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St. Lawrence County, New York

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
81historic places
—earliest paper
1802formed
108,505pop. 2020
146cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 81 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Potsdam, Ogdensburg, Canton.

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 St. Lawrence titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

50 of 81 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

81 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Acker and Evans Law OfficeOgdensburgBuilding1983
Arab Mountain Fire Observation StationPiercefieldStructure2001
Baldwin, Benjamin Gordon, HouseNorwoodBuilding2004
Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse ComplexPotsdamSite2004
Brick Chapel Church and CemeteryCantonBuilding2005
Brown, Luke, HouseParishvilleBuilding2003
Buck's Bridge United Methodist ChurchBuck's BridgeBuilding2004
Chase Mills InnChase MillsBuilding1978
Childwold Memorial Presbyterian ChurchPiercefieldBuilding2001
Clare Town HallClareBuilding2004
Clarkson Office BuildingPotsdamBuilding2004
Clarkson-Knowles CottagePotsdamBuilding1995
Congregational ChurchRensselaer FallsBuilding2005
Cox, Gardner, HouseHannawa FallsBuilding1986
Crossover Island Light StationSt. LawrenceStructure2007
Dr. Buck-Stevens HouseBrasher FallsBuilding1982
Edwards Town HallEdwardsBuilding2004
Fine Town HallFineBuilding1996
Fine, Judge John, HouseOgdenburgBuilding1986
First Baptist Church of Ogdensburg ComplexOgdensburgBuilding2018
First Congregational Church of MadridMadridBuilding2010
First Presbyterian Church ComplexGouverneurBuilding2015
First Presbyterian Church of Dailey RidgePotsdamBuilding2002
Ford, Jacob, HouseMorristownBuilding1982
Fort La Presentation SiteOgdensburgSite2010
French Family FarmPotsdamBuilding1982
Hale CemeteryNorfolkSite2024
Halfway HouseLisbonBuilding2023
Harrison Grist MillMorleyBuilding1982
Hepburn LibraryNorfolkBuilding2004
Hepburn Library of ColtonColtonBuilding2012
Hepburn Library of LisbonLisbonBuilding2016
Herring-Cole Hall, St. Lawrence UniversityCantonBuilding1974
Hopkinton Green Historic DistrictHopkintonDistrict2014
KnollwoodStar LakeBuilding2012
Land OfficeMorristownBuilding1982
Library Park Historic DistrictOgdensburgDistrict1982
Lisbon Railroad DepotLisbonBuilding2000
Lisbon Town HallLisbonBuilding1980
Market Street Historic DistrictPotsdamDistrict1979
Methodist Episcopal Church of East DeKalbDeKalbBuilding1998
Miller, Paschal, HouseMorristownBuilding1982
Morristown SchoolhouseMorristownBuilding1982
New York State ArmoryOgdensburgBuilding1976
Ogdensburg ArmoryOgdensburgBuilding1995
Ogdensburg Harbor LighthouseOgdensburgBuilding2016
Oswegatchie Pumping StationOgdensburgBuilding1990
Parmeter, Nathaniel, HousePotsdamBuilding2003
Pickens HallHeuveltonBuilding2004
Pierrepont Town BuildingsPierrepont CenterBuilding1982
Potsdam Civic Center ComplexPotsdamBuilding2016
Potsdam State Normal School CampusPotsdamBuilding2015
Raymondville Parabolic BridgeRaymondvilleStructure1984
Richardson Hall, St. Lawrence UniversityCantonBuilding1974
Robinson Bay Archeological DistrictMassenaDistrict1977
Russell Town HallRussellBuilding1996
St. Lawrence County Government ComplexCantonDistrict2024
St. Lawrence University-Old Campus Historic DistrictCantonDistrict1983
Stocking, Samuel, HouseMorristownBuilding1982
Stone WindmillMorristownBuilding1982
Sunday RockSouth ColtonObject2010
Trinity Episcopal ChapelMorleyBuilding1990
Trinity Episcopal ChurchPotsdamBuilding2003
U.S. CustomshouseOgdensburgBuilding1974
U.S. Post OfficeOgdensburgBuilding1977
US Post Office-CantonCantonBuilding1988
US Post Office-GouverneurGouverneurBuilding1989
US Post Office-PotsdamPotsdamBuilding1989
United Methodist ChurchMorristownBuilding1982
United Presbyterian ChurchLisbonBuilding2005
Village Park Historic DistrictCantonDistrict1975
Village Park Historic District (Boundary Increase II)CantonDistrict2008
Village Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)CantonDistrict1983
Waddington Historic DistrictWaddingtonDistrict1992
Wallace, Jonathan, HousePotsdamBuilding2003
Wanakena Presbyterian ChurchWanakenaBuilding2007
Watkins-Sisson HousePotsdamBuilding2013
West Stockholm Historic DistrictWest StockholmDistrict1979
Wright's Stone StoreMorristownBuilding1982
Young Memorial ChurchBrier HillBuilding2011
Zion Episcopal Church and RectoryColtonBuilding2003

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

St. Lawrence was formed in 1802 (1802-03-03) from Clinton.

