St. Lawrence County, New York

St. Lawrence County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 111,931. The is. The county is named for the, which in turn was named for the  on whose birthday the river was discovered. St. Lawrence County is the largest county in New York based on area ( is the smallest).

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present St. Lawrence 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. The other two were called (later renamed ) and  (later renamed ). Tryon County 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. Charlotte County contained the eastern portion of Albany County.

In, following the peace treaty that ended the , the name "Charlotte County" was changed to to honor , the  general and later , and the name "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, was split off from Washington County. This was a much larger area than the present Clinton County, including part of what would later become St. Lawrence County, as well as several other counties or county parts of the present New York State.

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.

St. Lawrence 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 was the splitting off in of. This county was larger than the current Onondaga County, including the present, , and part of. This was followed by the splitting off in from Herkimer County of two portions: one,, was larger than the current Oneida County, including the present , , and part of ; another portion, together with a portion of , was taken to form.

In, Clinton County was reduced in size by the splitting off of from Clinton County.

In, parts of Clinton, Herkimer, and Montgomery Counties were taken to form the new St. Lawrence County. At that time was the county seat. In 1828 the county seat was moved to.

Population
As of the of 2000, there were 111,931 people, 40,506 households, and 26,936 families residing in the county. The was 16/km² (42/sq mi). There were 49,721 housing units at an average density of 7/km² (18/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.51%, 2.38% , 0.87% , 0.71% , 0.03% , 0.69% from , and 0.81% from two or more races. or of any race were 1.79% of the population.

There were 40,506 households out of which 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.50% were living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.50% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.40% under the age of 18, 13.80% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 13.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 103.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,356, and the median income for a family was $38,510. Males had a median income of $33,135 versus $22,253 for females. The for the county was $15,728. About 12.30% of families and 16.90% of the population were below the, including 21.30% of those under age 18 and 10.30% of those age 65 or over.

County Information
Saint Lawrence County is home to, , , , and the. Part of the County is in the.

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Adjacent counties and areas
The northwestern edge of St. Lawrence County is an international border with the in. The eastern border is shared with. St. Lawrence's south border is with and  Counties. and counties are on the southwestern border.