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Watertown is a city in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 26,705 at the 2000 census.

The City of Watertown is in the central part of the county and lies between Syracuse and the border of Canada.

The area is served by Watertown International Airport.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.3 mi²(24.0 km²). 9.0 mi² (23.2 km²) of it is land and 0.3 mi² (0.8 km²) of it (3.45%) is water.

The Black River flows westward through the city toward Lake Ontario. The Black River is a world-renowned kayaking destination. Competition level kayaking events, such as the Blackwater Challenge, have been held on the river. The name is traditionally said to have been derived from abundant water power available from the river to power mills, particularly paper mills, historically a major industry for the city.

Many highways converge on the city, including US Route 11, NY-3, NY-12, and NY-12F. Interstate 81 passes west of the city.

Jefferson Community College (JCC) is located in the western part of the city near the fairgrounds.

Trivia:
The fictional town of Rivet Town in the movie Robots is based on Watertown because movie director Chris Wedge resided in Watertown during his teens.

Watertown was the setting for the 1990 Bette Midler film "Stella". While the movie was actually filmed in Canada, several local items were imported to appear in the film, including the local daily newspaper, taxi-cabs and shopping bags from the locally owned Empsalls department store.

Little Trees air fresheners were invented in Watertown in 1951 and is now home to the corporate headquarters of and a manufacturing plant for the Car-Freshener Corporation.

Harry Chapin made a famous quote -- "I spent a week there one afternoon" -- about Watertown. His song "A Better Place to Be" was inspired by a story he heard in Watertown. Chapin mentioned both the quote and the origin of the song on his album Greatest Stories Live.

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