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Essex County, New York

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—newspaper titles
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117historic places
—earliest paper
1799formed
37,381pop. 2020
44cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 117 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 6 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Ticonderoga, Saranac Lake, Westport.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Essex titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

73 of 117 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

117 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adirondack Iron and Steel CompanyTahawusSite1977
Adsit Log HouseWillsboroBuilding1992
Aiken, Abraham, HouseWillsboroBuilding1989
Amherst Avenue Historic DistrictTiconderogaDistrict1989
Asgaard FarmAu Sable ForksDistrict2020
Au Sable Forks Historic DistrictJayDistrict2026
Ausable Club (Additional Documentation)St. HubertsDistrict2005
Ausable Club (Boundary Increase)St. HubertsBuilding2025
BarngalowSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Beer's BridgeKeene ValleyStructure1999
Black Watch LibraryTiconderogaBuilding1988
Bogie CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Brown, John, Farm and Gravesite NHLLake PlacidDistrict1972
Burleigh, H. G., HouseTiconderogaBuilding1988
CHAMPLAIN II ShipwreckWestportSite1997
Camp Dudley Road Historic DistrictWestportDistrict1993
Camp Santanoni NHLNewcombBuilding1987
Central PowerhouseWitherbeeBuilding1995
Central SchoolTiconderogaBuilding1988
Church of the NazareneEssexBuilding1973
Clark HouseTiconderogaBuilding1988
Clark, Peyton, CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Community BuildingTiconderogaBuilding1988
Coulter CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Crandall Marine RailwayTiconderogaStructure2011
Crown Point Green Historic DistrictCrown PointDistrict2015
Cure Cottage at 43 Forest Hill AvenueSaranac LakeBuilding2012
Delano, Clayton H., HouseTiconderogaBuilding1988
Delaware & Hudson Railroad DepotPort HenryBuilding1995
Denny CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Edgewater FarmWillsboro PointBuilding1988
Essex County FairgroundsWestportBuilding2005
Essex County Home and FarmWhallonsburgBuilding1982
Essex County Municipal ComplexElizabethtownBuilding2016
Essex Village Historic DistrictEssex andDistrict1975
Fallon Cottage AnnexSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Ferris HouseTiconderogaBuilding1988
First Congregational Church and CemeteryLewisBuilding2005
First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of WestportWestportBuilding1988
Flat Rock CampWillsboroBuilding2006
Fort Crown Point NHLCrown PointDistrict1968
Fort St. Frederic NHLCrown PointSite1966
Fort Ticonderoga NHLTiconderogaDistrict1966
Frazier BridgeTiconderogaStructure1998
Fried, Samson, EstateSeveranceBuilding1987
Gilligan and Stevens BlockTiconderogaBuilding1988
Gooley ClubNewcombDistrict2018
Graves MansionAu Sable ForksBuilding2022
Hancock HouseTiconderogaBuilding1988
Hand-Hale Historic DistrictElizabethtownDistrict1979
Helen Hill Historic DistrictSaranac LakeDistrict2015
Henry's GaragePort HenryBuilding2017
Highland Park Historic DistrictSaranac LakeDistrict1992
Hubbard HallElizabethtownBuilding1999
Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation StationKeeneStructure2007
Ironville Historic DistrictIronvilleDistrict1974
Keene Valley Country ClubKeene ValleyDistrict2020
Keene Valley LibraryKeene ValleyBuilding2000
Keith and Branch Ford Motors Factory and ShowroomUpper JayBuilding2013
Kennedy CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Kessel Park InnPort DouglasBuilding2023
Lake George Avenue Historic DistrictTiconderogaDistrict1989
Lake View Grange No. 970WestportBuilding2013
Lane CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Larom-Welles CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Leetch, Dr. Henry, HouseSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Lent CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Liberty MonumentTiconderogaObject1989
Ligonier Point Historic DistrictWillsboroDistrict2013
Marquay CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Marvin CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Moore, Silas B., GristmillTiconderogaBuilding1988
Morgan CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Moriah Town Office BuildingPort HenryBuilding1995
Mount Adams Fire Observation StationNewcombStructure2006
Mount Moriah Presbyterian ChurchPort HenryBuilding1995
Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled RunLake PlacidStructure2010
NYS ArmoryTiconderogaBuilding1988
North-Sprague FarmEssexBuilding2020
Notman BridgeKeene ValleyStructure1999
Octagonal SchoolhouseEssexBuilding1973
PAD Factory, TheTiconderogaBuilding1988
Partridge CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Pittenger CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation StationChesterfieldStructure2001
Port Henry Fire Department BuildingPort HenryBuilding1995
Putnam CampSaint HubertsDistrict2012
Ranney BridgeKeene ValleyStructure1999
Rembrandt HallKeesevilleBuilding1983
Sheldon-Owens FarmWillsboroDistrict1993
Sherman Free LibraryPort HenryBuilding1995
Slater BridgeKeene ValleyStructure1999
Stevenson CottageSaranac LakeBuilding1992
Tahawus Masonic LodgeAu Sable ForksBuilding2021
TalichitoSchroon LakeBuilding2012
Ticonderoga High SchoolTiconderogaBuilding1988
Ticonderoga National BankTiconderogaBuilding1988
Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company OfficeTiconderogaBuilding1988
Tomlinson HouseKeesevilleBuilding1983
Trudeau SanatoriumSaranac LakeDistrict1995
US Post Office-Lake PlacidLake PlacidBuilding1988
US Post Office-TiconderogaTiconderogaBuilding1989
Uplands, TheKeene ValleyBuilding2016
VERGENNES (canal boat) Shipwreck SiteWestportSite2012
Van Ornam & Murdock BlockPort HenryBuilding1982
Wadhams Grange HallWestportBuilding2024
Walton BridgeKeeneStructure1999
Watson, Elkanah, House NHLPort KentBuilding1966
Wells Memorial LibraryUpper JayBuilding2011
WellscroftUpper JayBuilding2004
Westport Historic DistrictWestportDistrict2021
Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway ComplexNew YorkDistrict2008
Will Rogers Memorial HospitalSaranac LakeBuilding1983
Willsboro Congregational ChurchWillsboroBuilding1984
Willsboro School, TheWillsboroBuilding2010
Wilmington BridgeWilmingtonStructure1999
Witherbee Memorial HallMinevilleBuilding1991

