Gouverneur, New York welcomes you to a friendly, quiet, rural setting in a backdrop of Victorian architecture, mining and industrial influence. Located in southwestern St. Lawrence County in northernmost New York State, Gouverneur is situated just a few short miles from the St. Lawrence Valley, the Thousand Islands, the northern Adirondack Mountains and well-established colleges and universities in Potsdam Canton and Watertown, N.Y. Branches of the beautiful Oswegatchie River wend their way through both the town and village.
Gouverneur is named for American statesman Gouverneur Morris, who owned a large portion of the town at the time of its founding. Among his credits, Morris penned the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. His Gouverneur home still stands today and, nearly 200 years old, is considered a historic structure.
