St. Lawrence County, New York

St. Lawrence County
County
The Raquette River in Colton, New York
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Location within the U.S. state of New York
New York's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 44°30′N 75°04′W / 44.5°N 75.07°W / 44.5; -75.07
Country	United States
State	New York
Founded	1802 (1802)
Named for	Saint Lawrence River
Seat	Canton
Area
• Total	2,821 sq mi (7,310 km2)
• Land	2,680 sq mi (6,900 km2)
• Water	141 sq mi (370 km2)  5.0%
Population  (2020)
• Total	108,505
• Density	38/sq mi (15/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	21st
Website	www.stlawco.org

St. Lawrence County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,505.^[1] The county seat is Canton.^[2] The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River. This was as named by early French explorer Jacques Cartier for the Christian saint Lawrence of Rome, as he visited the river on the saint's feast day. The county is part of the North Country region of the state.

St. Lawrence County comprises the Ogdensburg-Massena, NY Micropolitan Statistical Area and is New York's largest county by area.