TOWN OFFICES
Town Historian & Local History
Explore the people, places and history of Schuyler Falls through the town histories below. Contact the Historian’s office with research questions or inquiries about historic materials.
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Explore local history and contact the Historian’s office about research or historic materials. Schuyler Falls was formed from the Town of Plattsburgh on April 4, 1848.
A story shaped by our rivers
The Saranac and Salmon Rivers flow east toward Lake Champlain. Agriculture, timber and water power supported the town’s early industries, and the hamlets of Morrisonville, Woods Mills and Schuyler Falls grew around these waterways.
Town Historian Barb Benkwitt’s histories trace the town’s formation in 1848, its mills and hamlets, and the people who helped shape this community.
Read the town’s histories
A brief history of Schuyler Falls · PDF ↗
America250 town history · PDF ↗
Original documents supplied by the Town Historian. The longer history was prepared April 10, 2026.
More from the town’s recorded history
How the town took shape
Source wording preserved from the former town website. Current office contacts and hours remain unchanged.
Plattsburgh had been settled and formed as a town in 1785, with the area closest to where the Saranac River meets Lake Champlain being incorporated as a village in 1815 (and as a city in 1902). As town populations grew, ‘daughter’ towns were set off from the original town. From Plattsburgh town were formed Peru (1792), Beekmantown (1820), Saranac (1824) and Schuyler Falls (1848).
The town landscape
Source wording preserved from the former town website. Current office contacts and hours remain unchanged.
Schuyler Falls is about 38 square miles in size and near the center of Clinton County.
The town landscape
Source wording preserved from the former town website. Current office contacts and hours remain unchanged.
The landscape to the east is fairly flat, with rolling hills to the west and increasing elevation.
