Lisbon, New York
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Lisbon is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 4,102 at the 2010 census.
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Lisbon, New York | |
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Coordinates: 44°42′10″N 75°19′32″W | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
County | St. Lawrence |
Area | |
• Total | 113.92 sq mi (295.04 km2) |
• Land | 108.28 sq mi (280.44 km2) |
• Water | 5.64 sq mi (14.60 km2) |
Elevation | 344 ft (105 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 4,102 |
• Estimate (2016)[2] | 4,064 |
• Density | 37.53/sq mi (14.49/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
FIPS code | 36-42631 |
GNIS feature ID | 0979154 |
By some accounts, the town is named after Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.[3] However, the 1810 US Census for the town shows its name as "Lisburn". This is the same as a city in Northern Ireland, adjacent to the capital of Belfast.
The Irish city is the more likely namesake, since Belfast was the birthplace of Alexander Macomb, a prosperous New York City merchant of Loyalist sympathies who was instrumental in land speculation in Northern New York. In 1791, he had purchased much of the territory along the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario, which the state had released for public sale after forced cession of the land by the Iroquois nations following United States independence in the American Revolution. With partners, Macomb sold the land for development. The Town of Lisbon is in the northern part of the county and is northwest of Canton.