Official Name: | Oxbow, New York |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New York#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Oxbow |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New York |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jefferson |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Antwerp |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.08 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.05 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.42 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.40 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 85 |
Population Density Km2: | 81.30 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 351 |
Coordinates: | 44.2872°N -75.6233°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 315 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 36-55937 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0959708 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 210.40 |
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]
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.
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 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.52sqkm, all land.[2]
Oxbow is northeast of Watertown, the Jefferson county seat, and 9miles southwest of Gouverneur.