North Country (New York)
The North Country (French: Pays du Nord) 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 2009, there were 429,092 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
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]
History
Lewis, St. Lawrence, and Oswego county was purchased by Alexander Macomb in 1791.[7]
North Country (New York) Media
Map showing the northern and westernmost parts of the North Country
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "North Country Alliance::: Vision". citec.org. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ "Welcome to Empire State Development". esd.ny.gov. 24 October 2016. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Template:Cite United States census
- ↑ "Where we work | ANCA". www.adirondack.org. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ Skinner 1876, p. 58.
Citations
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.
