Potsdam (New York)

St. Lawrence County

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Potsdam is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York in the United States. In the 2010 census, Potsdam had 16,041 inhabitants; his postal code is 13676th The city is named after the city of Potsdam in Brandenburg, Germany, named.

Within the Town of Potsdam is also an eponymous Village. Potsdam is located in the center of the county, northeast of the county seat, Canton.

History

The region was part of Macomb 's Purchase. David Clarkson and Garret Van Horn invested early on in the city, and the settlement began around 1803. Pioneers met at the time still living there and acting with skins Indians.

The Town of Potsdam in 1806 dissolved out of the southern part of the Town of Madrid. Potsdam is one of the ten original Towns of St. Lawrence County.

As Villages to 1831 the village of Potsdam and 1871 Raquetteville duties set ( under the name of Potsdam Junction ). The latter now has the name Norwood and lies partly in the Town of Potsdam and partly in the Town of Norfolk.

The St. Lawrence Academy, predecessor of the State University of New York at Potsdam, was founded in 1816. 1896 then the Clarkson University was founded.

The region around Potsdam is known for its reddish -orange Potsdam sandstone. A large panel of which is located in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC

Geography

According to United States Census Bureau, the Town of Potsdam a total area of ​​267.9 km ², of which 262.8 km ² land and 5.2 km ² ( = 1.92% ) are water.

The Raquette River runs through the center of Potsdam and flows northward. The Grasse River flows through the northwestern part of the Town.

U.S. Highway 11 and the New York State Route 11B east- west connections, and the New York State Route 56 is a north-south road through the city. The New York State Route 345 runs from northwest to southeast and crosses the New York State Route 310 in the northwest corner of the Town.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Craig Conroy (born 1971 ), ice hockey player
  • Frank Billings Kellogg (1856-1937), U.S. Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize
  • George Arthur Mathews (1852-1941), Congressman
  • Erik Penny, guitarist
  • Charles Nelson Pray (1868-1963), Congressman
  • Stephen H. Weed (1831-1863), Union General in the Civil War
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