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'''Oxbow''' is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Oxbow had a population of 85.<ref name="Census2020PLLede">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A55937&in=state%3A36|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=March 12, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> ==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.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> thumb|270x270px|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 {{convert|351|ft}}. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.52|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3655937| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Oxbow CDP, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=October 4, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213093302/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3655937| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>
Oxbow is {{convert|29|mi}} northeast of Watertown, the Jefferson county seat, and {{convert|9|mi|0}} southwest of Gouverneur.
==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 85 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }}
==Education== The school district is the Indian River Central School District<!--UNI 15300-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36045_jefferson/DC20SD_C36045.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jefferson County, NY|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-12-21}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36045_jefferson/DC20SD_C36045_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
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{{Jefferson County, New York}}
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