Lewis County New York Genealogy and History
County seat: Lowville
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Lewis County New York History
Lewis County was split off from Oneida County in 1805.
Lewis County, once organized, adopted five towns; Leyden, Turin, Martinsburg, Lowville, and Harrisburg. Today there are seventeen and they are Croghan, Denmark, Diana, Greig, Harrisburg, Highmarket, Lewis, Leyden, Lowville, Martinsburg, Montague, New Bremen, Osceola, Pinckney, Turin, Watson, and West Turin. Croghan was adopted in 1841, Denmark was in 1807, Diana in 1830, Greig 1828, Harrisburg 1803, Highmarket 1852, Lewis 1852, Leyden 1797, Lowville 1800, Martinsburg 1803, Montague 1850, New Bremen 1848, Osceola 1844, Pinckney 1808, Turin 1800, Watson 1821, and West Turin in 1830. These towns were adopted in a very short time span of about 55 years.
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Lewis County Clerk
Lewis County Court House
Lowville, NY 13367
Phone: 315-376-5333
Website: http://lewiscountyny.org/content/Departments/View/24
Adjacent counties
- St. Lawrence County - north
- Herkimer County - east
- Oneida County - south
- Oswego County - west
- Jefferson County - northwest