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Local Municipal Historians in St Lawrence County, New York

Town, village, and city historians in New York State come under the Office of the State Historian, which

is an officially-appointed office with mandated responsibilities to a network of 1,640 appointed local government historians.

The current New York State Historian, appointed in 2016, is Devin Lander.

Town, village, and city historians for St Lawrence County, New York are listed below in alphabetical order by locality. In some cases, historians fulfill the duties for more than one locality, and are thus listed more than once. In communities that have assistant or deputy historians, those individual are listed second and their names in parentheses. The area code for phone numbers listed below is 315 unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact the St Lawrence County Historical Association at the address and phone number listed below. If a name is hyperlinked, you can click on it to open an e-mail form.

  • Canton Town and Village - History of Canton
  • Linda Casserly, 60 Main St., Canton, NY 13617 315-386-1633 EMail
  • Clare
  • Charlotte Peabody, 3495 County Route 27, Russell, NY 13684 315-386-3849 EMail
  • Clifton
  • Mark Friden, PO Box 647, Cranberry Lake, NY 12927 315-848-3222 EMail
  • Colton - Colton Museum and Historical Society
  • Dennis Eickhoff, PO Box 95, Colton, NY 13625 315-262-2800 EMail
  • DeKalb - Town of DeKalb Historical Association
  • Bryan Thompson, 68 Streeter Road, DeKalb Junction, NY 13630 315-347-2178 EMail
  • Depeyster
  • Sharon Murdock, 4626 County Rt. 10, DePeyster, NY 13633 315-344-2250 EMail
  • Edwards, Town and Village - The Edwards History and Genealogy Center
  • LaVerne Freeman, 61 Maple Ave, Edwards, NY 13635 315-562-3500 EMail
  • Dawn Mullaney - Deputy, 2442 County Route 24, Edwards, NY 13635 315-562-3647
  • Fine
  • Shirley Meek, 674 Oswegatchie Rd., Oswegatchie, NY 13670 315-848-2819 EMail
  • Kathryn Peabody - Deputy, PO Box 294, Star Lake, NY 13690 315-848-2338
  • Fowler
  • Karen Simmons, 87 Little York Road, Gouverneur, NY 13642 315-287-4753 EMail
  • Gouverneur, Town
  • Joseph Laurenza, 30 Church Street, Gouverneur, NY 13642 315-287-0570 EMail
  • Hammond, Town and Village - Hammond Museum
  • Donna Demick, 1501 State Highway 37, Hammond, NY 13646 315-324-5731 EMail
  • Hermon, Town and Village - Hermon History
  • Lenore Zaunere, 527 Pond Road, Hermon, NY 13652 315-347-2373 EMail
  • Heuvelton - Pickens General Store
  • Linda Wood, 182 McIlwee Road, Heuvelton, NY 13654 315-344-6364 EMail
  • Hopkinton - Town of Hopkinton Museum
  • Dale Burnett, 2893 State Highway 11B, Hopkinton, NY 12965 315-328-4681 EMail
  • Michael Draper - Board of Trustees - Deputy, 1185 SH 420, Brasher Falls, NY 13613 315-769-8301 EMail
  • Lawrence
  • Cindy Merrick, 11405 State Highway 11 , Lawrenceville, NY 12949 315-740-0106
  • Lisbon - Lisbon Depot Museum
  • Nancy LaFaver, PO Box 215, Lisbon, NY 13658 315-393-4154 EMail
  • Louisville
  • Patti Shirley, , , NY 315-764-7473 EMail
  • Macomb
  • Mary Matice, 10 Sawmill Road, Gouverneur, NY 13642 315-578-2388 EMail
  • Madrid - Madrid History
  • Sara Schulz, , Madrid, NY 315-322-0605 EMail
  • Carrie Rutherford - Deputy, 684 County Route 30, Lisbon, NY 13658 315-322-4293 EMail
  • Massena, Town and Village - Massena Museum
  • Josh Davis, 79 Main St., Massena, NY 13662 315-769-8571 EMail
  • Morristown, Town and Village - Morristown Gateway Museum
  • David Murray, PO Box 240, Morristown, NY 13664 315-375-6560 EMail
  • Norfolk - Norfolk Historical Museum
  • Theresa Dumas, PO Box 481, Norfolk, NY 13667 315-384-4757 EMail
  • Norwood - Susan C Lyman Historical Museum
  • Tony Nocerino, PO Box 103, Norwood, NY 13668 315-528-0733 EMail
  • Ogdensburg - Ogdensburg History
  • Julie Madlin, 2 Madlin Drive, Ogdensburg, NY 13669 315-528-0733 EMail
  • Oswegatchie, Town of
  • Linda Wood, 182 McIlwee Road, Heuvelton, NY 13654 315-344-6364 EMail
  • Parishville - Parishville Museum Facebook Page
  • Joe McGill, PO Box 628, Parishville, NY 13672 315-265-4232 EMail
  • Piercefield - Piercefield Museum
  • VACANT , PO Box 136, Piercefield, NY 12973 --
  • Pierrepont
  • Barbara Daniels, 872 State Highway 68, Canton, NY 13617 315-379-0804 EMail
  • Pitcairn
  • Leland Ryan, 346 State Hwy. 3, Harrisville, NY 13648 315-543-2255 EMail
  • Potsdam Village - Potsdam Public Museum
  • Mimi VanDeusen, Interim, PO Box 5168, Potsdam, NY 13676 315-265-6910 EMail
  • Rensselaer Falls
  • Robert Poor, PO Box 24, Rensselaer Falls, NY 13680 315-344-6603 EMail
  • Richville - Richville Historical Association
  • Lila Youngs, 971 River Road, Richville, NY 13681 315-287-0667 EMail
  • Rossie
  • Nancy Raymon, 34542 County Route 22, Theresa, NY 13691 315-287-2293
  • Mathew Billings - Deputy, 54 Barker Rd., Antwerp, NY 13608 315-586-2510 EMail
  • Russell - Russell Memorial Hall/Museum
  • Colleen Friot & June Jenne, PO Box 184, Russell, NY 13684 315-347-3622 EMail
  • Stockholm
  • Shirley Dubois, 540 Route 11C, Winthrop, NY 13697 315-384-5171
  • Waddington - Town
  • VACANT , PO Box 338, Waddington, NY 13694 --
  • Waddington - Village
  • VACANT , , , NY --

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