Degrasse New York Map

About Degrasse, New York

Degrasse is a locality in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Degrasse is located at 44.3498°N, 75.0758°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 13635.

Degrasse rests in a quiet hollow where the land begins its slow, rolling ascent toward the Adirondack foothills. It lies 80.8 miles north-north-east of Rome, NY (from Rome, NY: bearing 13°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-south-east of Russell. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a distinct coolness, a whisper of the northern woods that press in close. Fields, still bearing the faint scent of turned earth from recent plowing, give way to stands of pine and maple, their branches reaching upward like supplicating hands against a sky that often shifts from pale blue to a bruised, dramatic gray. The St. Lawrence River, though not directly visible, exerts its presence through a pervasive humidity and the occasional distant call of gulls, a reminder of the vast watershed that defines this corner of the state. A gentle quietude pervades Degrasse, a feeling of being comfortably settled, as if the very houses and barns have sunk roots deep into the rich, dark soil. The history of Degrasse is inextricably linked to the veins of minerals that lie beneath its surface, a legacy of mining that once pulsed through its heart. Though the great mines are long silent, their memory lingers in the stoic faces of the older homes and in the careful, almost reverent way the land is now tended. The local economy, once fueled by the earth's bounty, has found a more measured rhythm in agriculture and small-scale timber operations, the forests patiently regrowing the wealth that was once extracted. It is a place that remembers its industrious past without being burdened by it, a community that finds its sustenance not just in the crops that ripen or the lumber that is milled, but in the enduring spirit of its people. The quality of light at dusk, when it washes over the fields in hues of lavender and rose, seems to hold a particular tenderness here, a soft benediction on a landscape that has seen much and endured.

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Detailed location data for Degrasse includes the ZIP code (13684), telephone area code (315), county seat of St. Lawrence County (Canton), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Degrasse is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.