Headnote
JEFFERSON COUNTY, situated in the northerly part of New York, with Lake Ontario on the west, and St. Lawrence river on the northwest. Area, 1,125 square miles. Face of the country, broken, in the interior, but even toward Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence river; soil fertile. Seat of justice, Watertown. Pop. in 1810, 15,140; in 1820, 32,952; in 1830, 48,515; in 1840, 60,984; in 1850, 68,153. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
New York

Jefferson County, New York (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
JEFFERSON COUNTY, situated in the northerly part of New York, with Lake Ontario on the west, and St. Lawrence river on the northwest. Area, 1,125 square miles. Face of the country, broken, in the interior, but even toward Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence river; soil fertile. Seat of justice, Watertown. Pop. in 1810, 15,140; in 1820, 32,952; in 1830, 48,515; in 1840, 60,984; in 1850, 68,153.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 173.
Date Type
Railroad snowplow clearing tracks derails in Upstate New York injuring several workers Crime/Disasters
Snowstorms hit western New York State Crime/Disasters
Birthplace of
Name Type
Adams, NY City or Town
Antwerp, NY City or Town
Champion, NY County
Sackett's Harbor, NY City or Town
Watertown, NY City or Town
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