Lewis County, New York

Lewis County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 26,944. It is named after, when the county was established. Its is.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Lewis County was part of. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of and, in theory, extending westward to the. This county was reduced in size on, by the creation of , and further on ,  by the creation of , both containing territory now in Vermont.

On, , what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces,, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of, and the county included the western part of the and the area west of the West Branch of the. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for, colonial governor of New York.

In the years prior to, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to. In, following the peace treaty that ended the , the name of Tryon County was changed to to honor the general, , who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of , replacing the name of the hated British governor.

In, the size of Montgomery County was reduced by the splitting off of from Montgomery. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present, , , , , , , , , , , , and part of and.

Lewis County is part of of 1791.

In, Herkimer County was one of three counties split off from Montgomery (the other two being , and ). This was much larger than the present county, however, and was reduced by a number of subsequent splits. The first one of these, in, produced. This county was larger than the current Onondaga County, including the present, , and part of.

(as well as a part of ), was split off from Herkimer County in.

Lewis County was split off from Oneida County in.

In, much of the county was socked in a world record-breaking , with nearly 2 meters of snow in just a 24-hour period.

Geography
Lewis County is located in northwestern New York State, slightly east of due north from. The eastern part of the county is in the. Part of the is in the southern part of the county.

According to the, the county has a total area of 3,341 (1,290 ). 3,303 km² (1,275 sq mi) of it is land and 37 km² (14 sq mi) of it (1.12%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 26,944 people, 10,040 households, and 7,309 families residing in the county. The was 8/km² (21/sq mi). There were 15,134 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (12/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.17%, 0.39% , 0.28% , 0.23% , 0.05% , 0.28% from , and 0.59% from two or more races. or of any race were 0.64% of the population.

There were 10,040 households out of which 35.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.40% were living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.20% were non-families. 22.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.80% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 28.20% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 13.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,361, and the median income for a family was $39,287. Males had a median income of $30,479 versus $21,115 for females. The for the county was $14,971. About 10.10% of families and 13.20% of the population were below the, including 16.40% of those under age 18 and 14.00% of those age 65 or over.

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