WayfarrowLa Raysville
Ghost town · Jefferson County, New York
La Raysville is a ghost town in Jefferson County, New York. It is the only former community in Jefferson County recorded on the federal names register, out of 43 across New York.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists La Raysville as a historical populated place on the Black River topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 44.0578° N, 75.7636° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Black River |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 531 ft |
| Nearest living town | Fort Drum, NY |
| Distance to it | 1.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2096997 |
| Coordinates | 44.05778, -75.76361 |
What's there now
La Raysville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fort Drum, NY (population 16,124), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 531 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Rock Island Lightlighthouse · Jefferson County · 19.9 mi
- Horse Island Lightlighthouse · Jefferson County · 20.5 mi
- Horse Island Lightlighthouse · Jefferson County · 20.6 mi
- Sunken Rock Lightlighthouse · Jefferson County · 21.3 mi
- Cape Vincent Lightlighthouse · Jefferson County · 28.6 mi
- Black Lakeghost town · St. Lawrence County · 29 mi
- Jayvilleghost town · St. Lawrence County · 29.3 mi
- Tibbetts Point Lightlighthouse · Jefferson County · 30.3 mi
- Crossover Island Lightlighthouse · St. Lawrence County · 30.4 mi
- Stony Point Lightlighthouse · Jefferson County · 30.6 mi
- East Charity Shoal Lightlighthouse · New York · 35.7 mi
- Galloo Island Lightlighthouse · Jefferson County · 35.9 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.