Oxbow, New York

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.

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 ft. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.52 sqkm, all land.

Oxbow is 29 mi northeast of Watertown, the Jefferson county seat, and 9 mi southwest of Gouverneur.