St. Lawrence County is bounded on the north by the St. Lawrence River ( Ontario and Quebec), on the  west by Herkimer, Lewis, and Jefferson Counties, on the east by Franklin County, on the south by Herkimer and Hamilton Counties. Check the Official Web Site for St. Lawrence County for town and city sites, click Places There are Maps and an Index of Town and Village Names from Beer's 1865 Atlas. Other maps are available through US Digital Map Library. Link to a Roster of Officials including County Historians, and Town & Village Clerks.

Historical Data About St. Lawrence County, NY

Index of Town and Village Names in Beer's 1865 Atlas

 Maps from the Beer's 1865 Atlas

Towns of St. Lawrence County

 [Links go to that town's page on this site, unless otherwise specified]

Brasher taken from Massena April 21, 1825
Canton taken from Lisbon, March 28, 1808. Link to Canton Village History.

 Clare taken from Pierrepont, December 2, 1880.

 Clifton formerd April 21, 1868, from Clifton and Chaumont.
 Colton taken from Parishville, April 12, 1843
 DeKalb taken from Oswegatchie, February 21, 1806
 Depeyster taken from Oswegatchie and Dekalb, March 24, 1825
 Edwards taken from Fowler, April 27, 1827. Link to the Edwards Museum.
 Fine taken from Russell and Pierrepont, March 27 1849
 Fowler, taken from Rossie and Russell, April 15, 1815
 Gouverneur taken from Oswegatchie April 15, 1810
 Hammond taken from Rossie and Morristown March 30, 1827
 Hermon, taken from  Edwards and Dekalb, April 17, 1830
 Hopkinton taken from Massena March 2, 1805
 Lawrence taken from Hopkinton and Brasher, April 21, 1823
 Lisbon taken from  (the Ten towns) March 6, 1801
 Louisville taken from Massena April 5, 1810
 Macomb taken from Gouverneur and Morristown April 30, 1841
 Madrid taken from  Lisbon, March 3, 1802
 Massena taken from Lisbon, March 3, 1802.  Link to Massena?s own site.
 Morristown taken from Oswegatchie March 27, 1821
 Norfolk taken from Louisville and Stockholm April 9, 1823. Link to Norfolk?s own site.
 Ogdensburg was incorporated as a village April 15, 1817, and chartered as a city   April 27, 1868. Link to Ogdensburg?s own site.
 Oswegatchie, taken from Lisbon, March 3, 1802, is the town that Ogdensburg village was located in before it became a city; often seen on immigration records for people coming through Ogdensburg
 Parishville taken from Hopkinton, March 18, 1814
 Piercefield taken from Hopkinton, 1900.

 Pierrepont taken from Russell April 15, 1818
 Pitcairn taken from Fowler, March 24, 1836
 Potsdam taken from Madrid February 21, 1813
 Rossie taken from Russell, January 27, 1813.

 Russell taken from Hopkinton, March 27, 1807
 Stockholm taken from Massena, February 21, 1806

 Waddington take from Madrid, November 22, 1859.

The following is taken from the section of "The St. Lawrence Valley-Avenue of History" written by Dr. Charles Lahey (pages 4-22).

The Laurentian Indians migrated to the St. Lawrence Valley as early as 3,000 BCE. Around 1000 BCE, the Point Peninsula Indians lived in the area. The Iroquois Indians were in the area when the European traders and explorers arrived.

In the 1600's, the French built Fort de la Gallete near Ogdensburg. In 1763, England gained control of Canada and the St. Lawrence Valley, but after the American Revolution, the land south of the river belonged to the Americans.

After the war, New York State anticipated a western surge of settlers and concluded a treaty with the Iroquois Indians. The land was divided into ten townships, each containing about 64,000 acres. The original towns were Louisville, Stockholm, Potsdam, Madrid, Lisbon, Canton, DeKalb, Hague, Cambray, and Oswegatchie. By 1788, Alexander Macomb was the nominal owner of all ten towns. He sold the land to speculators and potential settlers. The area started to be settled around 1800.

Miscellaneous About St. Lawrence

• OGDEN, David A., 1770-1829
• WRIGHT, Silas, Jr., 1795-1847
• SANFORD, Jonah, 1790-1867
• GILLET, Ransom Hooker, 1800-1876
• FINE, John, 1794-1867
• KING, Preston, 1806-1865
• PERKINS, Bishop, 1787-1866
• SNELL, Bertrand Hollis, 1870-1958
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