ST. LAWRENCE created from CLINTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

114k61k7,8851810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7,88516,03756,70683,68985,99789,08388,12191,09898,897111,239114,254111,931108,505

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

146 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 146 listed
NameLatLon
Adath Israel Cemetery44.93466-74.90251
Anshe Zophen Cemetery44.67882-75.47854
Bayside Cemetery44.65644-74.98936
Black Lake Cemetery44.49386-75.63279
Bradford Cemetery (historical)44.92333-75.08139
Brasher Iron Works Cemetery44.89574-74.70271
Bridge Cemetery44.60338-75.13409
Briggs Cemetery44.74427-75.40855
Brookdale Cemetery44.81095-74.9096
Brookside Cemetery44.85973-75.19732
Calvary Cemetery44.74145-74.98305
Calvary Cemetery44.93421-74.90047
Carville Cemetery44.91756-74.75372
Chamberlain Corners Cemetery44.83156-75.10087
Chapel Hill Cemetery44.62844-74.86171
Chesterfield Cemetery44.74505-74.66662
Clark Cemetery44.54122-75.13238
Clark Cemetery44.76067-75.02286
Cooks Cemetery44.5045-74.97387
Coulon Cemetery44.50033-74.74463
Cranberry Lake Cemetery44.22003-74.86725
Davies Cemetery44.57247-75.5173
Dodge Cemetery (historical)44.96139-74.93472
Doran Cemetery44.71614-75.17076
East DeKalb Cemetery44.48505-75.30215
East Part Cemetery44.76255-74.80311
East Pitcairn Cemetery44.21718-75.21914
East Road Cemetery44.55048-75.41425
Ellis Cemetery44.72328-74.95559
Fairview Cemetery44.32527-75.25828
Fairview Cemetery44.58033-75.16824
Fairview Cemetery44.63735-74.81734
Fairview Cemetery44.81126-74.77762
Fineview Cemetery44.45337-75.68863
Flackville Cemetery44.67584-75.3672
Flint Chaffee Cemetery44.81541-74.68387
Ford Cemetery44.69097-75.49596
Fort Jackson Hopkinton Cemetery44.69976-74.70838
Fulton Cemetery44.6879-75.25635
Garfield Cemetery44.65118-74.96525
Garrison Cemetery44.17583-75.31711
Greenwood Cemetery44.58279-75.64441
Gulf Cemetery44.27713-75.359
Hailville Cemetery44.77366-74.69296
Hammond Cemetery44.455-75.68664
Haskell Ridge Cemetery44.76398-75.102
Hill Crest Cemetery44.78735-74.64758
Hillcrest Cemetery44.62339-75.4041
Hillcrest Cemetery44.62699-74.81983
Holmes Hill Cemetery44.76247-74.82652
Holy Cross Cemetery44.67803-74.69556
Jenkins Cemetery44.82577-74.84186
Jerusalem Cemetery44.54283-75.23937
Kendrew Cemetery44.54811-75.34105
Kent Mill Cemetery44.87572-74.93747
King Cemetery44.53066-75.13429
Kyle Cemetery44.85628-74.84788
Lawrence Cemetery44.66564-75.24711
Lawrence Cemetery (historical)44.91444-75.09583
Leet Cemetery44.6219-75.03608
Lisbon Cemetery44.74054-75.35473
Livingston Cemetery44.77088-75.36598
Maple Grove Cemetery44.42422-75.38938
Maple Grove Cemetery44.79227-74.67509
Martin Cemetery44.75742-75.31276
Massena Center Cemetery44.95869-74.83406
Miller Cemetery (historical)44.98139-74.92306
Morley Cemetery44.66147-75.20086
Mound Hill Cemetery44.69756-74.65025
Mount Lona Cemetery44.59421-75.37597
Nevins Cemetery44.93101-74.83271
North Gouverneur Cemetery44.41616-75.47383
North Russell Cemetery44.51251-75.12581
Norton Cemetery44.62249-75.2309
Notre Dame Cemetery44.68009-75.49025
O'Neill Cemetery44.77779-75.36099
Old DeKalb Cemetery44.50139-75.34871
Old Notre Dame Cemetery44.67621-75.49065
Old Saint James Cemetery44.3336-75.44945
Old Saint Marys Cemetery44.65013-74.96758
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Black Lake44.47056-75.65861
Hollywood44.385-74.73056
Sucker Brook44.81333-75.25667

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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