Brasher Falls is the largest
hamlet
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and a
census-designated place
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(CDP) in the town of
Brasher in
St. Lawrence County,
New York
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, United States. As of the
2010 census, it had a population of 669.
The community is in northeastern St. Lawrence County, in the southwestern corner of the town of Brasher. It is bordered to the west by
Winthrop in the town of
Stockholm
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, and to the south by the town of
Lawrence
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. It sits on both sides of the
St. Regis River, which drops in elevation through the hamlet, on its way north to join the
St. Lawrence River
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in
Quebec
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, Canada.
New York State Route 11C
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runs through Brasher Falls, leading southwest through Winthrop to
U.S. Route 11 in Stockholm Center, and east and south to rejoin Route 11 at Coteys Corner in Lawrence.
Massena is to the north,
Malone
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People
* Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin (died 1127), historian and Abbot of Clonmacnoise, Ó Maoil Eoin
* Adrian Malone (1937–2 ...
is to the east, and
Potsdam
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is to the southwest.
The
Dr. Buck–Stevens House, an
octagon house
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listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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, is on West Main Street in the hamlet.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in St. Lawrence County, New York
Census-designated places in New York (state)
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