JEFFERSON COUNTY 



This county lies in the northern part of the state at the foot 

 of Lake Ontario, which forms the western border, the St. Law- 

 rence River separating it from the province of Quebec on the 

 north. The county has an area of 815,360' acres. It extends 

 approximately 45 miles from north to south and 35 miles from 

 cast to west. The population is distributed as follows: 



Watertown 

 Adams . . . . 

 Alexandria . 

 Antwerp . . . 

 Brownville . 

 Cape Vincent 

 Champion . . 

 Clayton 

 Ellisburg . . 

 Henderson . . 

 Hounsfield . . 

 Le Ray 

 Lorraine 



(city) 



Population by Cities and Towns 



(Census of 1915) 

 26, 80f) Lyme 



3,279 

 4,355 

 2,762 

 3,861 

 2,514 

 2,990 

 3. 976 

 3,487 

 1,451 

 2,053 

 2,540 

 993 



Orleans 



Pamelia 



Philadelphia 



Rodman 



Rutland . . . 



Theresa 



Watertown 



Wilna 



Worth 



1,869 



2,269 



980 



1,593 

 1, 167 

 1,764 

 2,060 

 1,179 



6,393 

 579 



Total 



81,009 



* Watertown is the county seat. This city now has a population of 31,000. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 

 Jefferson County was formed from Oneida, March 28, 1805, 

 and named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. Its boundaries wore 

 changed in 1808, when a small portion was set off from Rodman 

 to Lewis, and again in 1813, when a portion of Lewis County 

 was annexed to the town of Wilna. It lies in the angle formed 

 by the St. Lawrence and in the direct path of the great Indian 

 waterway and trail. Just below Theresa village, deeply indented 

 and shut in by the hills, is a place on the river known as the 

 " Indian Landing." Up to this spot the red men paddled their 

 canoes, when they disembarked, and carried the canoes over the 

 rugged portage to the waters above the rapids in order to con- 

 tinue their journey toward the southeast. 



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