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Jefferson County, New York

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—newspaper titles
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151historic places
—earliest paper
1805formed
116,721pop. 2020
108cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 151 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Cape Vincent, Chaumont, Watertown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

97 of 151 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

151 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abingdon and New Abingdon ApartmentsWatertownBuilding2018
Adams Commercial Historic DistrictAdamsDistrict2006
Anthony, Levi, BuildingCape VincentBuilding1985
Archer, William, HouseBrownvilleBuilding1980
Aubertine BuildingCape VincentBuilding1985
Ballard, Samuel F., HouseWatertownBuilding2022
Bates, Cyrus, HouseHendersonBuilding2004
Bedford Creek BridgeHounsfieldStructure1989
Benton, Dr. Abner, HouseOxbowBuilding1984
Boldt, George C., Yacht HouseAlexandria BayBuilding1978
Borland, John, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Broadway Historic DistrictCape VincentDistrict1985
Brown, Gen. Jacob, MansionBrownvilleBuilding1980
Brownville HotelBrownvilleBuilding1980
Buckley, James, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Burnham, E. K., HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Buttermilk Flat Schoolhouse No. 22OrleansBuilding1996
Camp, Elisha, HouseSackets HarborBuilding1973
Carter Street Schoolhouse No. 21OrleansBuilding1996
Cedar Grove CemeteryChaumontSite1990
Central GarageOrleansBuilding1996
Chaumont Grange Hall and Dairymen's League BuildingChaumontBuilding1990
Chaumont Historic DistrictChaumontDistrict1990
Chaumont HouseChaumontBuilding1990
Chaumont Railroad StationChaumontBuilding1990
Chevalier, Xavier, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Church of Saint LawrenceAlexandria BayBuilding1997
Clayton Historic DistrictClaytonDistrict1985
Clayton Historic District (Boundary Increase)ClaytonDistrict1997
Cocaigne, Nicholas, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Conklin FarmHounsfieldBuilding1989
Cornwall Brothers' StoreAlexandria BayBuilding1975
Densmore Methodist Church of the Thousand IslandsAlexandriaBuilding1988
Dexter Universalist ChurchDexterBuilding2003
Dezengremel, Remy, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
District School No. 19HounsfieldBuilding1989
District School No. 20HounsfieldBuilding1989
District School No. 3ChaumontBuilding1990
Docteur, Joseph, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Duvillard MillCape VincentBuilding1985
Dyer, Reuter, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
East Charity Shoal LightCape VincentStructure2008
East Hounsfield Christian ChurchHounsfieldBuilding1989
Emerson PlaceWatertownBuilding2003
Evans-Gaige-Dillenback HouseChaumontBuilding1990
Fairview ManorClaytonBuilding2007
First Baptist Church and Cook Memorial BuildingCarthageBuilding2005
First Presbyterian Society of Cape VincentCape VincentBuilding2013
Flower, Roswell P., Memorial LibraryWatertownBuilding1980
Ford, Charles, HouseOrleansBuilding1996
Fort Haldimand SiteCape VincentSite1978
Galband du Fort, Jean Philippe, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Galloo Island LightSackets HarborBuilding1983
George Brothers BuildingChaumontBuilding1990
George HouseChaumontBuilding1990
Getman FarmhouseChaumontBuilding1990
Glen BuildingCape VincentBuilding1985
Grenadier Island SchoolhouseGrenadier IslandBuilding2012
Grindstone Island Upper SchoolhouseClaytonBuilding2012
Guthrie, Dr. Samuel, HouseHounsfieldBuilding1989
Holland LibraryAlexandria BayBuilding2002
Horr, Elijah, HouseOrleansBuilding1996
Hubbard, Hiram, HouseChampionBuilding2009
InglesideAlexandria BayBuilding1980
Irwin Brothers StoreStone MillsBuilding1983
Jefferson County Courthouse ComplexWatertownDistrict1974
Johnson HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Johnston, Capt. Simon, HouseClaytonBuilding1982
La Farge Land OfficeOrleansBuilding1996
