Jefferson County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census,the population was 116,721. Its county seat is Watertown. The county is named after Thomas Jefferson,third President of the United States of America. It is adjacent to Lake Ontario,southeast from the Canada–US border of Ontario.
Plattsburgh is a city in,and the seat of,Clinton County,New York,United States,situated on the north-western shore of Lake Champlain. The population was 19,841 at the 2020 census. The population of the surrounding Town of Plattsburgh was 11,886 as of the 2020 census,making the combined population of Plattsburgh to be 31,727. Plattsburgh lies just to the northeast of Adirondack Park,immediately outside of the park boundaries. It is the second largest community in the North Country region,and serves as the main commercial hub for the sparsely populated northern Adirondack Mountains. The land around what is referred to as Plattsburgh was previously inhabited by the Iroquois,Western Abenaki,Mohican and Mohawk people. Samuel de Champlain was the first ever recorded European that sailed into Champlain Valley and later claimed the region as a part of New France in 1609.
Watertown is a city in,and the county seat of,Jefferson County,New York,United States. It is approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of the Thousand Islands,along the Black River about 5 miles (8 km) east of where it flows into Lake Ontario. The city is bordered by the town of Watertown to the south,east,and west,and is served by the Watertown International Airport and the Watertown Daily Times newspaper. In the middle of Watertown lies the Public Square Historic District,which was built in 1805 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1984. Watertown is located 13 miles southwest of the U.S. Army base at Fort Drum;it is the service and shopping destination for personnel there and their families. As of the 2020 United States Census,the city has 24,685 residents,making it the largest city in the North Country.
WPTZ is a television station licensed to Plattsburgh,New York,United States,serving as the NBC affiliate for the Burlington,Vermont–Plattsburgh,New York market. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside Montpelier,Vermont–licensed CW affiliate WNNE. WPTZ and WNNE share studios on Community Drive in South Burlington,Vermont,with a secondary studio and news bureau on Cornelia Street in Plattsburgh. Through a channel sharing agreement,the two stations transmit using WPTZ's spectrum from an antenna on Vermont's highest peak,Mount Mansfield.
New York State Route 3 (NY 3) is a major east–west state highway in New York,in the United States,that connects central New York to the North Country region near the Canada–US border via Adirondack Park. The route extends for 245.88 miles (395.71 km) between its western terminus at an intersection with NY 104A in the Cayuga County town of Sterling and its eastern terminus at a junction with U.S. Route 9 (US 9) in the Clinton County city of Plattsburgh. NY 3 traverses eight counties and is a lakeside roadway from Mexico to Sackets Harbor,a mountainous route in Adirondack Park,and an urban arterial in Fulton,Watertown,and Plattsburgh.
Plattsburgh International Airport is a county public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of the city of Plattsburgh,within the Town of Plattsburgh in Clinton County,New York,United States. About 85 percent of the airport's passengers in 2013 were Canadians,mostly from Montreal.
Azariah Cutting Flagg was an American newspaper printer and editor,and politician.
Janet L. Duprey is a former Republican member of the New York State Assembly,representing Assembly District 115,which includes all of Clinton and Franklin Counties,as well as part of St. Lawrence County. She is originally from Plattsburgh.
Charles Brooks Hoard was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Jesse Stone was an English American immigrant,businessman,and Republican politician. He was the 18th lieutenant governor of Wisconsin,serving from January 1899 until his death. Earlier,he served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing eastern Jefferson County.
Addie Jenne is the former New York State Democratic Assemblywoman for the 118th/116th district from 2009 to 2019. The district was known as the 118th district when Jenne was elected in 2008,but was re-numbered during her tenure in office,in the 2012 New York legislative redistricting. The district is known as "The River District" for its place on the St. Lawrence river,and it covers parts of Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties,including Watertown and Potsdam.
The 2010 New York state elections took place on November 2,2010. Due to the special election for US Senate,all of New York's six statewide offices were up for popular election on the same date. At the same time,all 29 members from New York of the U.S. House of Representatives,all 212 members of the New York State legislature,and many other local officials were elected.
William Lewis Owens is an American attorney and former U.S. Representative from New York,a post he held from 2009 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party and currently serves on the advisory board of the Canadian American Business Council. The district he represented,the state's largest and most rural,includes most of the North Country,as well as the northern suburbs of Syracuse.
Douglas L. Hoffman is an American businessman,accountant and former congressional candidate. He was the Conservative Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2009 special election for New York's 23rd congressional district. On November 3,2009,he was narrowly defeated by Democratic candidate Bill Owens. Hoffman ran for the same seat in Congress in 2010,but lost the Republican primary and withdrew his candidacy.
Alfred C. Graf is an American politician and attorney who served as the New York State Assemblyman for the 5th district from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he represented portions of the towns of Brookhaven and Islip,including Holbrook,Lake Ronkonkoma,Ronkonkoma,Holtsville,Centereach,Selden,parts of Farmingville,Islandia,North Patchogue and Stony Brook in Suffolk County on Long Island. Graf has been a Suffolk County District Court Judge since 2018.
Patricia A. Ritchie was a Republican member of the New York State Senate who represented the 48th district from 2011-2022. Her district encompassed portions of the North Country abutting Lake Ontario.
Curtis Noble Douglas was an American businessman and Senator from New York.
Christian Mayer was an American carpenter and businessman from Watertown,Wisconsin who manufactured doors and sash windows. He served as an alderman in,and mayor of,that city,and as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Mark C. Walczyk is an American politician and US Army Reserve Engineer Officer from the state of New York. A Republican,Walczyk represents the 49th district of the New York State Senate. Walczyk won the seat in 2022,after serving in the New York State Assembly.
Jarvis K. Pike was an American attorney,judge and politician who served in local offices,and in the state legislatures,first in New York (state) and then in Cold Spring,Wisconsin.
