Historical population Year 1870 9,336 — 1880 10,697 +1.37% 1890 14,725 +3.25% 1900 21,696 +3.95% 1910 26,730 +2.11% 1920 31,285 +1.59% 1930 32,205 +0.29% 1940 33,385 +0.36% 1950 34,350 +0.29% 1960 33,306 −0.31% 1970 30,787 −0.78% 1980 27,861 −0.99% 1990 29,429 +0.55% 2000 26,705 −0.97% 2010 27,023 +0.12% 2020 24,685 −0.90% U.S. Decennial Census[ 1]
The history of Watertown , a city in Jefferson County, New York , can be traced to the purchase of Upstate New York by Alexander Macomb, leading to a settlement east of Lake Ontario in the early 19th century. The area had seen human occupation since at least the second glacial period , but significant change into what is now known as Watertown did not occur until the beginning of the Machine Age . The city, which was incorporated in 1869, had expanded primarily through trade with Canada. The city destroyed many factories and historical buildings in the 1960s, which began a steady decline in population, from 33,306 in 1960 to 24,685 in 2020, a loss of 26%.
c. 12,000 BP : Ice from the pleistocene period recedes, leaving the area underwater for ≈ 1,000 years.[ 2]
c. 11,000 BP: Land emerges from underwater.[ 2]
2006: Public Square Revamp begins.[ 24]
2008: Public Square Revamp completed.[ 24]
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