Jefferson County, New York
[2] The county is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America.Jefferson County comprises the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area.The popularity of the area as a summer tourist destination results in a dramatic increase of population during that season.In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War, the name of Tryon County was changed to Montgomery County to honor the general, Richard Montgomery, who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of Quebec, replacing the name of the hated British governor.During the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the county was largely developed for agriculture.By the early 20th centuries, Watertown was a city with the highest per capita number of millionaires in the United States.Local industrialists had made early fortunes from industries driven by water power.In 2019, Jefferson County and much of the rest of the North Country was identified as one of the most politically tolerant communities in America, according to an analysis by PredictWise.Jefferson County is in New York State's northern lobe, adjacent to the area where the Saint Lawrence River exits Lake Ontario.21.9% were of English, 14.1% Irish, 12.8% German, 8.5% French and 8.5% Italian ancestry according to the 2010 American Community Survey.[19][20][21] In 2012, the Sheriff's Office was the subject of three unrelated sexual harassment lawsuits by a female deputy and two other women.
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