La Farge Retainer HousesOrleansBuilding1997
La Fargeville United Methodist ChurchOrleansBuilding1996
Lance FarmChaumontBuilding1990
LeRay HotelEvans MillsBuilding1982
LeRay MansionBlack RiverBuilding1974
LeRay, Vincent, HouseCape VincentBuilding1973
LeRaysville Archeological DistrictLeRayDistrict1995
Lewis HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Longue Vue IslandAlexandria BayBuilding1982
Losee, John, HouseWatertownBuilding2014
Madison BarracksSackets HarborDistrict1974
Methodist Episcopal ChurchOrleansBuilding1996
Methodist-Protestant Church at Fisher's LandingOrleansBuilding1996
Newton, A., FarmOrleansBuilding1997
Norton-Burnham HouseHendersonDistrict2016
Paddock ArcadeWatertownBuilding1976
Paddock MansionWatertownBuilding1979
Peugnet, Captain Louis, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Pierrepont Manor ComplexMannsvilleDistrict1977
Point Salubrious Historic DistrictChaumontDistrict1990
Public Square Historic DistrictWatertownDistrict1984
Public Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)WatertownDistrict2016
Ressequie FarmHounsfieldBuilding1989
Reynolds, George, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Robinson, George T., HouseClaytonBuilding2017
Rock Island Light StationFishers LandingBuilding1978
Rogers Brothers FarmsteadCape VincentBuilding1998
Rottiers, John N., FarmOrleansBuilding1996
Row, TheChaumontBuilding1990
Roxy HotelCape VincentBuilding1985
Sacket, Cornelius, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Sacket, General, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Sackets Harbor BattlefieldSackets HarborSite1974
Sackets Harbor Village Historic DistrictSackets HarborDistrict1983
Saint Paul's Episcopal ChurchWatertownBuilding1997
Shore FarmHounsfieldBuilding1989
Simmons, Stephen, HouseHounsfieldBuilding1989
Smith-Ripley HouseAdamsBuilding2008
Snell-Gillett HouseTheresaBuilding2025
St. John's Episcopal ChurchCape VincentBuilding1985
St. Paul's ChurchBrownvilleBuilding1996
St. Paul's EpiscopalOrleansBuilding1996
St. Vincent of Paul Catholic ChurchCape VincentBuilding1985
Star Grange No. 9HounsfieldBuilding1989
Starkey, Otis, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
State Street Historic DistrictCarthageDistrict1983
Sterlingville Archeological DistrictPhiladelphiaDistrict1995
Stevenson-Frink FarmHounsfieldBuilding1989
Stone Mills Union ChurchStone MillsBuilding1976
Stone Shop, OldChaumontBuilding1990
Storrs' Harbor Naval Shipyard SiteHounsfieldSite2012
Strough, Byron J., HouseOrleansBuilding1997
Sulphur Springs CemeteryHounsfieldSite1989
Swarthout Site-A04507.000038ClaytonSite2002
Taft HouseChaumontBuilding1990
Talcott Falls SiteAdamsDistrict1974
Taylor BoathouseChaumontBuilding1990
Taylor FlatsWatertownBuilding2018
Taylor, Emma Flower, MansionWatertownBuilding2002
Thomas Memorial AME Zion ChurchWatertownBuilding2002
Thousand Island Grange HallOrleansBuilding1996
Thousand Island Park Historic District (Additional Documentation)Thousand Island ParkDistrict1982
Thousand Island Park Historic District (Boundary Increase/Decrease)Thousand Island ParkDistrict2022
Three Mile Bay Historic DistrictChaumontDistrict1990
Tibbetts Point LightCape VincentBuilding1984
Tracy FarmOrleansBuilding1997
Trinity Episcopal Church and Parish HouseWatertownBuilding2000
US Post Office-CarthageCarthageBuilding1988
Union HallChaumontBuilding1990
Union HotelSackets HarborBuilding1972
Union Meeting HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
United Methodist ChurchChaumontBuilding1990
Vautrin, Claude, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Village of Antwerp Historic DistrictAntwerpDistrict2001
Vogt HouseBrownvilleBuilding1980
Walrath, Arthur, HouseBrownvilleBuilding1980
Watertown Masonic TempleWatertownBuilding1980
Wheeler, Menzo, HouseChaumontBuilding1990
Wilcox FarmhouseThree Mile BayBuilding1990
Wilson, Warren, HouseCape VincentBuilding1985
Wood's Grist MillWilnaSite1995
Wood, Amos, HouseNorth LandingBuilding2012

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jefferson was formed in 1805 (1805-03-28) from Oneida.

