Ogdensburg, New York
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| Coordinates: 44°42′N 75°29′W / 44.700°N 75.483°WCoordinates: 44°42′N 75°29′W / 44.700°N 75.483°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | St. Lawrence |
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| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Wayne Ashley (R) |
| • City Manager | Sarah Purdy |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 8.2 sq mi (21.1 km2) |
| • Land | 5.1 sq mi (13.1 km2) |
| • Water | 3.1 sq mi (8.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 295 ft (90 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 11,128 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Zip Code | 13669 |
| FIPS code | 36-54485 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0976759 |
| Website | http://www.ogdensburg.org/ |
Ogdensburg also known as "The Grind" is a city in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 11,128 at the 2010 census. In the late 18th century, European-American settlers named the community after American land owner and developer Samuel Ogden.
The City of Ogdensburg is at the northern border of New York at the mouth of the Oswegatchie River on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. The only formally designated city in Saint Lawrence County, it is located between Massena, New York to the east and Brockville, Ontario to the west.
The Port of Ogdensburg is the only U.S. port on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Ogdensburg International Airport is located south of the city. The Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge, northeast of the city, links the United States and Canada, with a direct highway from Prescott to Ottawa, the capital of Canada.
This was ancient territory for thousands of years of indigenous peoples of varying cultures. By 1000 CE, Iroquoian-speaking people were settling along the St. Lawrence River and practicing agriculture, as well as hunting and fishing. The earliest French explorers recorded Stadacona and Hochelaga as villages of these people in the early 16th century. By the end of the century, later explorers found the villages utterly abandoned with no signs of life.
Since the 1950s, historians, linguists, and archeologists have found evidence of a distinct people, now called the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, who inhabited the areas along the St. Lawrence River from before 1300 until the late 16th century. They spoke Laurentian and were a group distinct from the later historical Five Nations of the Iroquois Haudenosaunee who emerged along the southern edge of the Great Lakes and were based in present-day New York and Pennsylvania. By the late 16th century, the St. Lawrence Iroquoians had disappeared from the St. Lawrence Valley, probably due to warfare by the Mohawk of the Haudenosaunee over the fur trade.
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