ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY 



This county is located in the northern part of the state, the 

 St. Lawrence River forming the western and northern boundary 

 and the province of Quebec also bounding it on the north. It 

 is the largest county in the state, having an area of 1,728,640 

 acres. From north to south it extends approximately 62 miles 

 and from east to west 62 miles. 



The population is shown in the following table* 

 Population by Cities and Townships 



(Census of 1915) 



Macomb 



Ogdensburg (city) .... 



14,338 



Brasher 



2,270 



Canton* 



6,777 



Clare 



358 



Clifton 



1,423 



Colton 



1,362 



De Kalb 



2,795 



De Pevster 



911 



Edwards 



1,307 



Fine 



1,579 



P< >wler 



1,493 



Gouverneur 



6,016 



Hammond 



1,685 



Hermon 



1,595 





1,511 



Lawrence 



1 , 782 



Lisbon 



3,120 





1,476 



Madrid 



Massena 

 Morristown . 



Norfolk 



Oswegatchie 

 Parishville . . 

 Piercefield . . 

 Pierrepont . 

 Pitcairn 

 Potsdam 



Eossie 



Eussell 



Stockholm . . 

 Waddington 



Total . . . 



1,204 

 1,471 

 7,090 

 1,785 

 2,840 

 2, 393 

 1,678 

 1,303 

 1,579 



755 

 9,098 



932 

 1,806 

 2,655 

 1,904 



90,291 



* Canton, in the town of Canton, is the county sc.it. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 



St. Lawrence County was formed from Clinton and parts of 

 Montgomery and Herkimer, March 3, 1802. The name St. 

 Lawrence was given by one of the early French explorers to the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence. The same term came to be applied to 

 the river, and then to the county. 



The first white settlement in this county was made by the 

 French, who established an Indian mission at La Presentation, 

 now Ogdensburg, in 1749. Ten years later an island a short 

 distance below was taken possession of by the French and strongly 



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