JEFFERSON created from ONEIDA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

117k66k15k1810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
15,14032,95260,98469,82566,10376,74882,25084,00385,52187,83588,151111,738116,721

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

108 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 108 listed
NameLatLon
Adams State Road Cemetery43.85992-75.99157
Arsenal Street Cemetery43.97563-75.9271
Barnes Bay Cemetery44.07031-76.14411
Barnes Cemetery44.34076-75.84591
Beech Ridge Cemetery44.21799-75.96225
Bigelow Cemetery43.77576-76.14513
Bishop Cemetery43.83885-76.1537
Brewster Cemetery43.68874-76.10307
Brookside Cemetery43.93636-75.9117
Calvary Cemetery43.97353-75.86781
Carpenter Cemetery43.83642-76.19926
Chaufty Cemetery44.15578-75.82142
Church Street Cemetery44.3312-75.91435
Clark Cemetery43.82892-76.17238
Clark Cemetery43.98702-75.79282
Corbin Cemetery44.15307-76.07543
Cotes Cemetery43.98545-75.75034
Degel Israel Cemetery43.93404-75.91589
Dexter Cemetery44.0131-76.02381
Dutch Cemetery44.16293-76.00824
Elmwood Cemetery43.81445-76.03032
Evergreen Cemetery43.81309-76.11516
Fairview Cemetery43.8385-75.91851
Fairview Cemetery43.97589-75.59686
Felts Mills Cemetery44.01808-75.76343
Ferry Cemetery43.97206-76.12514
Fields Settlement Cemetery43.95064-75.98178
Fox Creek Cemetery44.05553-76.28231
Freeman Cemetery44.0835-76.07378
Gallea Cemetery43.77989-76.20466
Giddingsville Cemetery43.77419-76.05514
Glenwood Cemetery43.93757-75.90072
Grove Cemetery44.18637-75.97294
Grow Cemetery43.86252-76.10203
Harder Cemetery44.09464-76.19072
Harris Cemetery44.1154-76.15368
Highland Park Cemetery44.32973-75.90954
Hill Cemetery44.31521-75.82763
Hillside Cemetery43.9659-75.6917
Hillside Cemetery44.17922-75.61743
Hillside Cemetery44.20094-75.60255
Hinman Cemetery44.24719-75.93309
Hoover Cemetery44.11862-75.81341
Houghton Cemetery44.3194-75.94269
Ingalls - Ingerson Cemetery43.98975-76.16569
Isham Cemetery43.85244-75.93466
Judd Cemetery44.14931-76.29627
Kelsey Bridge Cemetery44.17654-75.78338
Luther Hill Cemetery44.0259-76.09974
Lyman Cemetery43.75062-75.96631
Maple Hill Cemetery43.93831-75.80621
Maplewood Cemetery43.71112-76.06035
Massey Street Cemetery43.96082-75.94859
McDonald Cemetery44.33241-75.79226
Military Cemetery43.94852-76.10538
Muskalonge Cemetery43.97727-76.01437
New Boston Cemetery44.16693-75.87749
North Adams Cemetery43.88906-76.02839
North Cemetery43.87147-76.23711
North Watertown Cemetery43.99012-75.917
Omar Cemetery44.25717-75.9636
Orleans Cemetery44.20463-75.90553
Parrish Cemetery44.07445-75.93904
Perch Lake Cemetery44.12873-75.87877
Pettit Cemetery44.02207-75.9526
Point Peninsula Cemetery44.01309-76.21336
Point Salubrious Cemetery44.03171-76.16023
Putman Cemetery44.0746-76.23713
Quaker Cemetery44.15534-75.7061
Quaker Cemetery44.05011-75.77416
Randall Cemetery43.758-75.99948
Redwood Cemetery44.28466-75.80246
Riverside Cemetery44.13761-76.30954
Riverside Cemetery44.31263-75.96789
Rouses Cemetery44.11614-75.9921
Rutland Hollow Cemetery43.98387-75.80276
Saint Cyril's Cemetery44.33017-75.90819
Saint James Cemetery43.97074-75.58659
Saint Johns Cemetery43.81338-76.11627
Saint Johns Cemetery44.22053-75.98072
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
La Raysville44.05778-75.76361

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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