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Lewis County, New York

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
37historic places
—earliest paper
1805formed
26,582pop. 2020
43cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 37 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Lowville, Martinsburg, Constableville.

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 Lewis titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 37 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

37 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alpina Archeological DistrictDianaDistrict1995
Basselin HouseCroghanBuilding2022
Bateman HotelLowvilleBuilding1994
Beaver Falls Grange Hall No. 554Beaver FallsBuilding2015
Collins, Jonathan C., House and CemeteryConstablevilleBuilding1988
Collinsville CemeteryWest TurinSite2014
Constable HallConstablevilleBuilding1973
Constableville Village Historic DistrictConstablevilleDistrict1983
Croghan Island MillCroghanBuilding2010
First Lewis County Clerk's OfficeMartinsburgBuilding2017
Forest Presbyterian ChurchLyon FallsBuilding2004
Gould Mansion ComplexLyons FallsDistrict1978
Hough, Franklin B., House NHLLowvilleBuilding1966
House at 58 Eighteenth AvenueSea CliffBuilding1988
Lewis County FairgroundsLowvilleDistrict2002
Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' MonumentLowvilleObject2009
Lewis, Harry and Molly, HouseBeaver FallsBuilding2012
Lewisburg Archeological DistrictDianaDistrict1995
Leyden Common School No. 2TalcottvilleBuilding2016
Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Historic DistrictLowvilleDistrict2024
Lowville Masonic TempleLowvilleBuilding2008
Lowville Presbyterian ChurchLowvilleBuilding2007
Martin, Gen. Walter, HouseMartinsburgBuilding2008
Martinsburg Common School District #4MartinsburgBuilding2022
Martinsburg Town HallMartinsburgBuilding2001
Methodist Episcopal Church of West MartinsburgWest MartinsburgBuilding1983
Moser FarmKirschnervilleBuilding2010
Old Lowville CemeteryLowvilleSite2016
Osceola Town HallOsceolaBuilding2005
Pinckney Corners CemeteryCopenhagenSite2014
Pine Grove Community ChurchPine GroveBuilding2009
Pines, TheLyons FallsBuilding2007
St. Mark's ChurchPort LeydenBuilding1998
Stoddard-O'Connor HouseLowvilleBuilding2011
Talcottville CemeteryTalcottvilleSite2017
Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial ChapelLyons FallsSite2011
Wilson, Edmund, HousePort LeydenBuilding1973

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

LEWIS created from ONEIDA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

31k19k6,4331810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
6,4339,22717,83028,58031,41627,42723,70422,81522,52123,24925,03526,94426,582

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

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

Cemeteries — 43 of 43 listed
NameLatLon
Basselin Cemetery43.8945-75.39195
Battle Cemetery43.84826-75.67639
Beaches Bridge Cemetery43.77714-75.4315
Beaver Falls New Cemetery43.88746-75.44053
Beaver Falls Old Cemetery43.8851-75.42639
Bent Cemetery43.90506-75.63575
Blanchard Cemetery44.07485-75.44126
Brantingham Cemetery43.67322-75.29464
Burdicks Crossing Cemetery43.68386-75.38514
Calvary Cemetery43.58143-75.32927
Campville Cemetery43.80088-75.35406
Carpenter Cemetery43.66471-75.46841
Collins Cemetery43.56279-75.40901
Collinsville Cemetery43.62646-75.39372
Constableville Rural Cemetery43.56695-75.43087
Ebblie Cemetery43.80784-75.48971
Fairview Cemetery43.85147-75.51871
Fairview Cemetery43.88845-75.6671
Gallup Cemetery43.85177-75.62433
Hillside Cemetery43.87765-75.56025
Hillside Cemetery44.07321-75.48507
Leyden Hill Cemetery43.55997-75.37224
Liberty Cemetery43.77973-75.74203
Martinsburg Cemetery43.73359-75.47916
Mount Pleasant Cemetery43.46971-75.70947
Newton Cemetery43.80116-75.75854
Oswegatchie Cemetery44.09431-75.36539
Plank Cemetery43.91541-75.65443
Saint Marys Cemetery43.56266-75.43809
Saint Michaels Cemetery43.52427-75.47146
Saint Pauls Cemetery43.57917-75.41169
Saint Stephens Cemetery43.90117-75.38518
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery43.80337-75.75778
Salmon River Cemetery43.49659-75.72232
Sands Cemetery43.66923-75.36148
Sunnyside Cemetery43.94438-75.54905
Swancott Mill Cemetery43.45293-75.60328
Swinburne Cemetery43.92849-75.59236
Turin Cemetery43.63344-75.39818
Union Cemetery of Naumburg43.90637-75.50047
West Leyden Cemetery43.47742-75.45878
West Lowville Rural Cemetery43.80478-75.55713
Wildwood Cemetery43.60786-75.34515

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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