Colton, New York

Colton, New York
Colton, New York
Town
	Landscape in Colton
	Map highlighting Colton's location within St. Lawrence County.
	Colton, New York Location within the state of New York
	Coordinates: 44°28′38″N 74°51′17″W / 44.47722°N 74.85472°W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	St. Lawrence
Area
• Total	254.95 sq mi (660.33 km2)
• Land	241.70 sq mi (626.00 km2)
• Water	13.25 sq mi (34.32 km2)
Elevation	1,496 ft (456 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,451
• Estimate (2016)	1,434
• Density	5.93/sq mi (2.29/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	36-17409
GNIS feature ID	0978854

Colton is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 1,451 at the 2010 census. The town, originally named "Matildaville", is named after early settler Jesse Colton Higley.^[3]

Colton is in the southeastern part of the county, south of Potsdam.

^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 88.

[CenPopGazetteer2016-1] "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

[USCensusEst2016-2] Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 88.

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