Do you know of Croton ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Croton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Croton.<1>

We found mention of Croton as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Westchester County, New York.

Communities Also Named Croton ...

We found ten communities that share the name Croton.

There are two communities within New York that are also named Croton.

Beyond New York, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Located In New York ...
- Delaware County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Croton [Delaware County].
- Schuyler County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Croton [Schuyler County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
  - Lee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Croton [Lee County].
- Michigan
  - Newaygo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Croton [Newaygo County].
- New Jersey
  - Hunterdon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Croton [Hunterdon County].
- Ohio
  - Licking County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Croton [Licking County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Croton.
- Tennessee
  - Coffee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Croton [Coffee County].
- Texas
  - Dickens County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Croton [Dickens County].
- Wyoming
  - Campbell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Croton [Campbell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Croton ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Croton:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Croton - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Westchester County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Westchester County.

Bartow-on-the-Sound	Mount Vernon West
Bartow
Bay Chester	Neperan
Bedford Park	New Castle
Bedford Station	North Castle
Bleach	North Larchmont
Boscobel	North
Bronx	North Yonkers

Casanova	Owenville
Castle
Catamount	Pelhamville
Central White Plains	Pleasantville Station
Centuck	Primrose
City Island	Purdy Station
Cornell
Croton - Harmon	Sands Mills
Croton Lake	Sarlesville
Croton Landing	Sing Sing
Croton North	Sky Meadow Farms
	Somers Center
David's Island	Somers Town
	South
East Haverstraw	Sparkle Lake
East Pleasantville	Spring Park
East	Stillwater Hill
Edgemont
Elsmere	Tarrytown Heights
	Tarrytown Station
Gedney	Timpson's
Gray Oaks	Tradesville

Hammond	Unionville
Harmon-on-Hudson
Hastings	Van Cortland
Hudson Terrace	Van Nest

Kisco Park	Wakefield
	Washingtonville
Lake Kitchawan	West Farms
Lake Osceola	West Harrison
Lake Shenorock	West New Rochelle
Lake Waccabuc	West Somers
Lakehurst	West Chester
Larchmont Gardens	Whippoorwill
Larchmont North	Whitlocksville
Lawrence Farms	Whitson
	Whittocksville
Maryknoll	Williams Bridge
McLean Heights	Wilson Park
Merritt's Corners	Woodlawn
Mohegan
Mount Saint Vincent	Yorktown Station
Mount Upton

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Croton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.