Official Name: | Colton, New York |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New York#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Colton |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 44.5528°N -74.9394°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New York |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | St. Lawrence |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Colton |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.76 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.66 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.10 |
Area Total Km2: | 4.56 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.29 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.27 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | 81.04 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 864 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 13625 |
Area Code: | 315/680 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 36-17398 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2627943 |
Population Total: | 348 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 209.89 |
Colton is the primary hamlet and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Colton in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 345, out of 1,451 in the entire town of Colton.
The community is in central St. Lawrence County, in the northwest corner of the town of Colton. It is bordered to the west by the town of Pierrepont and to the north by the town of Parishville. It sits on both sides of the Raquette River, which drops in elevation through the hamlet, on its way north to join the St. Lawrence River near the Canadian border.
New York State Route 56 runs through Colton, leading north 9miles to Potsdam and southeast to New York State Route 3 in the Adirondacks. State Route 68 leads west from Colton to Canton.