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Census-designated place
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Country	United States
State	New York
County	Jefferson
Town	Antwerp
Area
• Total	0.42 sq mi (1.08 km2)
• Land	0.40 sq mi (1.05 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	351 ft (107 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	85
• Density	210.40/sq mi (81.30/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	315
FIPS code	36-55937
GNIS feature ID	0959708

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.

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.

A map of Ox Bow (Oxbow), made in 1864. At this time Oxbow's population was much higher than today, likely around 300 residents.

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.

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

Demographics

See also

In Spanish: Oxbow (Nueva York) para niños