{"id":6432,"date":"2023-07-28T15:59:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T15:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6432"},"modified":"2026-07-31T20:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:31:11","slug":"saint-lawrence-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/saint-lawrence-county\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Lawrence County, New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Lawrence County is a county in New York, United States, roughly 100 miles north of Syracuse along the Canadian border. It had a population of 108,505 at the 2020 census, an estimated 105,488 by 2025, and covers 2,680 square miles (6,900 km2) of land centred near 44\u00b036\u2032N 75\u00b010\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Canton is the county seat, a village rather than a city; its postal code is 13617. The county holds 1 city, 10 incorporated villages and dozens of smaller hamlets across 32 towns, and it runs on Eastern Time. St. Lawrence is New York’s largest county by land area — bigger than Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in St. Lawrence County<\/h2>\n

The county has one city (Ogdensburg), 10 incorporated villages and a scatter of unincorporated hamlets and census-designated places (CDPs). Three former villages — Edwards, Hermon and Morristown — dissolved their charters between 2013 and 2019 and are now hamlets; locals still call them “the village.”<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTown<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Ogdensburg<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n10,064<\/td>\n13669<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Massena<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nMassena<\/td>\n10,151<\/td>\n13662<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Potsdam<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nPotsdam<\/td>\n8,312<\/td>\n13676<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canton<\/td>\nVillage · seat<\/td>\nCanton<\/td>\n7,155<\/td>\n13617<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gouverneur<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nGouverneur<\/td>\n3,526<\/td>\n13642<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Akwesasne<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nMassena<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n13655<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waddington<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nWaddington<\/td>\n937<\/td>\n13694<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norwood<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nPotsdam & Norfolk<\/td>\n1,552<\/td>\n13668<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morristown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nMorristown<\/td>\n398<\/td>\n13664<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heuvelton<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nOswegatchie<\/td>\n722<\/td>\n13654<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brasher Falls<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nBrasher<\/td>\n674<\/td>\n13613<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star Lake<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nClifton & Fine<\/td>\n631<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rensselaer Falls<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nCanton<\/td>\n361<\/td>\n13680<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hammond<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nHammond<\/td>\n273<\/td>\n13646<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nDe Kalb<\/td>\n234<\/td>\n13681<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hermon<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nHermon<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edwards<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nEdwards<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

A few names cause confusion. Norwood sits across two towns, Potsdam and Norfolk, so its mail and its town government are not the same place. Massena village and the separate hamlet of Massena Center, a few miles east on Route 37, are often mixed up by newcomers. And the Akwesasne CDP straddles the Massena town line, Franklin County and the international border, so its 12,000-plus residents are split across jurisdictions rather than counted as one town population.<\/p>\n

Towns in St. Lawrence County<\/h2>\n

New York’s counties are divided into towns rather than townships, and St. Lawrence County has 32 of them — more than any other county in the state. Sorted by 2020 population, largest first:<\/p>\n

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Town<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Massena<\/td>\n12,433<\/td>\nVillage of Massena; part of Akwesasne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canton<\/td>\n11,638<\/td>\nVillage of Canton (seat); Village of Rensselaer Falls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Potsdam<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nVillage of Potsdam; hamlet of Norwood (shared with Norfolk)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gouverneur<\/td>\n6,551<\/td>\nVillage of Gouverneur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norfolk<\/td>\n4,453<\/td>\nHamlet of Norfolk; shares Norwood village with Potsdam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lisbon<\/td>\n4,221<\/td>\nHamlet of Lisbon Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oswegatchie<\/td>\n4,158<\/td>\nVillage of Heuvelton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stockholm<\/td>\n3,816<\/td>\nHamlet of Stockholm Depot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louisville<\/td>\n3,050<\/td>\nHamlets of Louisville Landing and South Louisville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pierrepont<\/td>\n2,523<\/td>\nHamlets of Pierrepont and Allens Falls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brasher<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nHamlet of Brasher Falls (CDP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
De Kalb<\/td>\n2,375<\/td>\nVillage of Richville; hamlet of De Kalb Junction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waddington<\/td>\n2,235<\/td>\nVillage of Waddington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fowler<\/td>\n2,142<\/td>\nHamlet of Hailesboro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morristown<\/td>\n2,082<\/td>\nHamlet of Morristown (dissolved village, 2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parishville<\/td>\n2,038<\/td>\nHamlet of Parishville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russell<\/td>\n1,872<\/td>\nHamlet of Russell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madrid<\/td>\n1,744<\/td>\nHamlet of Madrid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lawrence<\/td>\n1,715<\/td>\nHamlets of North Lawrence and Nicholville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colton<\/td>\n1,530<\/td>\nHamlet of Colton, on the Raquette River<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fine<\/td>\n1,304<\/td>\nHamlets of Star Lake, Wanakena and Newton Falls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hammond<\/td>\n1,258<\/td>\nVillage of Hammond; hamlet of Chippewa Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hopkinton<\/td>\n1,105<\/td>\nHamlets of Hopkinton and Fort Jackson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hermon<\/td>\n1,074<\/td>\nHamlet of Hermon (dissolved village, 2016)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
De Peyster<\/td>\n1,023<\/td>\nHamlet of De Peyster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edwards<\/td>\n1,015<\/td>\nHamlet of Edwards (dissolved village, 2012)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Macomb<\/td>\n912<\/td>\nHamlet of Macomb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rossie<\/td>\n799<\/td>\nHamlet of Rossie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pitcairn<\/td>\n790<\/td>\nHamlet of Pitcairn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clifton<\/td>\n675<\/td>\nHamlet of Cranberry Lake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Piercefield<\/td>\n282<\/td>\nHamlet of Piercefield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clare<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nHamlet of Clare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n