Summary for Watertown

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Located in: Jefferson County (see below)

Time Zone: Watertown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT)

Telephone Area Code: (315)

Elevation: 460 feet [140.21 m] above sea level<1>

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Watertown)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<2>	24,856 (8.02% decrease since 2010)
2010:	27,023 (1.19% increase since 2000)
2000:	26,705

Total Area:<3> 9.37 sq. miles [24.3 km²] - of which 3.68% is water (0.34 sq. miles [0.9 km²])

Housing Units:<4> 12,562

Websites for Watertown

Official Website: www.citywatertown.org/

Chamber of Commerce: www.watertownny.com/

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<5>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Watertown:

Lat: 43.974900° (or 43°58'29" N)

Lon: -75.910700° (or -75°54'38" W)

USGS Topo Map: Watertown<6>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Watertown

GNIS ID: 979604

FIPS State / Place Code: 36 / 78608

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Watertown)

About Jefferson County

The city of Watertown is the County Seat for Jefferson County.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Jefferson)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	110,143 (5.24% decrease since 2010)
2010	116,229 (4.02% increase since 2000)
2000:	111,738

Total Area: 1,857 sq. miles [4,810.2 km²] - of which 31.69% is water (588 sq. miles [1,524.5 km²])

Housing Units: 57,966

Official Website: www.co.jefferson.ny.us/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Jefferson

GNIS ID: 974121

FIPS State / County Code: 36 / 045

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Watertown)

About New York

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	19,463,131 (0.44% increase since 2010)
2010:	19,378,102 (2.12% increase since 2000)
2000:	18,976,457

Websites for State of New York

Official Website: https://www.ny.gov/

Tourism: https://www.iloveny.com/

Parks: https://parks.ny.gov/

Fishing & Hunting: www.dec.ny.gov/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of New York

GNIS ID: 1779796

FIPS State: 36

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Watertown)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Watertown: www.citywatertown.org/

The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Watertown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<3>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Watertown. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<4>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).
<5>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Watertown, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<6>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Watertown.