CLINTON COUNTY 



This county lies in the northeastern corner of the state, the 

 province of Quebec forming the northern boundary and Lake 

 Champlain separating it from the state of Vermont on the east. 

 The area is 071,360 acres. From north to south the county 

 extends nearly forty miles, and from east to west approximately 

 thirty miles. 



The population is distributed throughout the county as follows: 



•Plattsburg ( 



Altona 



Ausable . . . . 

 Beekmantown 

 Black Brook 

 Champlain . 



Ohazy 



Clinton 



Dannemora 



Population by (itiks and Townships 



(Census of 1915) 

 city) 10,134 Ellenburgh 



2,328 



1,862 

 1,962 

 4,579 



3. 1ST 

 1,386 



4.532 



Mooera 



Peru 



Plattsburg . . . . 



Saranac 



Schuyler Falls 



Total 



2.965 

 3,175 

 2.35(3 

 2,380 

 3.114 

 1 .033 



47,501 



* Plattsburg is the county seat. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 



The county was formed from Washington in 1788 and named 

 for George Clinton, the first state governor. Both Essex and 

 Franklin counties were included within its boundary, as was also 

 St. Lawrence, some years later. The northern boundary of the 

 county was finally agreed upon about the middle of the nineteenth 

 century, when it was fixed by the Wei liburton Treaty. 



The first white man to visit this county was Samuel Champlain, 

 in 1009, under the auspices of the French. Until the final sur- 

 render of Canada to the English in 1700, the French claimed the 

 whole of this region and the lands occupied were held under 

 French grants. After this time settlement spread rapidly down 

 the lake shore. By the terms of the treaty the French settlers were 

 to be secured in their rights, but the governors of New York made 

 conflicting grants that gave rise to controversies and seriously 

 retarded the progress of settlement. During the Revolution the 

 Note: Plattsburg now has a population of 10,900. 



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