 students. In addition to the two colleges located in Potsdam, it borders two other universities - St. Lawrence University and SUNY Canton just ten miles away in the town of Canton. The Potsdam market is considerably larger. Nearly 46,000 people live within a 15-mile radius of the Potsdam. Further, Potsdam and the surrounding areas are home to many lakes, ponds and rivers, hiking and cross country ski trails, as well as the Adirondack Mountains that allow for many hours of outdoor recreation-whatever the season.The presence of Universities add thousands of students and attract other professionals to the town from all over. People of over 40 nationalities live,study and work in Potsdam-a truly diverse for the town of its size. The town is named after the city of Potsdam in Germany. A common misspelling of Potsdam is "Pottsdam", which is how many people spell it so as not to confuse it with Potsdam, Germany.

The Town of Potsdam also contains a village named Potsdam. Potsdam is centrally located within the county and is northeast of Canton, the county seat.

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History

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David Clarkson and Garret van Horn were early investors in the town, and settlement began around 1803. The pioneers found Native Americans still residing in the town and in the fur trade.

The town was established in 1806 from part of the Town of Madrid. Potsdam is one of the original ten towns of St. Lawrence County.

The community of Potsdam set itself apart from the town in 1831 by incorporating as a village. The community of Raquetteville incorporated as the Village of Potsdam Junction (now Norwood) in 1871.

St. Lawrence Academy, the predecessor of the State University of New York at Potsdam was founded in 1816. In 1896, Clarkson University was founded.

The Potsdam area is well known for its reddish-orange Potsdam sandstone. A large slab of it is on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

The First Presbyterian Church of Dailey Ridge and French Family Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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