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Essex was formed in 1799 (1799-03-01) from Clinton.

ESSEX created from CLINTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Essex County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

39k24k9,4771810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
9,47712,81123,63428,21434,51530,70731,87134,17835,08635,30036,17638,85137,381

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

44 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 44 of 44 listed
NameLatLon
Black River Cemetery44.21-73.52483
Boardman Cemetery44.36891-73.48685
Brookside Cemetery44.39273-74.08101
Burt Cemetery44.28388-73.3995
Calvary Cemetery44.35476-73.37318
Central Cemetery44.36794-73.72631
Deerhead Cemetery44.33594-73.55758
Estes Cemetery44.20143-73.78042
Fairview Cemetery43.94543-73.46402
Federal Flat Cemetery43.77904-73.94148
Forestdale Cemetery43.95005-73.43699
Goodspeed Cemetery44.42133-73.94015
Guilderland Cemetery44.36874-73.39472
Haselton Cemetery44.40726-73.78014
Holt Cemetery44.21221-73.78911
Holy Name of Jesus and Mary Cemetery43.95848-73.7234
Immaculate Conception Cemetery44.50144-73.48013
Ingalls Cemetery44.28143-73.79458
John Browns Grave44.2521-73.97113
Lakeview Cemetery44.33525-73.35696
Lewis Cemetery44.27591-73.56781
Malbone Cemetery44.37788-73.79484
Memorial Cemetery44.35502-73.37496
Minerva Baptist Cemetery43.78655-73.98092
Moriah Union Cemetery44.05005-73.48127
Mount Hope Cemetery43.85565-73.42177
Mountain View Cemetery44.34328-73.76912
North Elba Cemetery44.26325-73.97259
North Hudson Cemetery44.01171-73.69477
North Jay Cemetery44.40723-73.65768
Norton Cemetery44.23744-73.7803
Pine Ridge Cemetery43.98741-73.71075
Pine Ridge Cemetery44.32532-74.12293
Port Douglass Cemetery44.47898-73.42951
Sacred Heart Cemetery43.95209-73.42157
Saint Marys Cemetery43.83774-73.43538
Saint Patrick Cemetery44.05741-73.49763
Saint Therese Cemetery43.94952-74.07791
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery44.05887-73.50186
Schroon River Cemetery43.93506-73.73434
Shaw Cemetery44.22643-73.78764
Spear Cemetery44.02142-73.49422
Stevenson Cemetery44.10608-73.44695
Walton Cemetery44.06359-73.46435

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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