North Country (New York)
The North Country (French: Pays du Nord, lit. 'Northern country') is the northernmost region of the U.S. state of New York. The North Country is next to Lake Champlain to the east, and the Adirondack Mountains to the south. The Canadian border is to the north, and Lake Ontario is to the west.[1] The North Country is mostly rural area. The North Country has seven counties. A U.S. Army base, Fort Drum, is also in the North Country. As of 2024, there were 420,311 people living in the North Country.[2]
The name "North Country" was first used inside New York in the 1900 novel Eben Holden by Irving Bacheller.[3] The biggest city in the North Country is Watertown.[4] The second biggest city is Plattsburgh.[5]
Counties
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The Empire State Development Corporation says that there are 7 counties in the North Country:[1]
- Clinton County
- Essex County
- Franklin County
- Hamilton County
- Jefferson County
- Lewis County
- St. Lawrence County
But the Adirondack North Country Association says that there are 14 counties in the North Country:[6]
- Clinton County
- Essex County
- Franklin County
- Hamilton County
- Jefferson County
- Lewis County
- St. Lawrence County
- Fulton County
- Herkimer County
- Oneida County
- Oswego County
- Saratoga County
- Warren County
- Washington County
History
[change | change source]Lewis, St. Lawrence, and Oswego county was purchased by Alexander Macomb in 1791.[7]
Related pages
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[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "North Country Alliance::: Vision". citec.org. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ "North Country | 1Empire State Development". esd.ny.gov. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ↑ Hallas, Herb (2013-05-30). "Where Exactly is the North Country?". Adirondack Almanack.
- ↑ "City of Watertown, New York - About Watertown NY". www.watertown-ny.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ "Plattsburgh, New York", United States census, 2020; Plattsburgh city, New York;. Retrieved on May 22, 2022.
- ↑ "Where we work | ANCA". www.adirondack.org. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ Skinner 1876, p. 58.
Citations
[change | change source]Skinner, Charles Rufus (1876). Watertown, N.Y.: a history of its settlement and progress, with a description of its commercial advantages: as a manufacturing point, its location, its unsurpassed water power, its industries and general features of attraction to capitalists and manufacturers. Watertown, N.Y.: Watertown Manufacturers Aid Association.
