Oxbow, New York

Census-designated place in New York, United States

44°17′14″N 75°37′24″W / 44.28722°N 75.62333°W / 44.28722; -75.62333CountryUnited StatesStateNew YorkCounty JeffersonTownAntwerpArea

^[1]

• Total0.42 sq mi (1.08 km²) • Land0.40 sq mi (1.05 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²)Elevation

351 ft (107 m)Population

(2020)

• Total85 • Density210.40/sq mi (81.30/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code315FIPS code36-55937GNIS feature ID0959708

Oxbow is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 108.^[2]

History

It was founded in 1817 by Abraham Cooper, an ancestor of Ambassador Charles W. Yost. Located at Oxbow is the Dr. Abner Benton House (1819), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[3]

Geography

Oxbow is in northern Jefferson County, in the northern part of the town of Antwerp. It sits at the south end of a sharp bend in the Oswegatchie River at an altitude of 351 feet (107 m). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.20 square miles (0.52 km²), all land.^[2]

Oxbow is 29 miles (47 km) northeast of Watertown, the Jefferson county seat, and 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Gouverneur.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	85		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Oxbow CDP, New York". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.