Template:Wp-Alexandria, New York-History

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The first settlement occurred at Alexandria Center around 1811.

The Battle of Cranberry Creek, during the War of 1812, was a minor engagement in which local forces defeated a much larger group of British soldiers and sailors who attempted to regain supplies and provisions taken by the Americans.

The town was established in 1821 from the towns of Brownville and Le Ray.

Modern Alexandria has become a well-known vacation area.

The Densmore Methodist Church of the Thousand Islands was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.