Plattsburgh is a city in and county seat of Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 18,816 at the 2000 census.
The city of Plattsburgh is located entirely within the original boundaries of the town of Plattsburgh and is in the North Country region of the northeastern part of the state.
The City of Plattsburgh is the population center and county seat at the heart of the Plattsburgh Micropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) - estimate...
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Plattsburgh is a city in and county seat of Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 18,816 at the 2000 census.
The city of Plattsburgh is located entirely within the original boundaries of the town of Plattsburgh and is in the North Country region of the northeastern part of the state.
The City of Plattsburgh is the population center and county seat at the heart of the Plattsburgh Micropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) - estimated population 82,215 as of July 2007 . A statistical area representing the greater Plattsburgh region (as defined by the U.S. government), the Plattsburgh MSA includes all communities in the immediate Clinton County, New York area.
Plattsburgh was founded by Zephaniah Platt in 1785 after he was granted the land by George Clinton. As early as Samuel de Champlain's 1609 expedition into the Lake Champlain valley , this region began to fall under the influence of the French - and later under American and English colonial power. Early French contact...
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